SUMMARY

• Over 12 years of experience in Information Technology including analysis and design, implementation and process integration on mainframe.
• Experience in system Analysis, design and application development, flowcharting, unit and system testing, performance testing, test plan preparation, testing validations, program debugging.
• Experience of high level Design, Functional Analysis, Impact Analysis, Low level Design, Coding, Testing, Implementation, Validation and Verification of results.
• Excellent understanding of product lifecycles (PLC) with primary focus on requirements definition, documentation and systems design validation to ensure that the project deliverables are implemented
• Proficient in IBM Mainframe Technologies such as PL 1, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2, EASYTRIEVE, XPEDITOR, INTERTEST, FILEAID, Sync Sort, Easy triveetc in MVS environment and has enough working experience in J2EE, Microsoft .net and UML.
• Having Experience as a Tech Lead/ Programmer Analyst/Onsite Coordinator (Technical Lead) in mainframe and client/server environments.
• Versatile experience in providing 24X7 on call support.
• Expertise in obtaining project requirements from user and manager, formulating the requirements into functional and technical specifications.
• Having versatile experience in resource handling, team mentoring, task estimation- scheduling- tracking,
• Full understanding of all phases of Project Life Cycle/SDLC including Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Testing, Software quality standards and configuration management and change management and Quality procedures.
• Writing Easytrieve/COBOL/JCL programs for generating adhoc reports and extracts for the businesspersons for important audits and also for other business improvements purposes.
• Expertise in Project documentation , Flow charts, Structure charts, Coding, Testing and Quality audit reviews
• Extensively worked on MS Office Tools (EXCEL, WORD, VISIO, POWERPOINT and ACCESS) and Mercury Interactive.
• Good Programming and Communication Skills with excellent work ethics, easy adaptability to demanding time schedules coupled with positive user interaction and excellent team spirit.
• Exceptional ability to quickly master new concepts.
• Excellent ability to determine appropriate system test scenarios, create end-user Business procedure guides, and provide hands-on guidance and training where necessary

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware IBM Mainframe, Pentium PC
Language COBOL, CICS, MQ,PL 1
OS OS/MVS, Win 95/NT/98/2000/XP
Librarian products: Endeavor, PanvaletandChangeman
Databases’ : DB2, VSAM, IMS, SQL SERVER, MS-Access 
Utilities TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, VSAM, ENDEVOR, EXPEDITER, SYNCSORT, IDMS, MVS UTILITIES, INSYNCH, VISIO, EXCEL, WORD, FILE-AID, RACF, PANAVALET, TSO/SDSF,z/ESA,JAVA,HTML

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Sunbury, PA May 2012 to Current
Sr. Mainframe Developer

Billing and Invoice project deals with distribution of food products from warehouse to the Stores. The data receive from different stores for products like frozen food, grocery and nonfoods. Each product has an item-code that storescan use to order. Each item-code is associates that to warehouse and dept. number . The invoice is created for each orders and
sent back to the warehouseas grocery and perishable items. FTP is used to receive and send
files from the store and warehouse.

• Responsiblefor analyzing BRD’s and User Specifications and creating and modifying COBOL programs for data manipulation, I/O files and reports.
• Extensive use ofDITTO for defining , editing and updating VSAM files.
• Useof DOS/VSE operating system for creating job procedures and submitting batch programs.
• Processing Batch procedure jobs for testing and production environment.
• Created jobs to copy production files at specific checkpoints while running schedule jobs in prod. Environment.
• Loading the data into the test files , and keeping the record counts for respective files
• Extensive use of these files to process thru the programs in batch test environment.
• Created programs to compare the record counts from the prod.and test environment
• Reporting any differences and creating output files, and import those filed to the Microsoft excel.
• Wrotebatch job procedure to copies the files from share-point server and processing those files thru enhanced programs. Modified programs for record length changes for theexisting files , adding new files and deleted the obsolete files.
• Analyzing the messages written to the error files and correcting data and/or reporting for creating Change request for the programs.
• Copied the executedbatch jobs for the Managed List Queue , to PC using the FTP download commands and move the documents to the share drive.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DITTO, VSAM, SYNCSORT, SYSTEM-CONSOLE

Confidential, Durham, NC Nov 2011 to May 2012
Sr. Mainframe Developer

Fixed Income project deals with Issuing treasury, mutual bonds and certificate of deposit. The system have profile for different stock-options - corporate and municipal Bonds.The treasury bond of these companies have close-time opportunities, offering is not allowed for any issue after the designated time.

