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Lake Mary, FL

SUMMARY:

  • Over 12+ years of IT experience in Analysis, technical design, development, integration, testing and project management of Mainframe Hosted Application Systems.
  • Extensive experience across Health Care, Transportation and Logistics (Railroad) domains in Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
  • Expertise in all the stages of Software Development Life Cycle.
  • Experience in mainframes OS/390, Z/OS platforms.
  • Experience in developing applications involving COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, IMS - DB, STORED PROCEDURES, VSAM and TOAD.
  • Excellent knowledge in File Manager, TSO, Changeman, SPUFI, CA-7 Scheduler, CA Librarian, HP Quality center, FTP, Clear Quest, Abend aid, MS-office, MS-Outlook, Contol M, Fault Analyzer, Sharepoint & Microsoft Office.
  • Experience in various Disaster Recovery Testing & Validation.
  • Proficient in Pentaho Business Analytics tools like Spoon, Report Designer, Dashboard Designer and ETL concepts.
  • Excellent exposure in interacting with clients and providing co-ordination between onsite and offshore teams.
  • Expertise in obtaining the project requirements from user, writing system specifications, translating user requirements into technical specifications, preparation of requirements documents, formulating the requirements into design specifications and tracking project progress.
  • Proficient in documenting all the phases of project from Requirement analysis to Maintenance.
  • Effective in cross-functional & global environments to manage multiple tasks & assignments concurrently.
  • Extensive knowledge in data Migration from FACETS, CHIPS into WGS system.
  • Worked on MQ series message queuing interface technology for integrating open source web interface with the Mainframes backend and Online CICS systems.
  • Extensive experience in production support of Batch & Online systems on IBM Mainframe.
  • Good Team player, having interest towards exploring, learning and using new tools & software quickly as required.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills contributing to timely completion of project deliverables well ahead of schedule.
  • Proficient Knowlegde in both WGS/ISG Systems.
  • Strong technical and analytical skills, problem solving, communication and work ethics.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: OS/390, OS/MVS, Z/OS (IBM Mainframe), Windows 2000/XP

Languages: COBOL, JCL, CICS, IBM MQ

Version Control Tools: CHANGEMAN, ENDEVOR.

File Management Tools: File Manager, File Aid

DB Tools: SPUFI

Debugging Tools: IBM DEBUG

Utility Transactions: CCRV, CEBR, CEDF, CECI, CEMT, CEDA, CESN

Other Tools and utilities: Abend-aid, SyncSort, TSO/ISPF QMF, SDSF, IBM utilities, HP Quality Center, Jira, Confluence, SharePoint, ServiceNow, CA-Clarity, SNOW.

Database: DB2, VSAM, IMS-DB/DC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Lake Mary, FL

