SUMMARY

Information Specialization Experienced analyst, developer and project manager with an in - depth knowledge of the systems development life cycle (SDLC) and strong communications skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, New Carrollton, MD

Lead IT Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed requests to determine whether changes are economical and feasible with staffing and budget constraints.
• Created, updated and maintained documentation for function specification package (FSP), Enterprise Life Cycle (ELC), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Test Plan, End of Test Report, Contingency Management Plan, and Project Management Plan for EPMF/SC and EDS.
• Developed documentation needed for system development.
• Managed Work Requests (UWR), Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and Data Flow Diagrams (DFD) daily.
• Ability to view the System Development Life cycle from a manager and developer perspective.
• Skilled at developing documentation, scheduling system development and deployment scheduling, ordering and researching necessary products for MEDS/ EDS testing and production software and hardware providing feedback to management, contractors, and customers.
• Coordinated contractor development with Confidential IT legislation.
• Established and maintained a professional relationship with contractors, management, and staff to meet deadlines throughout projects major upgrade.
• Ensured all licensing were current and maintained workflow with contractors.
• Continuously researched policies and procedures to maintain a stable and productive work environment.
• Scheduled meetings with businesses, developers and contractors to make sure all upgrades/ or new developments align and were completed timely.
• Skilled multi-tasking as lead project manager for MEDS and as lead developer and project manager for the EDS program.
• Documented recommendations and conclusions to disseminate findings to upper management, contractors and team members.
• Interpreted complex analysis packages by translating basic legislation into program procedures. The results of these translations result in programs that perform the requested task.
• Maintained all documents and records to uphold Confidential CMMI level III standards.
• Graduated from Java Immersions Training (JIT) class with the Confidential learning the development life cycle and process of developing in JAVA.

Confidential, New Carrollton, MD

Section Chief TEGE

Responsibilities:

• Project manager of multiple systems (EMPF/SC, LINUS, EDS, MEDS, TRAC, & 527PAC), reviewed all legislative documentation (work request, transmittal, PMP, BSR, budget), scheduling, and budgeting.
• Worked with subordinates to attain short and long-term goals, ensuring all requirements and deadlines are met in a timely and efficient manner.
• Attained knowledge on employee review and evaluation.
• Utilized my technical knowledge to assist subordinate's response to difficult documentation questions.
• Interviewed all employees monthly determining what information is necessary to share with sr. management at our branch operation meetings.
• Conducted meetings with upper sr. management and executives briefing on high priority tickets informing all updates with TEGE section. 1
• Reviewed work request in retrospect with our employee and budget cuts.
• Fostered a working relationship with senior management presenting accomplishments, events, and problems that arise in TEGE.
• Provided oversight on transmittals from contractors or employees. Attained working knowledge and hands on experience working as a manager and management procedures.

Confidential, New Carrollton, MD

Information Technology Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Lead IBM COBOL developer with Integrated Collection System (ICS) using job control language (JCL) and SQL aligning code with data from database requested by customer.
• Provided ongoing technical guidance and expertise for the following projects: Entity Case Management System (ENTITY), Automated Lien System (ALS), Embedded Quality Review System (EQRS), and National Quality Review System (NQRS).
• Provided strong communication skills, written and verbal between customers and management to ensure all requirements and legislations were met.
• Translated and interpreted requirements presented by the customer determining the most efficient and cost friendly route.
• Served as an on the job trainer (OJT)/ mentor providing guidance in problem solving, SDLC, and/or educating employees on programming process in JCL and IBM based COBOL development.
• Maintained daily, weekly, monthly batch and online processing by modifying, upgrading, and testing codes (JCL/ COBOL/SQL) to meet new Confidential requirements, as forms are revised/modified.
• Worked hand and hand with open communication with many DBA's & SA's to create better more efficient solutions for database and network usage.
• Designed new Confidential databases tables, updated database tables as necessary to link various tables to COBOL program, and compile and run compatibility tests for workstations ensuring all forms of communication are functional.
• Lead for ICS to update and maintain all documentation submitted to advance Confidential to CMMI III standards.
• Created, maintained, and updated the Application Program Registry (APR). APR is documentation that must be updated every year based on branch employees and their responsibilities.
• C Supervisor of Information Technology Director of Corporate Computer Scientist oordinator branch mid-year, end-of-year (EOF) documentation and release schedule. Lead point of contact for DBA, TCC, SA, and programmers to organize all information such as changes, release date, and documentation for each transmittal.
• Sought out for guidance as a subject matter expert (SME) of EDS, MEDS, and EPMF.
• Acted as section chief for TEGE in section chief's absence.
• Utilized an extensive working knowledge of SDLC.
• Maintained a healthy work environment by effectively working with multiple personalities, evaluating budgets, and coordinating work between different sources and groups.
• Organized and facilitated meetings among staff, management and sr. managers.
• Developed and assigned staff multiple tasks to accomplish team's goal.
• Experienced developer and analyst for EPMF/SC, EDS. Utilized programming languages developed for ProC*, Unisys COBOL, Oracle development, and SQL.
• Analyzed and developed newly required updates and maintained code for the above languages.
• Performed project manager duties with MEDS. Hosted meetings with customers, users, and all levels of management to determine needs for systems. Effectively troubleshoot issues that arose and analyzed problems and determined a timely and efficient plan of action.
• Worked with an array of employees with different backgrounds and work ethics developing team that works as one unit, while strategically delegating assignments throughout TEGE.
• Maintained a strong team to accomplish goals in concurrence to Confidential standards.
• Utilized project management skills to organize plan and schedule task between multiple parties (senior managers, employees, and contractors) inside and outside our organization.