Objective Summary:

• Strong industry experience in complete project life cycle: Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and currently working as a Mainframe Developer.
• Developed Mainframe applications for State of Alabama Child Support System, Visakhapatnam steel plant Production and Management Information Systems.
• Strong experience with COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, VB, SQL Server, Business Objects BOE , EPM Enterprise Project Management , Microsoft project Office, Visio and Axure documenting tool.
• Experience with Full Software Development Life Cycle SDLC from inception to delivery of product including requirements gathering, use casing, functional specification, design, estimation, implementation, debugging and documentation.
• Extensive Experience with relational databases DB2. Also Database Programming, designing, modeling and Development using MS SQL Server 2000/2005/2008 and MS Access and good experience in SQL T-SQL , PL/SQL, Triggers, Views, Cursors and Stored Procedures, SSIS Packages.
• Worked in developing business reports with business objects and knowledge in SQL server Reporting Services SSRS .
• Experience in analyzing the entire system and the impact with the other backend and front-end systems.
• Participated in weekly status meetings and contributed views in project proceedings with client team.
• Coordinated with the testing team for QA testing.
• Strong experience with Requirement Analysis, Coding, testing and implementing using the requirement document.
• Experience in adhering to coding standards and finishing on time.
• Capable team player who works well with people at all levels.
• Ability to rapidly absorb new concepts and apply them effectively innovative problem solving skills and expert trouble-shooter, effective in working independently and collaboratively in teams with excellent communication and written skills with exemplary analytical, problem solving skills, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Experience in leading a module, working with clients to gather requirements, scheduling/allocating/monitoring work among the team and being responsible for the successful delivery of the entire project/sub-project s .
• 20 years of progressively responsible experience managing, designing, developing and implementing large, complex Information Technology IT systems including:

DHR State Confidential- Child Support System ALECS

• Tax Offset modifications
• OCSE Federal Reporting
• Audit Examiner Reports
• CSENet Modifications
• PRWORA Distribution changes
• Bankruptcy
• Administrative Tax offset
• FACTS Interface
• 25 Annual Fee Collection process
• MIS
• Recoupment
• Electronic Income Withholdings

Visakhapatnam Steel Plant- Production and Management Information Systems

• Production, Planning and Control System PPC
• Bloom Storage Yard Management System BSYMS
• Shipping and Dispatches System SHADES
• Wagon Information and Tracking System WITS
• Production Reporting System of PPC
• Shop Floor Data Collection System of PPC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Child Support System-

Confidential

The Child Support System -ALECS system is the federally certified system used by the Alabama Department of Human Resources to locate absent parents, establish paternity/support, collect and disburse child support payments, enforce child support agreements, review case situations. It operates in support of the DHR Child Support Enforcement Program to meet the automation requirements mandated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families Office of Child Support Enforcement.

Team Supervisor

• Analysis, Coding, Unit Testing, Regression Testing, Implementation of the new requirements.
• Worked on Production fixes.
• Worked with business objects to generate reports to the end users and management.
• Responsible for Version control, movement of code and components from deployment area to integration system and production system.
• Develop and implement methodology standards for all systems development, maintenance, and support efforts.
• Insure the successful design, development, testing, implementation, and maintenance of large mainframe systems such as the Child Support System.
• Assist Project Managers in developing Project Plans and Management Reports for Development System assignments so that upper management has a clear understanding of the tasks, time, resources, risks, and issues related to the project.
• Organize work units, make work assignments, and establish priorities within assigned sections so that work is distributed evenly, personnel skills are utilized fully, and department priorities and section productivity goals are met.
• Determine/Recommend the most appropriate technical environments and/or systems tools for systems development so that departmental needs and goals are met with the most economic use of available resources.
• Monitor the progress of section assignments and take corrective actions where necessary by reviewing status reports and project schedules and meeting regularly with direct reports so that all assignments are completed accurately and on time.
• Review and approve work products of direct reports so that quality and consistency of work can be monitored to ensure that department standards are followed and work is accurate.
• Perform all necessary personnel-related activities such as interviewing, performance appraisals, timekeeping, and employee counseling.
• Foster/Maintain pro-active working relationships with all stakeholders so that system needs are accurately reflected, technical requirements and limitations are identified and risks are analyzed and mitigated.
• Managed applications systems which were developed using a variety of tools including COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, VB, SQL Server and BOE. These systems span multiple platforms, use hundreds of database tables and related files, and support more than 500 users in county offices throughout the state.
• Tracked all aspects of projects to insure that they were completed in a timely manner including assisting with the RFP and ITB processes, procuring hardware, software, and training, reviewing conceptual and physical DB designs, and assisting with quality assurance testing.
• Interacted with users daily to insure that priorities and requirements were clear so that the end product meets their needs and user satisfaction remained high.
• Ensured that multiple projects were properly scheduled and staffed and that designated application developers were properly utilized so that projects were completed in a timely manner.
• Worked with upper management weekly to establish standard Software Development Life Cycle SDLC standards for all application systems within the department.
• Developed status reports, project plans, cost-benefit estimates and large-scale system test plans for senior-level management.
• Established/maintained high employee morale by requiring cross-training on multiple IT projects and providing many opportunities for the employees to express their concerns.
• Developed and modified mainframe batch and online programs for Case Management, Finance and Reporting processes of Child Support System.
• Interacted with users daily to insure that priorities and requirements were clear so that the end product met their needs and user satisfaction remained high.
• Ensured that nightly batch processing was successful for many major IT processes including the distribution of Child Support payments by NCPs.
• Prepared and conducted employee performance appraisals, and interviewed, hired, and terminated personnel when necessary.
• Skills: Mainframe, COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, VB, SQL Server, Business Objects BOE , EPM Enterprise Project Management , Microsoft project Office, Visio and Axure documenting tool.
• Systems Department

Confidential

Deputy Manager Systems

• Consistently designed, developed/modified, tested and implemented programs for the company's Production Planning and Control system and related subsystems. These systems were developed using COBOL, CICS, VSAM, and DB2.
• Developed status reports, project plans, cost-benefit estimates and large-scale system test plans for senior-level management.
• Interviewed the end users, gathered details on existing processes, and defined scope of the projects.
• Trained, made task assignments and reviewed work done by junior-level programmers.
• Worked on new requests that involved new online programs that coordinates with front end and retrieves data from DB2.
• Coordinated with the Client teams during the production moves.
• Created test cases, test data and recorded test results for new/enhanced requests.
• Prepared and conducted employee performance appraisals.
• Skills: COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, VB, MS project office, Visio

Asst. Manager Systems

• Consistently developed/modified programs as requested by users with minimal errors.
• Coordinated with the front end teams in regression testing the Applications.
• Documented the flow of Application programs
• Trained entry-level programmers.

Skills: COBOL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, VB, MS project office, Visio