SUMMARY

• Experience in full life cycle development of business applications. System architecture, Application design and development of mainframe computer systems.
• Thorough understanding of the SDLC, both waterfall and agile methodologies
• Extensive experience collaborating with onshore and offshore teams
• 15+ years of experience with COBOL, TSO/ISPF, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, AQT
• 15+ years of experience with Online/Batch Programming
• 7+ years of experience with MQ using MQ Explorer and MQ Visual Edit
• 8+ years of experience within the Financial Sector
• 5+ years of experience in Healthcare sector
• 2+ years of experience in Automobile sector
• 2+ years of experience in Retail sector
• 2+ years of experience using IBM Integration Bus (IIB)
• 3+ years of experience using Oracle Data Warehouse with tools and loads data into the warehouse
• 2+ years of experience using UML diagrams

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Platforms: IBM z/OS, Eclipse, Windows, Mac, UNIX, Linux, Endeavor, Oracle Data Warehouse

Languages: COBOL, SQL, XML, UML

Databases: DB2, QMF, AQT, SPUFI, MS Access

Software: MVS, TSO, ISPF, CICS, OS/JCL, VSAM, SyncSort, MQSeries, Excel, MS Office, Endevor, SVN, VISIO, Virtualization, Distributed System, ALM

Tools: MQ Explorer, MQ Visual Edit, TMON, Xpediter, abend - aid, File Aid

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Woodcliff Lake, NJ

Mainframe COBOL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Defined new DB2 and Oracle tables to have store the safety recall data for each vehicle
• Code COBOL BATCH programs for the daily update of remedy tables from vendor data
• Modified CICS programs to retrieve data in XML format for web application
• The system was developed with Agile methodology, with onshore/offshore developers
• Attended daily scrums and update JIRA tasks for user stories

Confidential

Mainframe COBOL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Extensive use of MQ to get data from Salesforce and process on the mainframe
• Designed and developed a new auto warranty system. Elicited requirements from the user. Analyzed current batch and CICS system and ensured that all functionalities would be included in the new system.
• The system was developed with Agile methodology, with onshore/offshore developers
• Documented the design and appropriate artifacts using UML diagrams
• Front end of the system for Confidential dealers was Java based accessed through the Web. For Confidential customer service employees the front end was developed in CICS.
• Code and test COBOL CICS DB2 programs.
• Code COBOL BATCH programs to Extract and Transform data that loaded into Data Warehouse
• Code COBOL BATCH programs to update DB2 tables from various Vendors using XML format.
• Code COBOL CICS programs to update DB2 tables by access MQ generated by other department
• Use AQT tools to access Oracle Data Warehouse for testing
• Participate in QA testing by using ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) bug tracking software
• System was primarily MVS, TSO, ISPF, COBOL, DB2, CICS, MQ, Endevor, Xpediter, XML, UML, Oracle Data Warehouse, AQT

Confidential, Palo Alto, CA

Mainframe COBOL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and wrote mainframe applications to access a distributed system.
• Designed and wrote Credit Cards application in the MVS environment
• Populate DB2 tables with test data created in the COBOL BATCH programs
• Wrote COBOL CICS programs to access the Credit Card DB2 tables.
• Wrote COBOL programs to extract data from DB2 that will be loaded in the GemFire that resides on UNIX
• Accessed the in-memory database was through a Java process.
• In the z/OS CICS environment automatic intercepting all VSAM operations, and instead of accessing VSAM files on the mainframe the system was accessing the in-memory database in the distributed system.
• System was primarily MVS, TSO, ISPF, COBOL, DB2, CICS, MQ, Xpediter, XML, UML, Stored Procedures, Easytrieve, Panvalet, Intertest

Confidential, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Mainframe COBOL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the design and development of a Proof-Of-Concept for a new EMC/VMWare product.
• The function of the z/OS GemFire Bridge is to integrate between the mainframe and the in-memory database. The benefit was to reduce the processing costs and enable faster response to changing business needs.
• Writing new COBOL programs in batch and CICS environment to access the GemFire from ZOS

Confidential

Mainframe COBOL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Designed, wrote and implemented Managed Account System.
• System designed to alert the management and broker when client’s account risk become higher than the client originally specified.
• Systems were developed in COBOL and CICS utilizing DB2.
• Primary responsibilities were: Studied existing process and helped enhance process, drive and participate in design, development, and implementation.Maintained and provided production support for the system.Develop, prepare and execute test cases for business requirements for a new Wealth Management Process system.Analyzed functional problems and determine techniques and requirements most feasible for processing

Confidential, Franklin Lakes, NJ

Mainframe COBOL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the design, coding and implementation of a POLAR system which gathers all information about patient profile.
• System was developed In COBOL Batch and CICS utilize DB2. Extensive use of QMF.
• Worked in developing of medical profile system. The system logged all allergies that patients have and can alert the pharmacist if a new prescription will cause any adverse effect.
• Production Support in Eligibility.Required rapid analysis and remediation of issues while using broad knowledge base of systems and technical skills.

Confidential, New York, NY

Mainframe COBOL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Solely responsible for the design, coding and implementation of a front end office application, which helped the broker to pick portfolio for the clients based on the client risk tolerance.
• System was developed In COBOL and CICS utilizing VSAM data files.
• Worked in the design, coding and implementation of a back office dividend system.
• Solely responsible to implement the conversion when the Confidential merged with Salomon Brothers.
• Participated in the Year 2000 conversion project.