SUMMARY:

• Strong Mainframe - development expertise with the following:
• 25+ years COBOL/COBOL II/OS/MVS/JCL with and without Procs
• 16+ years CICS/BMS
• 15+ years DB2/SQL/SPUFI/QMF
• 15+ years IMS/DB
• 1.5+ years IDMS/R
• 13+ years Endeavor
• 25+ years VSAM
• 2+ years EZtrieve/EZtrieve Plus
• 2+ years REXX

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, John’s Creek, GA

Sr. Mainframe Applications Developer/Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Phase-out/de-commissioned Visual Basic ‘Queue Add/Queue Close’ facility for Java implementation requiring two new COBOL programs to in corporate current internet order fulfillment processing.
• Legacy mainframe COBOL programmer/Analyst role resolving Production Support tickets analyzing COBOL CICS/BATCH code with DB2 processing.

Confidential, Bloomington, MN

Sr. Mainframe Applications Developer/Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Business Structure Analyst (BSA) role resolving Production Support tickets serving as interface between Business Analyst and the development teams.
• Development/Support programmer/Analyst role resolving Production Support tickets.
• Position with Confidential through Caliber and Confidential recruiters working on the Confidential project supporting claims in first a Business Structure Architect role and secondly, a Sr. Mainframe Developer/Programmer/Analyst role resolving Production tickets throughout the Claims systems.

Confidential, Renton, WA

Sr. Mainframe Applications Developer/Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Back - fill Technical Systems Production-support responsibilities, servicing user Incident Reports, Change Requests and, Service Requests for Receiving, Materials, Purchasing (both standard and EDI) and, Chassis systems allowing permanent personnel participate in Confidential 's SAP interface development and conversion;
• Interim responsibility to development SR for online transaction RMRS using IMS/DB2/ COBOL/CICS in the rapid-receiving environment.
• Mainframe back-fill position for Confidential 's NAMS project that was subsequently delayed leading to Production Support/Help-Desk role.
• Production Support/Help Desk activities included servicing user IR/SR/SPR/CRs for Confidential plants around the world.
• Developmental activities included resolving outstanding SRs for plants in Receiving/Purchasing/Materials.

Confidential, San Jose, CA

Sr. Mainframe Applications Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Remotely Analyze/Review/Maintain support for Fundi Repository System.
• Confidential contract ended after my analysis of the Service Repository System indicated that additional resources to support the system were not required at this time.

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Sr. Mainframe Applications Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developing analytical procedures to facilitate complex application redesign and expose opportunities to limit/reduce IMS and DB2 database I/O.
• Short - term contract Pittsburgh performing analysis of Confidential application usage of IMS/DB2 database resources.

Confidential, Madison, WI

Sr. Mainframe Applications Developer/Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Utilized ChangeMan software versioning;
• Developing VSAM/MQ/Web Interface Technical Specifications and applications for federally - mandated Tricare Young Adult Part C enhancement project;
• Enhancing TRICARE programs and copybooks to process enhanced diagnostic data for Health-care claim eligibility decisioning;
• Enhancing OHI Letter Recoupment Processing;
• Resolving Team-Track production problem tickets.
• The CICS background transaction developed stayed resident in memory until a MQ request for information was received.
• After MQ-request interpretation, CICS program queried various VSAM files and DB2 databases to fulfill the request to build/send the MQ reply message back to WEB-services.

Confidential, Kennesaw, GA

Sr. Mainframe Applications Developer/Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Successfully took lead role of 12 programmers to design, code, implement better audit trails of CARDMGT/REISSUE/COLLECTS Inquiry data exposures;
• Phase II and III TS2 Consumer CICS/COBOL mainframe application enhancement to TS2 Commercial platform standards for ACE, CARDMGT, REISSUE, COLLECTS and, INTERFACES;
• Extending Mainframe COBOL/CICS application development and enhancement of TS2 Commercial platform's ACE, CARDMGT, REISSUE, COLLECTS, and INTERFACE functional areas;
• Researching Production VSAM - file issues with LISTCAT/FILEAID;
• Developed and Defined 'T' VSAM files with alternate indexing through AMS/IDCAMS for thorough application UNIT-Testing;
• Loading 'T' VSAM files with scrubbed Production data using HIPPA methodology;
• Maximize VSAM processing performance with IDCAMS definition parameters to change key displacements, alternate indexes, record size and using IMBED to maximize hardware read-head seeks and minimize rotational delays;
• Mentoring junior team members;
• Fostered Q/A integrity while supporting offsite Business Analysts understanding of project parameter/software constraints Supporting offsite QA testing procedures without crossing auditor s integrity line;
• Providing Peer-review critiques on team member development projects and documentation to better satisfy requirements;
• Aiding project methodology conversion from TMM to CDMET Supporting Production (CARDMGT, ACE, REISSUE, COLLECTS, as well as, Interfaces and CMS) on the 24/7 on-call basis;
• Facilitating TeamView methodology and programming pool concept as programmer/analyst in project methodology conversion;
• Working with off-shore resources in York, England to expand market to Europe.

Skills: COBOL II, CICS/GTB, CSF, XMLM, TSO/ISPF, OS/MVS, JCL, QSAM, VSAM, IMS, DB2, ENDEVOR, Netman, Defect-tracker/TestDirector/QualityCenter/Mercury, SERVICECENTER/ SERVICEMANAGER, FILEAID, FILEMANAGER, FILEMANAGER - IMS, FILEMANAGER-DB2, XPEDITER/ Confidential DEBUG TOOL