• Responsible for analyzing the Design Specifications and modify the COBOL/CICS/DB2 programs according to the requirements.
• Utilize the online ‘Intertest’ tools for debugging the online programs , thru the use of checkpoints and data modifications .
• Extensive use of VSAM files , using File-Aid for data-manipulations for batch procedures.
• Testing thru different stages of Endeavor, Creating packages to move thruTesting, Acceptance and Shared Environment and implementation in production environment.
• Use of ‘Maui view’ to test the programs thru different CICS regions
• Responsible for code and system-test walk thru using‘same-time’ to share the screen.
• Using CICS region to do newcopy, closing and enabling VSAM files.
• Maintaining source for several CICS regions.

Environment: IBM S/390, COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SPUFI, VSAM, , FILE-AID,Intertest, and ENDEAVOR.

Confidential. Livingston, NJ Jan 2010 toSept 2011
Sr. Programmer Analyst

Global Markets & Issuer Services Systems project is related to the stock transfer system which gathered data for different clients of the company’s specific stock options plans, trading of stocks, the number of stock holders, authorized shares and dividends units. Systems have detailed information for a specific shareholder, the address and number of shares, the history of the trades, certificate shares and buying and selling of stocks. The clients of CIT Group included GE, LUCENT, PEPSI etc. The system would calculate dividends on a record date and mail checks.

• Involved in analysis, design and development of Claims and Auto Systems.
• Involved in preparation of Technical design documents.
• Responsible for developing new batch programs using COBOL, DB2.
• Involved in creation and making changes to BMS maps for customer and vehicle related information.
• Responsible for developing new online (pseudo conversational) modules using COBOL, CICS, VSAM.
• Used XPEDITOR tool to debug the programs.
• Involved in creating Unit Test and Integration test Plans for batch testimg.
• Involved in creating the acceptance package and setting up the User Acceptance Test environment and prepare the Test plan and Test Cases for UAT.
• Involved in Generating Reports.
• Responsible for Code review and Test review.
• Involved in Technical documentation.
• Involved in on call production support.

Environment: IBM S/390, COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SPUFI, VSAM, VISIO, FILE-AID, CA-7, XPEDITER and ENDEVOR.

Confidential - NYC, NY July 2005 – Nov 2009
Sr. Mainframe Developer

The stock transfer system gathered data for different clients of the company’s specific stock options plans, trading of stocks, the number of stock holders, authorized shares and dividends units. Responsibility included Business requirements review, research and analyze data.

