PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Over 11+ years of IT professional experience with sound knowledge of Analysis, programming, testing and problem solving in IBM Mainframe(Z/OS),TSO environments.
• Experienced using various methodologies in Software Development Life Cycle ( SDLC ), CMM model and ISO quality standards .
• Good Work Experience in Agile environment .
• Experienced using Use Case Methodologies for capturing functional requirements.
• Experienced in the analysis, design and development of COBOL, PL1, JAVA, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, IMS DB and the tools ENDEVOR, SYNCSORT, FILE - AID, NDM, XPEDITOR,IBM Fault Analyzer, stored procedures, INSYNC,CHANGEMAN and Job Scheduling tools CA7,Control-M and REXX.
• Developed new stored procedures( 10+ New )also code change implemented for existing stored procedures
• Having good experience of DB2 in MQ environment also supporting experience of front end application
• Developed technical specifications by working with the business analysts to gather requirements.
• Proficiency at various levels of application development, i.e. on requirement analysis, analysis and design, system and integration testing, implementation and documentation.
• Experienced in Batch FTP processing and setting up NDM.
• Experienced in Batch and online programs debugged using Xpeditor and File-aid.
• Provided 24/7 maintenance and production support to Mainframe applications.
• Involved extensively in UAT.
• Developed Test Plans and participated in thorough unit, system, and regression testing through production implementation.
• Involved in preparing performance test plans from User Acceptance Test Cases and Function Specs using MS WORD, MS EXCEL and QC.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Language & Technologies: COBOL, MVS/JCL, CICS, VSAM, IMS DB/DC, JavaScript, Java, HTML, SQL, XML, PL/I

Operating Systems: MVS, Z/OS, Windows, Linux, TSO/ISPF

Data Bases: IMS DB, DB2, My SQL

Development Tools: File Aid, Insyc, REXX,CA7,EASYTRIEVE,BMC (Control M)

Software Engineering Methods: Agile Methodology, Waterfall Model

Version Control Systems: Endevor, Changeman,PANVALET,Natural, ADABAS

Debugging Tools: Xpeditor (Fault Analyzer),INTERTEST

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, PHOENIX, AZ

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Joining in to the user stories meetings for requirement finalization.
• Providing analysis as per the existing functionality during meetings of Agile process.
• Making changes to existing green screens for enhancments
• Involving in Scrum meetings for the requirement gathering and understanding.
• Developing COBOL programs for new requirements and code changes performing for existing programs written with technologies like COBOL,DB2,JCL,IMS DB/IMS DC.
• Implement new DB2 stored procedures and maintenance and enhancements of existing DB2 stored procedures.
• Analyzing existing code developed in IMS and making documentation of the functionality for further development in latest technologies
• Carry out impact analysis to make sure that the existing code is not affected.
• Functional and technical support to team members.
• Coordination and communication with client and the team.
• Assist in defect resolution process, conducted root cause analysis & look-ahead meetings to prevent the defect & to meet the quality goals.
• Worked on web services to interact with front-end application developed in JAVA
• Involving in all phases of Testing team like UNIT, System, Integration and UAT for the defect analysis and fixing
• Providing business analytic resolutions as per the new requirements
• Implementing Automation technologies for functionalities using REXX to simply the process.

Environment: Z/OS,MVS, COBOL, JCL, DB2,IMS DB,IMS DC, CHANGEMAN,IBM Fault Analyzer,CHANGEMAN,SYNCSORT,EZTREIEVE,Contol-M and REXX.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and designing of technical specs.
• Developing COBOL programs for new requirements and code changes performing for existing programs written with technologies like COBOL,DB2,JCL,IMS,CICS,JAVA and Web services.
• Implement new DB2 stored procedures and maintenance and enhancements of existing DB2 stored procedures.
• Analyzing existing code developed in IMS and making documentation of the functionality for further development in latest technologies
• Carry out impact analysis to make sure that the existing code is not affected.
• Functional and technical support to team members.
• Coordination and communication with client and the team.
• Assist in defect resolution process, conducted root cause analysis & look-ahead meetings to prevent the defect & to meet the quality goals.
• Worked on web services to interact with front-end application developed in JAVA
• Involving in all phases of Testing team like UNIT, System, Integration and UAT for the defect analysis and fixing
• Providing business analytic resolutions as per the new requirements
• Implementing Automation technologies for functionalities using REXX to simply the process.