Tech. Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Leading the PRIME Test Support team from Onshore and providing required knowledge to offshore team for the support.
  • Resolved many JIRA tickets assigned by PRIME testing team.
  • Assisted Deloitte developers and Business consultants in fixing RACF, Mainframe connectivity and DB2 access issues.
  • Responsible for handling the SIT/UAT Jobs that runs on schedule and need to fix the failures within short time.
  • Responsible to respond to the Users/Testers those are seeking data from the ISG & WGS Applications.
  • Created technical validation checklist and validated DB2, IMS, Endevor and JCL in PRIME region.
  • Worked in Control-M job scheduling activities in PRIME Environment based on the Legacy setup.
  • Hands on experience with Transition and Renewal data Migration from FACET, CHIPS to WGS system.
  • Responsible for receiving the requirements from the clients and allocate these tasks to the team with the proper technical ideas to proceed with the requirements.
  • Involved in tablebase table update and refresh with latest legacy data.
  • Provided support for ISG and WGS system in PRIME environments(IMSH,IMSI, & IMSM)
  • Worked with security team to define PRIME, PRIMEAPP and PRIMESYS groups in WGS, CS90 and ACES systems.
  • Providing EBC Test support by resolving all the issues reported by the Testing team through JIRA defects and responding to their emails with resolutions.
  • Providing On-Call support on rotational basis.
  • Monitoring the Jobs through Control-M on daily basis as part of DLI/Batch monitoring.
  • Performed application components and database name, plan and schema collision analysis across WGS (CA), ACES (CT) and CS90 (NY) mainframe systems.
  • Obsolete IMS DB analysis.
  • Converting the Changeman load libraries into Endevor load libraries by recompiling in PRIME regions.
  • Set up IMS SPOC utility to list IMS databases and transaction in batch.
  • Performed impact analysis for Cobol programs.
  • Participated in Release Management Deliverable meetings.
  • Resolving Online Screen abends, batch related issue reported by the development team on daily basis as part of LO support.
  • Worked with Endevor team to resolve -927, SOC1, SOC4, SOC7, Copybook issues etc.
  • Gathered the exiting WGS process documents from Confidential SharePoint to prepare the similar process documents for PRIME.
  • Worked with IMS CA system team to make RTT entry changes and stage 1 refresh.
  • Performed SPIDER DB2 data refresh and CONTRACT IMS DB refresh. Provided input on DB merge process in PRIME.
  • Raising Incidents to DBA to fix any issues related with Database issues.
  • Work with DBA team to implement monthly legacy database changes in PRIME and validation of database changes.
  • Set up DBD/PSB/ACB compare utility for PRIME IMS DB changes.
  • Fixing failed Endevor components and recompile them.
  • Checking the status of DB, TRAN, PGM and report it to DBAs if any issues found.
  • Helped Multi Channel team and Application in NDMing datasets from PRIME to WGS and Vice versa.
  • Identified the bind qualifier issue in Endevor and updated the bind template members to use the right qualifier.
  • Worked with DB2 MVS team to resolve work database space issue.

Environment: and Tools: COBOL, DB2, MVS TSO, File Manager, IMS DB & DC, Endevor, Storage Queue, IBM Debugger, Changeman, Fault Analzer, Control-M, CA-7,JIRA, Confluence, File AID,SPUFI, IBM SORT utilities.

Confidential

Tech. Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Interacting with business and formulating the solutions for the newly proposed requirements in alignment with agile methodology.
  • Analyzing software specifications and identification of WGS Enrollment application functionalities for design, development, testing, implementation and production support.
  • Performing RTB(Run The Business) activities, such as fixing all the WGS Enrollment & Specialty Group IT related issues and bugs that may come up during the production phase.
  • Involved in Development using COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, IMS DB.
  • Involved in creating RTM(Requirement Traceability Matrix) and reviewing test cases and test results.
  • Involved in creating SNOW, Change Request, Package Promotion to Legacy Production.
  • Onsite support for SIT, UAT and Code Implementation.
  • Reviewing and deploying the application in the test environment and initiating UAT followed by bug fixing.
  • Worked on WGS T&R team for Mod Migration Projects for data transmission.
  • Played a key role in the development of PRIME Regions.
  • Provide test support for tester in resolving critical defects both online and Batch environment.

Environment: and Tools: COBOL, DB2, MVS TSO, CICS, File Manager, IMS DB, DB2 stored procedure, SOAP UI, Web services, MQ Series, Temporary storage Queue, IBM Debugger, Changeman, Fault Analzer, Control M.

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Sr. Mainframe Developer/Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Involved in Development of New Programs using CICS, Batch, Online Cobol programs.
  • Involvement in capacity planning/Demand Management. Responsible for status reports/preparation of delivery metrics to customer.
  • Understanding and capturing project requirements by working with business and doing Feasibility analysis.
  • Working with business to determine the project scope and involved in project discussions across groups & also engaged in Gap Analysis to evaluate the potential COTS packages that can be replaced.
  • Involved in creating the data flow & process flow diagram.
  • Analyze, Design, Develop & test activities in Cobol, CICS, DB2.
  • Reviewing the code for coding standards from Changeman and quality checks during development phase. Responsible for code delivery of each project.
  • Involved in creating our own test region for modeling the user acceptance testing scenarios.
  • Onsite support during implementation window.
  • Responsible for component creation, packaging, migration from dev, UAT and PROD implementation.
  • Involved in production support and resolving trouble tickets after implementation of the project.
  • Handle in installing the CICS application through Z/OS system and supported it.
  • Preparing the release coverage and implementation timelines for the project.
  • Preparing the productivity metrics after implementation.
  • Working on estimate variances after project implementation and ensuring documentation of the project activities.
  • Accountable and responsible for project delivery. End-to-End ownership of projects.

