SUMMARY

• Above 8.6 years of IT professional experience with sound knowledge of Programming, Testing and Problem solving in environment of IBM Mainframes.
• Experienced in using various methodologies in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), CMM Model and ISO quality standards.
• Working on Agile environment.
• Experienced in using Use case Methodologies for capturing functional requirements.
• Experienced in the analysis, design and development of COBOL, PL1, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, IMS DB/DC and the tools CHANGEMAN, ENDEVOR, SYNCSORT, FILE - AID, NDM, XPEDITOR & Job Scheduling tools CA7.
• Having good leading experience for a team of 10 members.
• Worked in domains like Telecommunication, Creditcard.
• Developed technical specifications by working with the business analysts to gather requirements.
• Experienced in batch FTP processing & setting up NDM.
• Experienced in Batch and online programs debugged using Xpeditor and File-aid.
• Provided 24*7 maintenance & production support to Mainframe applications.
• Proficiency at various levels of application development i.e. on requirement analysis, analysis and design, system and integration testing, implementation and documentation.
• Good working experience on ENDEVORto maintain the source code and version control.
• Developed Test Plans and participated in thorough unit, system, regression testing through production implementation.
• Involved in preparing performance test plans from User Acceptance Test Cases and Function Specs using MS WORD, MS EXCEL and QC.
• Involved extensively in UAT.
• Good interpersonal skills and able to work independently or in a team environment.
• Used to working in a fast paced environment and meeting deadlines.
• Ability to rapidly learn and be productive in new areas.
• Excellent Team Player, confident, quick learner with a proactive approach to get things done with minimal supervision and able to manage pressure.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Language & Technologies: COBOL, MVS/JCL, CICS, VSAM, IMS DB/DC, JavaScript, Java, HTML, SQL, XML

Operating Systems: MVS, Z/OS, Windows, Linux

Data Bases: IMS DB, DB2, My SQL

Development Tools: File Aid, Insyc, REXX

Software Engineering Methods: Agile Methodology, Waterfall Model

Version Control Systems: Endevor

Debugging Tools: Expeditor

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, PHOENIX, AZ

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Joining in to the user stories meetings for requirement finalization.
• Providing analysis as per the existing functionality during meetings of agile process.
• Making changes to existing green screens for enhancements
• Good leadership skills and leading a team of 10 members
• Tracking the activities and assigning the tasks as per the requirement
• Providing estimations for the enhancements and new projects.
• Working on Agile methodology and conducting Sprint meetings.
• Creating User stories for the requirements in the Rally tool.
• Monitoring the activities and follow-ups on timely manner to reach schedules on time
• Involving in Scrum meetings for the requirement gathering and understanding.
• Developing COBOL programs for new requirements and code changes performing for existing programs written with technologies like COBOL,DB2,JCL,IMS DB/IMS DC.
• Implement new DB2 stored procedures and maintenance and enhancements of existing DB2 stored procedures.
• Analyzing existing code developed in IMS and making documentation of the functionality for further development in latest technologies
• Carry out impact analysis to make sure that the existing code is not affected.
• Functional and technical support to team members.
• Coordination and communication with client and the team.
• Assist in defect resolution process, conducted root cause analysis & look-ahead meetings to prevent the defect & to meet the quality goals.
• Worked on web services to interact with front-end application developed in JAVA
• Involving in all phases of Testing team like UNIT, System, Integration and UAT for the defect analysis and fixing
• Providing business analytic resolutions as per the new requirements
• Implementing Automation technologies for functionalities using REXX to simply the process.

Environment: Z/OS,MVS, COBOL,JCL, DB2,IMS DB,IMS DC, CHANGEMAN,BMC, IBM Fault Analyzer,CHANGEMAN,SYNCSORT,EZTREIEVE,CA-GEN,CA-Platinum, SYSVIEW,Contol-M and REXX.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Senior Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and designing of technical specs.
• Worked in waterfall model.
• Performing code changes as per requirement for existing programs and developing new programs.
• Extensively worked for external stored procedures using DB2.
• Involving in peer reviews and UAT review meetings.
• Defect tracking is performed using ALM tool.
• Analysis of existing programs and documenting for new enhancements.
• Decommissioning un wanted code or programs and documenting for future reference.
• Developing COBOL programs for new requirements and code changes performing for existing programs written with technologies like COBOL,DB2,JCL,IMS,CICS,JAVA and Web services.
• Implementing Automation technologies for functionalities using REXX to simply the process.

Environment: Z/OS,MVS, COBOL, JCL, DB2,IMS DB,CICS, ENDEVOR, VSAM, ECLIPSE Juno,IBM Fault Analyzer,CHANGEMAN,SYNCSORT,Java,XML,Webservices, Contol-M and REXX.

Confidential, Manhattan, NY

Senior Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and design of user requirements, specifically relating to participant notices of action/formsand eligibility determination.
• Use Case Methodologies for capturing functional requirement.
• Involved in part of java coding while preparing Java procedures/Methods at front-end to call stored procedures at backend which are developed in Mainframes (COBOL/DB2).
• Implement new DB2 stored procedures and maintenance and enhancements of existing DB2 stored procedures .
• Also involved with front-end applications during implementation of COBOL/DB2 stored procedures in QREP/MQ environment.
• Involved in coding of new modules from the scratch and coding to implement the new functionality or change the existing functionality of the programs.
• Involved in modifications of existing programs developed in PL/I.
• Jobs scheduling using BMC tool Control M and working on Control M desktop module to set cyclic jobs scheduling.
• Carry out impact analysis to make sure that the existing code is not affected.
• Implementation of new business requirements into production whether they be to strengthen the rules for eligibility determination or to send out participant correspondences.