SUMMARY

• Senior software engineer with 7+ years of experience in all facets of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, designing, coding, testing, deployment and maintenance of software applications, software configuration management and release management.
• Expertise in programming and software development using Confidential Mainframes. Strong experience in mainframe application development using COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, ENDEVOR and Confidential Utilities
• Extensive experience in Software Configuration Management, Build/Release Management, version control systems and administration of CM tools such as Rational ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest, Subversion (SVN), STASH, GIT, JIRA and JENKINS on both UNIX/LINUX and Windows environment.
• Knowledge and experience in the administration of web content management systems Interwoven Teamsite and Opendeploy.
• Good domain knowledge of the Healthcare industry. Hands on experience in health insurance claims processing and file formatting.
• Experience in leading a module, working with clients to gather requirements, allocating/monitoring work among the team and being responsible for the successful delivery of the module.
• Ability to work with cross functional team, assign tasks, track and monitor and provide status updates as well as training and mentoring.
• Flexible to learn new skills and technology

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SQL, Unix

Operating Systems: Z/OS, Redhat, Solaris, Linux, Unix, Windows

CM Tools: Rational ClearCase, Rational ClearQuest, Subversion, Git, Atlassian Jira, Atlassian Stash, Cloudbees Jenkins, Sonatype Nexus, Interwoven Teamsite and Opendeploy, BIRT reports

Mainframe tools & utilities: ENDEVOR, Infoman, VSAM, Confidential File Manager, File Master, FILE - AID, ABEND-AID, Confidential Utilities, Changeman, Easytrieve

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Allen, TX

IT Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Support business units in build and release management. Create project repositories, import source code, create baselines, tags and branches, fix merge issues, and administer software repositories by setting up accesses and permissions.
• Involved in testing and migrating applications to the new release versions. Assisted in migrating repositories from one source control version tool to another. Involved in the maintenance and upgrade of enterprise supported applications.
• Worked closely with development teams for product releases. Support development team with configuration management issues. Interact with the system administration engineers in issues relating to hardware and networking.
• Responsible for the administration and maintenance of CM servers and tools such as Jira, Jenkins, Git, Stash, Subversion, Nexus, ClearCase and ClearQuest. Maintain user administration database, perform schema upgrades and generate BIRT and metrics reports.
• Provide technical support to a very large user base globally. Document and train developers and testers on processes and tools.
• Involved in installation, configuration and maintenance of Rational ClearCase and ClearQuest in Windows and UNIX environments.
• Administer web content management systems such as Teamsite and opendeploy and support deployments within Experian. Responsible for server maintenance, on call support and application upgrade
• Responsible for developing and maintaining training tutorials and instructor guides for training users in the usage of proprietary software and systems. Document builds, release and source control processes and plans.
• Responsible for the onboarding of new team members by providing application and process training

Confidential

Senior Mainframe Application developer

Responsibilities:

• Lead the team in major implementations. Involved in preparing technical design documents and carrying out walkthrough meetings with IT & Business managers. Experience in leading a module, working with clients to gather requirements, allocating/monitoring work among the team and being responsible for the successful delivery of the module.
• Coordinate with the client team during production moves. Coordinate with various other concerned groups as and when required. Escalate issues as appropriate.
• Involved in requirement analysis, coding, technical support, testing and quality assurance. Modify and test COBOL and CICS programs and JCL codes per the business requests. Update CICS screens and associated DB2 tables in production. Responsible for creating new procs and jobs as per the runbooks. Also responsible for version control, movement of code and components from deployment area to integration system and production system using Endevor.
• Involved in production support activities. Monitor production jobs and fix job failures within the time mentioned in Service Level Agreements (SLA). Ensure the batch cycle gets completed in time.
• Perform Peer review and log any issues and track till it is closed.
• Mentor new team members and provide application and process training. Document project activities for internal knowledge base.
• Ensure that the project documentation is maintained as per the Project Life Cycle and all documents are version controlled and maintained.
• Conduct training sessions for team members preparing for domain related (healthcare) certification programs.

Confidential

Mainframe Application developer

Responsibilities:

• Involved in full project life cycle including requirement analysis, design, coding, testing, implementation, documentation and maintenance phases.
• Co-ordinate with the client/business owners. Code changes as per the requirements. Schedule status meetings to discuss issues and queries. Requirement analysis, discussion with subject matter expert to clarify requirements.
• Responsible for unit testing, system testing and portal testing before sending the code for integration testing. Set up test environment and document test results.
• Implement changes in production, on call support for implementation queries and post implementation support.
• Maintain all quality related documents and track versions.
• Perform peer review. Report coding and testing defects using Rational ClearQuest and track till it is closed.
• Involved in production support activities. Primary contact person for monitoring and system availability. Monitor error events and resolve abends.
• Prepare monthly reports and transmit files to the client server
• Responsible for version control, movement of code and components from deployment area to integration system and production system using Endevor.