Environment: and Tools: COBOL, DB2, MVS TSO, CICS, File Manager, IMS DB, DB2 stored procedure, SOAP UI, Web services, MQ Series, Temporary storage Queue, IBM Debugger.

Confidential. Jacksonville, FL

Sr. Mainframe Developer/Lead

Responsibilities:

  • Had been leading a project team of 5 onshore associates at Client location and 10 associates in offshore location for the past 3+ years.
  • Understand Business requirements and preparing the Technical High level and Low level design documents.
  • Involvement in capacity planning/Demand Management. Responsible for status reports/preparation of delivery metrics to customer.
  • Understood and captured project requirements by working with business and doing Feasibility analysis.
  • Worked with business to determine the project scope and involved in project discussions across groups.
  • Worked on Way Billing system project to initiate the movement of train through a waybill.
  • Analyzing the code for the changes and preparing estimations, high level and detailed design, batch and online programming subprograms and COPYLIBS, DB2 stored procedures, establish dependencies, implement and provided post production support.
  • Reviewed the design documents prepared by team.
  • Developed report using Report Designer and other Pentaho tools to list down the defaulters.
  • Reviewed the code for coding standards from Changeman/Panvalet and quality checks during development phase. Responsible for code delivery of each project.
  • Involved in creating our own test region for modeling the user acceptance testing scenarios.
  • Monitored jobs in CA-7 and responsible for timely delivery of defect fixes and batch abend fixes for user acceptance testing.
  • Monitored abends in abend aid and responsible for providing appropriate fixes.
  • Onsite support during implementation window.
  • Responsible for component creation, packaging, migration from dev, UAT and PROD implementation.
  • Having strong exposure to Z/OS application in installing & Performing the System Administrator functions for all CICS systems.
  • Involved in production support and resolving trouble tickets after implementation of the project.
  • Worked on estimate variances after project implementation and ensuring documentation of the project activities.

Environment: and Tools: COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, Changeman, CAST, File Manager, DB2 Store Procedures, IMS-DB, Abend AID, Syncsort.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

  • Analyzed and developed new programs in COBOL and CICS, modified existing programs as per requirement.
  • Managed the artifact versions through Configuration Management tool- CHANGEMAN
  • Created/modified BLD (Business Logic Diagrams) in VISIO as per business requirements.
  • Segregated existing batch processes into sub-processes for faster and clean processing.
  • Created Stored Procedures in COBOL-DB2 to link the new Web Interface with the Mainframe programs executing at the backend.
  • Involved in creation of new CICS transactions and entering the transaction entries in C.A.T.S/CICS tables.
  • Worked on Various Sorts using JCL Jobs.
  • Monitor the use of CICS systems in order to forecast the need for additional resources.
  • Written Complex SQL queries while coding the DB2- Stored procedure COBOL program for accessing the multiple databases.
  • Monitored jobs and applications in CA-7 scheduler.
  • Provide CICS knowledge transfer and mentoring to staff.
  • Fixed batch abends and online abends, Involved in test region support.
  • Performed the Code walkthrough and Unit test scripts review for all the projects and also ensured that review is done for all the deliverables.
  • Plan, coordinate, and deploy new CICS related program products and/or upgrade existing CICS software.
  • Ensured that proper documentation (like high/low level design, BLD, test plan, test scripts, project overview document, etc) is created for all SDLC phases for the projects.
  • Tracked all the status of the projects, conducted team meetings and provided Status to Application Manager.

Environment: and Tools: COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, Changeman, File Manager, Abend aid, IMS-DB.

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