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SUMMARY:

Detail oriented programmer and architect with 6 years of hands - on experience in IBM Mainframe - COBOL, Easytrieve, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, Endeavor, FILE-AID, TSO, ISPF SDSF, and Change man.
Successfully lead and executed wide-range of Development & Maintenance projects on-time and in-budget, surpassing client expectations. Key responsibilities included providing Estimation, Analysis, Technical Design, Code Development & Review, and Testing.
Recommended and lead Volume truncation enhancement request which impacted 60 % of the total application.
Varied experience of working on batch applications, CICS online screens, and online modules with Java as front end.
Key Contributor in a large scale COBOL conversion project involving coding and testing in limited time frame
Excellent communication and client interaction skills and expertise in requirements gathering and Analysis
Experience of document review, code review, peer review and group reviews.
Extensive knowledge of testing mainframe systems, software testing, User Acceptance Testing, In-depth knowledge of system integration, defect tracking, test validation, and test planning
Working knowledge in retail, distribution & inventory and Transport domain.
Team player and experience in coordinating and working with offshore teams.
Project Management expertise and Certification, in-depth knowledge of PM Methodologies and PMBOK Tools & Techniques.
Keen interest in supporting the project in terms of planning & control, Risk assessment and mitigation & monitoring the progress of project by calculations of performance parameters.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES:

System Design and Development: Requirement Study, Analysis, DesignConstruction, Unit and System Testing, Quality assurance and Implementation

Programming Languages: COBOL, JCL, APS COBOL, COBOL II, Easytrieve, SQL

Databases: DB2, VSAM, Oracle 9i

Operating Systems: IBM OS/390

Software Tools: TSO/ISPF, File Manager, File-Aid, Manage Now, SPUFI, ENDEVOR, ZEKE, QMF

OLPT: CICS, IMS, Java front end

Office Tools: Lotus Notes, MS Office, MS Project

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Mainframe Analyst

Responsibilities:

Review Mainframe Design, Technical Specifications, Coding phases
Independently handled various application enhancement requests ranging from 80 to 2600 person hours
Preparation and reviewing of Estimates, Sow’s, Requirement Traceability Metrics, Technical Design Document and Unit Test Plans
Providing UAT support
Packaging and installation of code in test environment and subsequently to production environment. Providing post production support for bug fixes etc.
Prepare use cases, process flow diagrams, functional requirements and requirement traceability matrix.

Environment- JCL, APS COBOL, Easytrieve, DB2, TSO/ISPF, File-Aid, Manage Now, SPUFI, ENDEVOR, ZEKE, Lotus Notes, MS Office

Confidential, NJ

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

Analysis and modification of batch and online programs to achieve quicker pulling of the report thereby Reducing the replenishment time of the required merchandise
Successfully generating the “Real-time" reports providing management with critical inventory information.
Modify/Develop CICS screens to achieve Enhanced Guest service i.e. Locate stored merchandise quicker by going to exact storage location indicated.
Onsite-offshore co-ordination (delegate, manage and monitor offshore team)
Developing test plans, strategies, scenarios and perform execution of test cases
Conducting Unit, System testing and deployment of deliverables in Production

Environment - COBOL, Easytrieve, DB2, VSAM, JCL, TSO, SPUFI, CICS, MS Office

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities

Prepared conversion approach, Design Document and Unit Test Plans for conversion
Performed Code Development and Unit testing with the IMS screens
Providing accurate estimates and status reports.
Key contributor in the Conversion project, converted and testing numerous modules from COBOL II, COBOL III to Enterprise COBOL format in limited time frame
Coordination and knowledge transfer within the team.
Run batch cycles in test environment.
Coding adhering to standards.
Test plan, unit test and test result creation.

Environment - COBOL II, COBOL III, Enterprise COBOL, IMS, DB2, VSAM

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities

Mapped APL EDI data files flow
Extraction of data using Mercator, subsequent updating of data files
Exposure to complete flow of APL EDI data files and Mercator tool
Create process flows and traceability matrix

Environment - EDI, Mercator

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