• Wrote detail and low-level design documents for programs. Determining the DATA BASES required for the modeling of the DB2 tables and layouts of the files required for the project.
• Experience in Logical & physical Design of the Database, Creation of tables, views, procedures, packages, triggers . Experience in combining analysis, design, development and implementation. Experience in SSRS (SQL Server Reporting Services) and SSAS (SQL Server Analysis Services). Strong knowledge of MS/SQl server 2005.
• Used TSO/SDSF for the all the functionality of the applications such as Copying, editing and allocating PDS and for batch and VSAM data sets.
• Created Job-flow thru Visio and created new batch job procedure.
• The ACH transactions processor was used for routing data thru multiple environments.
• Creating system test plans for the development environment and program transfer in the test region for the new claim system
• Developing the module and system integration testing application environment for the new CICS region. The region included entry for PPT, PCT, RCT, FCT Programs, and Transactions and File applications
• Testing JCLs and source code for VS COBOL II applications
• Heavy use of SPUFI & QMF SQL. Created JCL for Loading DB2 Tables Using IBM Utilities .
• Created data and tailored JCL, control cards, and parameters. Prepared batch test procedures and reviewed them with the related Development team.
• Expediter was used to test the on-line step-by-step testing.Used File-Aid for analyzing the VSAM files .
• Responsible for managing databases using IDMS and also created segment spaces for hierarchical databases. Data Mapping was done for the migration of IMS segments to DB2 tables.
• Coded programs using IMS/DLI functions using get –unique calls.
• Generated CICS screens, requesting and sending messages thru MQ queues.The system would transfer data thru CICS/MQ interface to the WCF/MVC framework networks applications for the Front End Users .
• Used Microsoft Word, Excel, for documentation and reporting
• Coordinated with interfacing applications. Data transferred from Main-Frame applications, were successfully received by JAVA applications.
• Systems were successfully implemented & Source was moved Using Panavalet.
• The batch job procedure, program, cards and copy members added to Panavalet.
• The implementations were done thru Script. The scripts were written specifying every element to be migrated from user based testing to production environment.
• Db2 extract utilities were used to create control files to require processing the data thru system.
• Created online facilities to retrieve information using DB2 tables
• Developing test scripts both manually & using automation tools like QTP.
• Working knowledge of Win Runner, Load Runner and Quality Center.
• The CICS screen / maps were created to ensure the company information, shareholders funds history and mailing address etc.

ENVIORNMENT: PL 1/COBOL/ CICS/ IMS/ IDMS/ DB2/ TSO ISPF/ENDEAVOR/ SYNCSORT/ PANAVALET

Confidential -NYC, NY Dec 2002 - June 2005
Programmer Analyst

Worked on the pension payroll management system. Responsibilities included Analysis of data, writing Detail design documents from business requirements/User-specification. Acquired project basis knowledge from requirements and project planning meetings.

• Determine the job flow, creating the transaction data thru File-Aid, using Microsoft Access for the Queries of DB2 databases.
• INSYNCH extract utilities were used to create control files to require processing the data thru system.
• The data was created using the extraction of IMS data bases, and modification to the production files. Setting up the environment, JCL and PROC Creation and modification of COBOL/IMS/DB2/CICS/VSAM Programs.
• Creating similar test environments as production baseline for testing JCLs, which included Subroutines and source code of VS- COBOL II program transfers in the test region
• Heavy use of SPUFI & QMF SQL. Created JCL for Loading DB2 Tables Using IBM Utilities .
• Interfaces with Front-End thru MQ series and transferring data to JAVA and HTML written programs.
• Creating GDG, overriding symbolic, and execution and processing of the Jobs for output results.
• DLI/IMS Data-Bases were used to update company and shareholder accounts. The system has functionality to sell shares and reinvest into other stock options for a client.
• Worked on Z/oswih IBM server processing -- authorized to run on System z(Integrated
• information processor(zIIP)

ENVIORNMENT: COBOL/ CICS/ DB2/ IMS/ JCL / TSO / ISPF /MVS / VSAM

Confidential Middletown, NJ May 1999 - Nov 2002
Mainframe Developer

The project would calculate billing amounts for customer transactions. Worked on telephone ordering system, determining the number of calls would evaluate, telephone required for a specific zone.

The data was stored in IMS data bases. Application was run on UNIX environment. The change management was used to store load module, card and copy member for the release coordination purposes. The programs were written in COBOL, PLI and IMS. Extensive use of debugging was applied for the quality implementation of the products. Responsibilities included were the program design, test specification and report analysis for customer.

• Worked as a Developer to enhance and modify program according to the requirements. Programs were tested thru UNIT and integration process.
• Developed a financial application for payroll systems, business and user enhancements for implementing production
• Involved in system testing, modifying and enhancing programs
• The code walk-thru, design, unit and integration testing and end results confirmations.
• As a programmer / system analyst, responsibilities include analysis of user specifications program design, code walk-thru unit and integration testing.
• Writing test-plans, design documents and production implementations were also done.

ENVIORNMENT: COBOL/ CICS/ IMS/ DB2/ TSO ISPF/ENDEAVOR/ SYNCSORT

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics: Confidential, India