PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Mainframe Professional having around 20 years of experience in Fortune 500 Companies in Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of IBM Mainframe and client - server projects in various industries such as Insurance, Reinsurance, State and Local Government, Financial services and Airline sectors.
• Proficient in IBM Mainframe Technologies such as COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2, EASYTRIEVE, XPEDITOR, INTERTEST, FILEAID, Sync Sort, Easytrive,... etc in MVS environment and has enough working experience in J2EE, Microsoft .net and UML.
• Having Experience as a Tech Lead/ Programmer Analyst/Onsite Coordinator (Technical Lead) in mainframe and client/server environments.
• Versatile experience in providing 24X7 on call support.
• Expertise in obtaining project requirements from user and manager, formulating the requirements into functional and technical specifications.
• Having versatile experience in resource handling, team mentoring, task estimation- scheduling- tracking Full understanding of all phases of Project Life Cycle/SDLC including Requirement gathering, Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Testing, Software quality standards and configuration management and change management and Quality procedures.
• Writing Easytrieve/COBOL/JCL programs for generating adhoc reports and extracts for the businesspersons for important audits and also for other business improvements purposes.
• Expertise in Project documentation, Flow charts, Structure charts, Coding, Testing and Quality audit reviews
• Extensively worked on MS Office Tools (EXCEL, WORD, VISIO, POWERPOINT and ACCESS) and Mercury Interactive.
• Good Programming and Communication Skills with excellent work ethics, easy adaptability to demanding time schedules coupled with positive user interaction and excellent team spirit.
• Exceptional ability to quickly master new concepts.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:

Languages: COBOL, JCL, Easytrieve, Rexx, Informatica, VB, ASP, VB Script, JavaScript, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL, UNIX Shell Scripting.

OLTP: CICS

Databases: DB2, VSAM, IMS, ORACLE 7.X/8i, SQL SERVER, MS-Access

Librarian products: Endevor, Panvalet, Changeman and Control M.

Operating systems: MVS/ESA, OS/390, WINDOWS 95/98/2K/NT, MS - DOS and XP

GUI: Visual Basic 5.0, ASP, Power Builder 7.0

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Pittsburgh, PA

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, designing and coding STX( Suspicious transaction system ), WTS ( compliance system), FX Ocharlie interface from Oracle Flexcube to Confidential bank Mainframe.
• Technical design document created for three Interfaces.
• Oracle Flecube to mainframe interface development involved COBOL Programs, JCLs, PROCs, ISPF/TSO, File-AID, CA Quick Edit and Endevor in IBM ES-3090 under the MVS/ESA operating system, Data base mapping Involved Micro soft Office products, ORACLE DB and ORACLE GI ( Generic Interface ) tool.
• Writing Easytrieve/COBOL/JCL programs for generating adhoc reports and extracts from the Oracle Flexcube.

Environment: COBOL, ISPF/TSO, File-AID, Sync Sort, Easytrieve, ORACLE Flexcube, ORACLE DB, UNIX Shell Scripting, Informatica, PL/SQL

Confidential, Chattanooga, TN

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Gathering and analyzing user requirements
• Converting five applications in the mainframe system by changing JCLs, including Subroutines, ISPF/TSO, MQ Series, File-AID, Change Man, CA Logic Record Facility, IMS and CICS and all OS/VS COBOL to VS COBOL II code for conversion change in IBM ES-3090 under the MVS/ESA operating system
• Creating similar test environments as production baseline for testing JCLs, which included Subroutines and source code of VS- COBOL II program transfers in the test region
• Performing module, system integration, date rollup, parallel, and user acceptance testing for the conversion change

Environment: Subroutines, ISPF/TSO, MQ Series, File-AID, Sync Sort, Easytrieve ChangeMan, IMS, DB2 Stored Procedures, CICS, and MVS/ESA

Confidential, Trenton, NJ

Performance Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Developing and testing COBOL batch programs and providing overall technology support across the project

Environment: COBOL, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, MicroFocus Net Express, J2EE 1.3, Struts 1.1, JSP 1.1, Servlets 2.3, JDBC 2.0, JMS, WebServices, JAAS, SQL, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, Active-X, MS Visual Basic, IBM WebSphere Suite 5.1, Oracle 10g, Shell Scripting, VI Editor, KSH, HP Service center, MS Windows, AIX, and Linux

Confidential, City of New York, NY

Performance Test Lead

Responsibilities:

• Serving as the Performance Test Lead for IFA and OTPS applications, which included integration, batch, online, query, and reporting tests

Environment: COBOL, DB2, JCL, Xpeditor, File-AID, SPUFI, QMF, CICS, J2EE 1.3, JDK 1.4, EJB 1.2, JMS, MQ Series, WebSphere Application Server 5.1, Advantage 3, Oracle 9i, and AIX

