EXPERIENCE SUMMARY:

• 13+ years experience in Mainframe application development and maintenance
• Around 5 years experience in direct interaction with clients in onsite
• Around 7 years of project lead experience
• Skilled in understanding business requirements and preparing functional requirements
• Extensive experience in all phases of SDLC including development, conversion, and testing
• Proficient in analysis, program designing, coding, user interface, system implementation; data requirements, requirements gathering and usability studies; developing automated tools
• Experience in CMM level - 5 environment with exposure to CMM procedures and artefacts
• Versatile and smart working team player with excellent communication, analytical, presentation and interpersonal skills

CORE SKILLS:

• IBM Mainframe
• COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, DYL280, REXX, Easytrieve
• VSAM, ISPF, XPEDITOR, FILEAID, FRONTPAGE, ENDEVOR, CHANGEMAN and SPUFI

SKILLS PROFILE:

Operating Systems: OS/390, DOS, Windows NT/95,and Unix

Programming Language: C, C++, Java(JDK1.3), Visual Basic, COBOL, DYL

RDBMS/DBMS: DB2, Oracle and MS-Access

Web Development Tools: HTML, JSP and Java Scripts.

Online Systems: CICS and ADSO

Utilities: Fileaid, Expediter, OPCT, TSO Proterm and Changeman

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Smyrna, TN

Responsibilities:

• Inventory tracking and maintenance
• Managing the vehicle lifecycle from the scratch to final build
• Ordering parts
• Gathering and documenting requirements
• Analyze Requirements and develop functional specifications document
• Review of specifications and code
• Impact Analysis
• Perform unit testing and verify results
• Deliver to the UAT Team and provide UAT support
• Implementation and provide post-implementation support
• Prepare weekly Metrics report and project status report
• Mentor the new members of the team and prepare a induction plan for them

Solution Environment:

Hardware: IBM 3090

Operating system: OS/390

Languages: COBOL, CICS,JCL

Databases: DB2

Tools: File-aid, Expediter, Endevor, Smart test, QMF, Fault Analyzer, SAR, Infox, Spufi

Confidential, New York, New York

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Gathering and documenting requirements
• Analyze Requirements and develop functional specifications document
• Review of specifications and code
• Impact Analysis
• Perform unit testing and verify results
• Deliver to the UAT Team and provide UAT support
• Implementation and provide post-implementation support
• Prepare weekly Metrics report and project status report
• Mentor the new members of the team and prepare a induction plan for them
• Involved in new project proposals within Settlement area
• Involved in automation of repetitive tasks

Solution Environment:

Hardware: IBM 3090

Operating system: OS/390

Languages: COBOL, CICS,JCL, REXX, Easytrieve

Databases: DB2

Tools: File-aid, Expediter, Change man, Inter test, QMF, Fault Analyzer, TOM, Infox, Spufi, MQ Series

Confidential, New York, New York

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathering and documenting requirements
• Analyze Requirements and develop functional specifications document
• Review of specifications and code
• Impact Analysis
• Perform unit testing and verify results
• Deliver to the UAT Team and provide UAT support
• Implementation and provide post-implementation support
• Prepare weekly Metrics report and project status report
• Mentor the new members of the team and prepare a induction plan for them
• Involved in automation of repetitive processes

Solution Environment:

Hardware: IBM 3090

Operating system: OS/390

Languages: COBOL, CICS,JCL, REXX, Easytrieve

Databases: DB2

Tools: File-aid, Expediter, Change man, Inter test, QMF, Fault Analyzer, TOM, Infox, SpufiProject

Confidential, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Modifying / Enhancing system documents using Revine Tool
• Preparing enhancement strategy
• Review of specifications and code
• Preparation of plans and test specifications and analyzing testing completeness
• Creation of test data and execution
• Support for timely closure of defects in UAT
• Post implementation support for TPR as required
• Scheduling the critical batch jobs in test environment to simulate a mock run on Sundays

Solution Environment:

Hardware: IBM 3090

Operating system: OS/390

Languages: COBOL, CICS,JCL, DYL

Databases: DB2

Tools: File-aid, Expediter, Change man, Inter test, OPCT

Confidential, Illinois

Test Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Review of specifications and code
• Preparation of plans and test specifications
• Creation of test data and execution
• Support for timely closure of defects
• Configuration management of artifacts in the QA environment

Solution Environment:

Hardware: IBM 3090

Operating system: OS/390

Languages: COBOL, CICS,JCL

Databases: DB2

Tools: Fileaid, Expediter, Changeman

Confidential, Minneapolis

Team Member

Responsibilities:

• Conversion of Code from ADSO/IDMS - CICS/VSAM (Online)
• Unit testing of Online components
• Preparation of system test plan
• User Acceptance Testing Support
• Post Implementation Support

Solution Environment:

Hardware: IBM 3090

Operating system: OS/390

Languages: COBOL, CICS

Databases: IDMS

Tools: Fileaid, Expediter, Changeman and TSO Proterm