Environment: Z/OS,MVS, COBOL, JCL, DB2,IMS DB,CICS, ENDEVOR, VSAM, ECLIPSE Juno,IBM Fault Analyzer,CHANGEMAN,SYNCSORT,Java,XML,Webservices, Contol-M and REXX.

Confidential, Manhattan, NY

Senior Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and design of user requirements, specifically relating to participant notices of action/forms and eligibility determination.
• Use Case Methodologies for capturing functional requirement.
• Involved in part of java coding while preparing Java procedures/Methods at front-end to call stored procedures at backend which are developed in Mainframes (COBOL/DB2) .
• Implement new DB2 stored procedures and maintenance and enhancements of existing DB2 stored procedures . Also involvolved with front-end applications during implementation of COBOL/DB2 stored procedures in QREP/MQ environment.
• Involved in coding of new modules from the scratch and coding to implement the new functionality or change the existing functionality of the programs.
• Involved in modifications of existing programs developed in PL/I.
• Jobs scheduling using BMC tool Control M and working on Control M desktop module to set cyclic jobs scheduling.
• Carry out impact analysis to make sure that the existing code is not affected.
• Implementation of new business requirements into production whether they be to strengthen the rules for eligibility determination or to send out participant correspondences.
• Functional and technical support to team members.
• Coordination and communication with client and the team.
• Involved in preparing weekly status reports.
• Working on Stored procedures.
• Carried out the system and Integration testing and prepared the Traceability matrix, coordinate with the users for UAT testing.
• Assist in defect resolution process, conducted root cause analysis & look-ahead meetings to prevent the defect & to meet the quality goals.
• Work as part of a team that is looking at root cause of recurring problems to improve our test cases to ensure problems don’t occur in the future, or recommend improvements in processing that could avoid future problems.
• Involved in configuration management activities, supported in generating metrics.
• Carry out quality assurance activities for all deliverables.
• Pro-actively suggest ways to improve processing (process improvement).

Environment: MVS/COBOL, DB2, JAVA, CICS, IMS DB, PL/I, ENDEVOR,IBM Fault Analyzer, REXX, File-aid (File Manager), stored procedures, Control M,PANVELET, Natural, ADABAS

Confidential, New York

Senior Mainframe Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and design of user requirements, specifically relating to participant notices of action/forms and eligibility determination.
• Use Case Methodologies for capturing functional requirement.
• Involved in coding of new modules from the scratch and coding to implement the new functionality or change the existing functionality of the programs.
• Carry out impact analysis to make sure that the existing code is not affected.
• Implementation of new business requirements into production whether they be to strengthen the rules for eligibility determination or to send out participant correspondences.
• Functional and technical support to team members.
• Coordination and communication with client and the team.
• Involved in preparing weekly status reports.
• Carried out the system and Integration testing and prepared the Traceability matrix, coordinate with the users for UAT testing.
• Assist in defect resolution process, conducted root cause analysis & look-ahead meetings to prevent the defect & to meet the quality goals.
• Work as part of a team that is looking at root cause of recurring problems to improve our test cases to ensure problems don’t occur in the future, or recommend improvements in processing that could avoid future problems.
• Involved in configuration management activities, supported in generating metrics.
• Carry out quality assurance activities for all deliverables.
• Pro-actively suggest ways to improve processing (process improvement).
• Involved in coding and problem solving during implementation especially in CICS bends.

Environment: COBOL, DB2,JCL, IDMS, CICS,VSAM, ENDEVOR, Fault Analyzer, REXX

Confidential, NY

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Client and end-customer interaction to understand requirements for new projects and small enhancements.
• Co-ordinate with offshore for design, build, testing and implementation.
• Review, manage and deliver projects within budget and schedule, with minimum defects.
• Mentoring and guiding the offshore team technically, domain-wise and in overall development.
• Accepting and resolving user related application problems as well as batch abends within the constraints of the service level agreements.

Environment: IBM OS/390, COBOL, JCL, DB2, FILE-AID, ENDEVOR, VSAM,Fault Analyzer, IDMS and CICS