Objective

• Having 10+ years of I series (AS400/COBOL/RPG) experience in Handling/Leading teams across locations in various roles which includes Production support, Systems Analysis, architect, Design, Testing, Implementation and looking for similar lead role and responsibilities which best fits my experience.

SUMMARY

• Systems Analysis, Design & Developing of software in RPG IV, RPGILE, RPG FREE, Embedded SQL, Sub Procedures, CL Programming, COBOL, SYNON familiar with IFS, FTP tool XFRMNU, Basic knowledge of Sales Force Admin.
• Concurrent requirement modeling through Project Life cycle. Done Code reviews, Test plans etc.,
• Acted as liaison among stake holders, Elicit & communicate requirements, Documented & managed the requirements, analyzed verified and validated the requirements, understood the business problems & opportunities and recommended the solutions that enable the organizations to achieve its goals focusing on the business.
• Worked as a project lead and transitioning the requirements into system requirements by completing traceability Matrix by taking into account the traceability, attributes and the management, by tracing by attribute, back to objectives and forward to design/test, by various test cases etc., and updating the traceability matrix.
• Possess excellent skills to administer and monitor project plans, analyzing user requirements and suggesting hardware and software for their operations. Package integration and implementation, provide leadership across the organization to drive success with business and technical initiatives, Interaction with users, conduct preliminary and feasibility studies, analyze the existing systems and design comprehensive computerized solutions, life cycle application development which includes coding with documentation, testing, debugging and Tier 1 Production Support.
• Extensive knowledge working with RPG ILE including SERVICE PROGRAMS for accessing data, Working with BINDING PROGRAMS, ACTIVATION GROUPS, Modules etc. Very familiar with SUB FILES for data manipulations and screen updates. Competent using EMBEDDED SQL, Stored procedures in RPG, writing queries to database using SQL. Writing triggers and stored procedures using SQL to AS400. Capable of working in the full range of IBM computers ranging from PC’s to AS/400.
• Conducting Seminars, Demonstrations and training sessions for Technical & non - Technical personnel. Mentor and lead small technical teams through design walkthroughs.
• Expertise in managing End to End phases of the Application.
• Have 3+ years of Client facing Experience in Production Support and Managed Services model.
• Expertise in managing multiple roles as part of Managed services. (Design, Development, QA Production Support).
• Expertise in Level 1 support and building, managing midsized teams for Managed services, project teams and also has experience in coordinating with teams spread across different geographical locations.
• Wide exposure to Processes involved in Managed services model and Enhancement projects.
• Compile various reports as per customers’ requirements to highlight project status, issues being faced, value-add’s provided.
• Generation of Metrics to ensure adherence to the standards set and ensure that slippages and gaps are identified addressed.
• Conducted SME review for training imparted to Graduate Trainee engineers at external location.
• Good amount of knowledge on various phases of testing, Estimate, Test plan creation, Quality center execution and process.
• Good amount of knowledge in preparing, executing and reviewing of test scenarios, test cases and test data.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Hardware/OS: IBM AS400, IBM PC's

Software: SQL/400, QUERY/400, DB2, Embedded SQL, COBOL/400, RPGILE, CL/400,SYNON, PDM, SEU, SDA, RLU, DBU, Database Management concepts like triggers, I series Navigator, Hawkeye, ALDON,IMPLEMENTOR, ROBOT Scheduler, JS (Job Scheduler), XFRMENU, IFS

Tools: HPSM,HPQC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Project Lead - Onsite Coordinator

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Estimate the projects, Design and work allocation to offshore
• Coordinate with Client and user communication and manage capacity, demand of resources.
• Act as SME and bridge the GAP between onshore and offshore
• Entire ownership of deliverables for the application
• Conduct weekly and status calls and give up to date status of work and resources to client.
• Had worked on performance tuning using IBM Iseries navigator tool
• Improved the old legacy system which was built on Native IO to SQL’s and used ILE concepts to improve the system performance
• Played Key rolled of architect for AS400 to Sale Force transmit ion.
• Interact with business users on a daily basis and provide them necessary support by resolving production issues based on priorities well within the SLAs.
• Understand the business user Issues and map to the application/Module and identify the root cause (Data/ Process Gap/Application Issue) and provide end resolution to the issue with proper documentation which is easily understandable by End User.

Confidential

Lead Analyst(Offshore)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design preparation, construction, unit testing and system integration testing. Preparing unit test plans and unit test results for the same & system test plan and results for the same.
• SIT and UAT support.
• Fixing the problems reported by user while System and User Acceptance testing.
• Development and Production release using SOMPLUS release package.
• Understand design and prepare test plan document with test scenarios.
• Create Test plan and Test set in HP Quality Center
• Upload/execute test scenarios in HP Quality Center
• Preparation of quality documents like Review reports, Checklists, Traceability Matrix, Project Metrics Generation, Data Collection Form
• Mentoring the new team members, Preparation of KT plans.
• Conducting team meetings, Knowledge Sharing sessions and technical help to team.

Confidential

Developer(Offshore)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work Allocation, Analysis, Estimations
• Reviewing and Testing of the allocated work
• Coding for critical modules and co-coordinating with onsite teams.
• Preparation of quality documents like Review reports, Checklists, Traceability Matrix, Project Metrics Generation, Data Collection Form
• Mentoring the new team members, Preparation of KT plans.
• Discussing Risk mitigation plans and work plans with customer.
• Coding and helping junior team members technically and functionally.

Confidential

Developer(Offshore)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analysis of the allocated work
• Coding, Reviewing and Testing of the programs
• Requirement gathering, preparing External & Internal Design reports (EDR's & IDR's)
• Preparing the schedule for deployments projects and coordinating with business to deliver them on time.
• Preparation of design document and follow change management process for site specific changes and development.
• Analyzed, designed, developed, tested and implemented modular programs via Projects using RPG/ ILE /RPG IV, CL, SQL/400 on AS400
• Worked in MCH Conversion. I design Conversion Utility to for MCH Conversion. Also I design utility to merge data from different countries.
• Created utilities to reduce manual efforts and time saving for the project.

Confidential

Developer(Offshore)

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Preparing Unit test plan & test cases.
• Code/modify functionality based on the requirement and do unit testing.
• Perform unit testing with individual module
• Develop Documentation for all the project related process.
• Monitoring User Acceptance testing and providing solutions or fixes in case of any issues.