Confidential, Norfolk, VA

Technical Consultant

Responsibilities:

• : Coding and testing Payment Channel interfaces - Retail and Vendor Integration assignment using COBOL, JCL, Subroutines, ISPF/TSO, File-AID, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, SQL, REXX, CICS, ChangeMan, and Xpeditor
• Coding conversion file transactions Data Exchange Repository System (DERS) for test and production. All DERS transaction is used for Confidential to Customer and Customer to Confidential
• Coding and testing balance and status transfer file programs in Confidential s Mainframe and MBNA transition work assignments for payment channel interfaces BIN table subprograms and copy books
• Performing module and system integration testing using Mainframe for Balance and Status file module for MBNA - Retail and Vendor Integration assignment

Environment: COBOL, JCL, Subroutines, ISPF/TSO, File-AID, DB2, QMF, SPUFI, SQL, REXX, CICS, ChangeMan, and Xpeditor eNucleus India Inc., Ahmedabad, India

Confidential

Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathering user requirements
• Analyzing, designing, coding, and testing programs
• Coding various client maps for the Confidential on their proprietary language

Environment: .NET Framework, C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, SOAP, WSDL, Firewall, FTP, Data Junction tools, and Windows Security

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Developer/Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Coding adapter and wrapper applications using SAS, COBOL, JCL subroutines, ISPF/TSO, File - AID, DB2, QMF, Xpeditor, SQL, CICS, MQ Series, ChangeMan, DB2, and Stored Procedures
• Performing module, integration, system, and regression testing using TestDirector
• Maintaining DB2 and MS SQL Server databases
• Resolving application problems

Environment: SAS, COBOL, JCL subroutines, ISPF/TSO, File-AID, DB2, QMF, Xpeditor, SQL, CICS, MQ Series, ChangeMan, and DB2 Stored Procedure

Confidential, WA, DC

Developer

Responsibilities:

• Gathering user requirements
• Analyzing, designing, coding, and testing programs
• Performing object oriented analysis and design using Rational Rose and UML
• Developing the mainframe application using COBOL, JCL subroutines, ISPF/TSO, DB2, CICS, REXX, IDMS, ChangeMan, DB2 Store Procedures, Xpeditor, File - AID, and QMF
• Developing the front-end using HTML, Java, Servlets, IBM WebSphere, and Visual Age for Java
• Converting back-end Fare Manager mainframe applications using DB2 and IDMS
• Providing full life cycle support of Quick Rule an EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) project

Environment: COBOL, JCL subroutines, ISPF/TSO, DB2, CICS, REXX, IDMS, ChangeMan, DB2 Store Procedure, Xpeditor, File-AID, QMF, HTML, Java, Servlets, IBM WebSphere, and Visual Age for Java

Confidential, WA, DC

Build Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Gathering user requirements
• Reporting applications connecting to the existing Confidential mainframe using COBOL, DB2, CICS, SAS, MQ Series, JCLs, Subroutines, ISPF/TSO, File - AID, REXX, ChangeMan, Xpeditor, SQL, and QMF
• Creating system test plans for the development environment and program transfer in the test region for the new claim system
• Developing the module and system integration testing application environment for the new CICS region. The region included entry for PPT, PCT, RCT, FCT Programs, and Transactions and File applications
• Testing JCLs and source code for VS COBOL II applications

Environment: COBOL, DB2, CICS, SAS, MQ Series, JCLs, Sync Sort, Easytrieve, Subroutines, ISPF/TSO, File-AID, REXX, ChangeMan, Xpeditor, SQL, and QMF

Confidential, Ney York, NY

Senior Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performing object oriented analysis and design using Rational Rose and UML
• Creating system use cases and class, sequence, and state diagrams based on requirements
• Developing and customizing Java Server Pages (JSP) for the customer user interface (UI) online registration
• Developing the web tier using XML, JSP, XML, Java, Java Beans, Servlets, IBM WebSphere, and Visual Age
• Analyzing, mapping, designing, coding, and testing adapter programs for the Eligibility and Claim application in Confidential s Mainframe using COBOL, ISPF/TSO, DB2, CICS, IDMS, ChangeMan, MQ Series, DB2 store procedure, File - AID, QMF SPUFI, and Xpeditor
• Performing module, integration, system, and regression testing using TestDirector
• Deploying the application on WebSphere
• Supporting system and user acceptance testing

Environment: COBOL, Subroutines, ISPF/TSO, DB2, CICS, IDMS, MQ Series, ChangeMan, DB2 Store Procedure, Xpeditor, Java, EJB 2.0, JSP1.2, JMS, DB2, Oracle 9i, JavaScript, HTML, UML, Cascading Style Sheet, MQ Series, WSAD, Lotus Notes, ClearCase, ClearQuest, CICS Transaction Gateway, and WebSphere 5.1.2