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Pittsburgh, PA

OBJECTIVE:

To work in a globally competitive environment on challenging assignments in IT Industry as Mainframe Techie that shall yield the twin benefits of the job satisfaction and a steady paced professional growth.

SUMMARY:

  • Mainframe/Cobol Developer Tech Lead with 6+ years of experience in Information Technology
  • COBOL - CICS-DB2 Developer with 6+ years of experience involved in multiple full life cycle implementations, roll outs, enhancements & application support.
  • Expertise in Cobol, CICS, DB2, JCL, REXX, a great amount of functional knowledge in these modules
  • Good working knowledge in DB2 and ADABAS.
  • Experience working in Automotive, Manufacturing domain.
  • Extensive Knowledge in requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, implementation, testing, integration deployment, documentation and maintenance of IBM Mainframe applications.
  • Developed programs that deal with COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, ADABAS, CICS, REXX and MVS Assembler.
  • Expertise in each phase of SDLC cycle; Solve / Analyze project using Lean methodologies.
  • Worked on various mainframe tools like File-Aid/File Manager, Endeavor, PANVALET, SPUFI, QMF, SMART TEST, HYPER STATION etc. Worked on various JCL utilities like ICETOOL, IEBGENER etc.,
  • Experience working on the project built using the Agile Methodology and Waterfall methodology. Involved in the estimate planning and scrum meetings.
  • Expertise in JIRA Tool Usage.
  • Extensive run time analysis skills and debugging skills; solving day-to-day tickets raised by customers.
  • Good academic background on JavaScript, C, C++, Core Java, HTML, Oracle SQL and Operating System Concepts
  • Good amount of experience in performance tuning, code review, testing, optimization of reports, debugging.

KEY COMPETENCIES:

  • Excellent strengths are my interpersonal skills by working in well diverse business settings. Experience in handling projects in various roles as Team Member, Team Lead, Programmer and Software Consultant.
  • Hands on experience with OS/ 390, Z/OS, ISPF, COBOL, DB2, MVS Assembler, CICS, JCL, VSAM, SYNCSORT, File Aid, and IBM Utilities.
  • Project delivery of various sizes, performance tuning, trouble shooting.
  • Perform impact analysis and provide solutions to user’s change requests.
  • Extensive experience working as a Technical coordinator and Business Analyst.
  • Involved in gathering requirements, preparing High Level Design (HLD), Low Level Design (LLD), transitioning the requirements and design to offshore for the Build activity
  • Production implementation upon successful user acceptance testing.
  • Update QMS (Quality Management System) documents like Project initiation, Project action plan, Detailed Requirements Specifications, Impact Analysis, File Specifications, System Run Chart (flow chart), Data Base Requirements, Program Specifications, Operation Manual, Program Development, Coding, Unit Test Plan,
  • System Test plan, Inter System Test plan, Implementation plan and Post implementation check.
  • Self -motivated, highly committed to responsibilities and ability to work independently. Ability to perform well within cross-functional teams

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: - COBOL, JCL, CICS, Basics of REXX, NaturalsDatabase DB2 & ADABAS

File Management: - VSAM

Defect Management Tool: - Quality Center

Other Tools: - SPUFI, QMF, FILE-AID, REXX, DFSORT, BMC TOOL, SUPERC, (SMART test)Hyperstation, Endeavor, Panvalet, SORT Exits, Expeditor.

Change Management tools: - CSC Remedy, SNOW.

Project Tracking Tools: - JIRA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Sr Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain and monitor all the CIM/OFM related applications in all the environments that is, development, staging and production.
  • Write, analyze, review, and rewrite programs, using Mainframe Technologies like COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM, and applying knowledge of computer capabilities, subject matter, and symbolic logic.
  • Compile and write documentation of program development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instructions so others can understand the program.
  • Preparation of technical design document and submit document for client approval. Implement client revisions and comments to the application design. Unit Testing, Integration Testing and deployment.
  • Work with the Business Analysts to prepare functional specification during the project requirements stage.
  • Perform or direct revision, repair, or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements. Using tools like EXPEDITER and INTERTEST to identify the issues arise during Testing.
  • Work on Adhoc Requests from the Business, Work Requests when required. Use Tools like DB2 SQL, JCL, and SORTS to achieve the same.
  • Deployment of the enhanced/Developed modules. Work with release management team and other in teams like DB2 DBA, CICS ADMIN to assure the necessary things are done in Production Environment and validate the changes after implementation.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Sr Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

