SUMMARY

• Ten years of IT industry experience encompassing a wide range of skill set, roles and industry verticals.
• Extensive experience with analysis, design, development, maintenance and implementation of software applications in Mainframe.
• Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements and architecture.
• Strong programming skills and development knowledge
• Experience in development, leading and managing teams.
• Executed software projects for Healthcare.
• Excellent Communication and strong analytical, debugging and problem - solving skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Development Tools: ZEKE, SPUFI, Endevor, File Master, Xpeditor, CA Service Desk

DATABASE: DB2

Programming Languages: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, Assembler

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Interact with teh business users to understand their business needs and come up with teh technical solutions to achieve them.
• Meet with client’s business and data architects to provide impact and risk analysis for teh client requirements and provide application specific system requirements for teh new required features by validating them against teh current system behavior.
• Analyze and understand teh requirements and prepare teh high-level and low-level design documents for Membership Interface Processing & Reverse Eligibility Applications.
• Design and develop new processes, enhancements as per teh business requirements using technologies like Assembler, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 and CICS.
• Use tools such as File Master, IBM InfoSphere Optim, SPUFI, and Xpeditor tool to perform Unit and system testing and support UAT (User Acceptance Testing). Deploy all teh code changes using AYS (At you're Service) and Endevor tools to migrate teh changes to production region post peer review and UAT (User acceptance Test) and User sign off.
• Transmit teh membership eligibility details for all accounts in EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) format through FTP/NDM Connect Direct to teh corresponding vendors. Use Easytrieve to create various reports out of Membership applications and store in VDR tool for teh reference of business and account executives.
• Work with Batch operations and Scheduling team to set up teh new batch process in ZEKE scheduler tool across different regions and provide instructions to send feeds to teh corresponding vendors for new accounts. Provide support for batch workloads run to completion without error or delay using.
• Provide support for post-implementation and operational testing and work on root cause analysis of production issues and defects and resolving them within teh timeframe.
• Work in teh process improvement for business application and provide solutions for existing production/performance issues. Work to minimize teh effort on complex tasks by implementing automation processes which helps teh client to reduce yearly maintenance cost.
• Perform technical review for complex applications and provide on-call support activities for teh daily batch processing issues and respond to day-to-day user queries/requests both ticketed and non-ticketed.
• Coordinate with various teams in HCSC to provide 24*7 availability of system.
• As an SME with in-depth knowledge of teh application and teh current ongoing trends of teh software industry like Automation help teh client by addressing their pain points with teh latest IT capabilities.

Confidential

Senior Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and understand teh business requirements and create various documents - Functional specifications, High- and Low-level design documents, Interface documents and test plan for teh application.
• Use teh in-depth understanding of teh client’s applications - MIP & Whitespace and Reverse Eligibility to provide efficient technical solutions.
• Analyze teh current process of teh application to come up with teh best technical solution to meet teh client needs with no impact on current application process.
• Perform teh feasibility analysis of teh business needs vis-à-vis teh application to determine teh best approach for technical implementation.
• Develop or enhance new and complex high-quality code solutions and perform end-to-end testing. This process includes several iterations of code changes and compilation, application builds and testing.
• Assist team members with technical and application knowledge. Peer review to ensure defect free deliverables.
• Providing end customer with day to day support on their questions and queries
• Perform all release management activities and deploy all teh changes using At You're Service (AYS) tool and Endevor
• Support for Post-Production changes or defects of new/existing features. Verify all teh changes dat are deployed and they are working in User environment as expected. Issues for existing features also needs to be modified upon user approval
• Reporting and providing daily status to onshore coordinators and managers

Confidential

Senior Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Effort Estimation for new requirements
• Analyze teh current process of teh application to come up with teh best technical solution to meet teh client needs with no impact on current application process
• Once teh requirements are in place, develop or enhance new and complex high-quality code solutions in response to varying business requirements using Assembler, COBOL, VSAM, JCL, DB2 and CICS. This process includes several iterations of code changes and compilation, application builds and testing.
• Add/update new department code(s) as part of DEPTABLE update request which is a critical application and requires teh update to be available in teh Online CICS regions.
• Provide support to teh batch cycle in both test and production regions for making sure batch workloads run to completion without error or delay and teh latest updates like membership information’s, final master files are available in teh Online regions for users and to teh downstream applications and vendors
• Provide support for teh Membership Application with in-depth knowledge of IO modules which are client specific assembler modules both BATCH and ONLINE, application dependencies and criticality of teh system
• Manage and leading teh team
• Assist team members with technical and application knowledge
• Arrange technical training on Project specific tools, application knowledge transitions, observe job performance and provide constructive feedback
• Work on maintenance, enhancement and Production Support of teh Confidential .
• Reporting and providing daily status to onshore coordinators and managers
• Reporting at account level and involvement in taking interviews for teh account for new hiring

Confidential

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop project document templates based on SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) methodology.
• Responsible in development of a project team in delivering solution to our customer in teh healthcare sector.
• Deliver new and complex high-quality solutions to clients in response to varying business requirements
• Responsible for managing scope, planning, tracking, change control, aspects of teh project.
• Responsible for effective communication between teh project team and teh customer and Onsite coordinator. As a lead provide day to day direction to teh project team and regular project status to teh Onsite Coordinator.
• Translate customer requirements into formal requirements and design documents, establish specific solutions, and leading teh efforts including programming and testing dat culminate in client acceptance of teh results.
• Effectively shared teh application knowledge gained in project with teh other teams by conducting KT- sessions.
• Leading and assisting team member.
• Providing production support, fixing issues and solving teh defects.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of functional and Technical experience in Mainframe in conjunction with industry and business skills to deliver solutions to customer.
• Providing support for teh new and enhanced processes post implementation.