EXPERTISE

• with around 8 years of hands on experience in application development. Extensive experience in the IT industry, involved with full project life cycle, complete Software Development Life Cycle SDLC.
• Expertise in COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, SQL and Control-M.
• Extensive Knowledge in requirement gathering, analysis, design, development, implementation, testing, integration deployment, documentation and maintenance of IBM Mainframe applications.
• Experience working in the domain of financial and banking applications. Extensive hands on experience on IBM Mainframe Application programming.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fluid organization where priorities shift to respond changing business needs
• Well versed with waterfall SDLC and practice of formal quality processes along with AGILE methodology.
• Strong communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with well demonstrated team dynamics and initiative
• Other skills include mentoring new team members, debugging and excellent problem solving abilities.
• Capable of delivering multiple projects against scope, schedule and customer satisfaction
• Extensive experience working as an onsite coordinator attending the project review meetings with clients gathering requirements, preparing High Level Design, Low Level Design, transitioning the requirements and design to offshore for the Build activity.
• Excellent working knowledge in DB2.
• Self -motivated, highly committed to responsibilities and ability to work independently. Ability to perform well within cross-functional teams.
• Intermediate knowledge with REXX, Easytrieve PLUS, C.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Platforms : Z/OS, MVS, TSO, ISPF, Microsoft Windows
• Programming Languages : COBOL, CICS, JCL, SQL
• File Organizations : VSAM, PS, PDS, GDG
• Mainframe Tools : FILE-AID, CA-Platinum, Abend-Aid, SPUFI, SYNCSORT, DFSORT,
• CA-Fast Load/Fast Unload, Control-M, Endevor, Vshare, IEBGENER,
• IDCAMS, IBM DSNUTILB, PL/SQL, InterTest, NDM, SAR
• Database : DB2v9
• Other Tools : MS Office, Visio, Quality Center 11, VSS, SharePoint

EMPLOYERS:

Confidential

Software Engineer/Senior Software Engineer

Technology Analyst

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Analyst, Lead Developer, Execution Lead

Confidential

• Platform Simplification is a multi-year program for system and data change and re-design in batch critical path of Fidelity SPS system to enhance quality, stability and effectiveness within the environment and enabling Intra-day run of jobs.
• Designed and implemented a solution to improve the efficiency of batch cycle
• Providing technical solutions and design
• Recommended performance improvement ideas for existing production Mainframe applications
• Introduced multi-threaded jobs in the system
• Designed complex scheduling of intraday jobs
• Miscellaneous responsibilities include maintenance/enhancement activities, unit testing, system testing, integration testing of Mainframe based application code and technical documentation
• Install coordinator for 100 modules in January and 150 modules in June.

Skills: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, CA intertest for batch, FILE-AID, CA-Platinum, Abend-Aid, SPUFI, SYNCSORT, DFSORT, CA-Fast Load/Fast Unload, Control-M, Endevor, Vshare, IEBGENER, IDCAMS, IBM DSNUTILB, PL/SQL, NDM, SAR

Confidential

Analyst/Developer

• File feed monitoring is to develop the capability to monitor client inbound feeds from the point where the file is delivered to the mainframe through the application of the data to the SPS Plan Admin system. It's to keep a record of all inbound files which are coming from Clients to SPS.
• Conducted analysis, designed, technical documentation and implemented
• Provided inputs for effort estimates, timelines and peer review
• Provided recommendations on technical feasibility of proposed solutions and provided advice and guidance to Developers and other solution designers
• Reviewed the QA test cases
• Skills: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, CA intertest for batch, FILE-AID, CA-Platinum, Abend-Aid, SPUFI, SYNCSORT, DFSORT, Control-M, Endevor, IEBGENER, IDCAMS, IBM DSNUTILB, PL/SQL, NDM, SAR

Confidential

Developer, Onsite coordinator

• Grant Load automation project was to have an automated loading process for the grants which were coming to SPS from the clients. It removed manual intervention and had the intraday processing capability.
• Prepared technical design and developed and modified online and batch applications.
• Interfaced with offshore team leads to delegate tasks and priorities, times estimates, resource allocations, team status meetings and resolutions of team issues
• Assisted offshore team in coding and testing and kept track of development status ensuring delivering the project on time
• Supported System Integration testing and User Acceptance testing
• Developed back end CICS program which communicates to java front end using XML interface
• Skills: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, XML interfaced web services, CA intertest for batch/online, CA-Platinum, Abend-Aid, SPUFI, Control-M, Endevor, IEBGENER, IDCAMS, IBM DSNUTILB, PL/SQL, NDM, SAR

Confidential

Developer

• TOPS a Mainframe application was developed to handle the trades that reached FIIS through NSCC. DART a mainframe application is the transfer agent in FIIS. Enhancement in TOPS and DART is an ongoing activity at FIIS. One of the major enhancements completed recently is MFPS-FTA project which involved CICS web services and stored procedures.
• Prepared program specifications
• Involved in coding and testing
• Peer review coding and unit test results
• Performed as a configuration controller and defect prevention anchor
• Skills: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, Easytrieve, Abend-Aid, SPUFI, Endevor, IEBGENER, IDCAMS, PL/SQL, SAR

Confidential

Developer

• A maintenance project in Mainframe for making changes in the credentials of the customers of Ameriprise, changes in the reports generated on a daily, monthly, quarterly or yearly basis.
• Involved in coding and testing
• Performed as a configuration controller and defect prevention anchor
• Skills: JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, Easytrieve, Pacbase

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITES

• Involved in requirements gathering, analysis and design
• Involved in estimation and planning
• Creation of technical specification document
• Coding and unit testing of batch and online modules
• Scheduling changes to reduce batch cycle time
• Writing and review of test plans
• Working closely with SIT/UAT testers
• Providing the requirements and design to offshore for code development
• Responsible for onsite-offshore coordination
• Update daily and weekly status to clients
• Responsible for SIT/UAT migration of large projects
• Supporting SIT/UAT
• Project deployment/implementation and system support

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Received multiple client appreciations
• Best Performer award Spot award for the year 2009 and 2010 Infosys