  • Involved from the scratch of the project and developing the specification document for the project.
  • Involved in User acceptance testing.
  • Completely managing the JIRA Project boards.
  • Involved in Sprint planning, Retrospective Meetings.
  • Setting up new EFX transformation to receive the Files from FICO.
  • Coding COBOL/DB2 programs and Jobs using Procs and JCl’s to process the files received from FICO and loads them in CIM tables.
  • Retrieving the Lending Offers data when a specific customer has requested.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Sr Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

  • Setting up new EFX transformation to receive the Files from FICO.
  • Coding COBOL/DB2 programs to receive files from different sources, reformat the data as per the requirement and load the processed data into Outbound tables.
  • New jobs to process files received. User Procs and Sort Exits to optimize the performance.
  • Database management and SQL
  • Testing - unit testing & integration testing.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Sr Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in modifying the existing COBOL-DB2 modules to receive and process the modified files from FICO.
  • Adding new jobs to process the additional files added.
  • Modifying CICS-DB2 module to retrieve the new Prospect data and send to call module.
  • Testing - unit testing & integration testing.

Confidential, Franklin, TN

Sr Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in blueprint preparation stage of the project to realization and go-live/support activities. Translated business requirements into technical/functional requirements.
  • Correct errors by making appropriate changes and rechecking the program to ensure that the desired results are produced.
  • Conduct trial runs of programs and software applications to be sure they will produce the desired information and that the instructions are correct.
  • Write, update, and maintain computer programs or software packages to handle specific jobs such as tracking inventory, storing or retrieving data, or controlling other equipment.
  • Write, analyze, review, and rewrite programs, using workflow chart and diagram, and applying knowledge of computer capabilities, subject matter, and symbolic logic.
  • Perform or direct revision, repair, or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements.
  • Consult with managerial, engineering, and technical personnel to clarify program intent, identify problems, and suggest changes.
  • Worked in both Waterfall and Agile Projects.

Confidential, Franklin, TN

Sr Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

  • Involved from the scratch of the project and developing the specification document for the project.
  • Meet Business users and gather all the requirements and convey the same to the offshore team.
  • Involved in User acceptance testing.
  • Completely managing the JIRA Project boards.
  • Involved in Sprint planning, Retrospective Meetings.
  • Coding using COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM
  • Database management and SQL
  • Testing - unit testing & integration testing.

Confidential

Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Handling team size of 8 members.
  • Responsible for all the Deliverables.
  • Responsible to handle the Scrum meeting (Scrum master role).
  • Get the requirements from the user and convey the same to the project team.

Confidential

Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for overseeing the Quality procedures related to the project.
  • Handling team size of 3 members.
  • Responsible for all the Deliverables.
  • Reviewing the Deliverables before sharing them to the Business.
  • Responsible for SIT plan, SIT Testing & Implementation.
  • Representing the Scrum meetings.

Confidential

Sr Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

  • Develop a New nightly batch process which will sweep all the declined orders to regional pools.
  • Create new CICS transactions which is triggered from Frond End (Java)
  • Documenting Technical & other project related documents.
  • Involved in writing DB2 queries and extract the data from DB2 database.
  • Involved in creating new tool using REXX which is used to reduce manual validation for every release
  • Raise defects and notify the developers on the defects for every build.

Confidential

Sr Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

  • Verifying the Analysis documents with the CR to ascertain that Analysis has been done properly conforming to the user’s requirements
  • Checking the test cases preparation to ensure sufficient test coverage
  • Checking the code to ascertain that standards have been followed and correct logic is applied
  • Verifying the test results to ensure they are exactly the expected results.
  • Logging the defect if found in Project Monitoring System
  • Documenting each section of the SDLC in standard project document templates and communicate task progress and status to the project lead.

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