OBJECTIVE:

Having 14+ years of Iseries AS400 experience in Handling/Leading teams across locations in various roles which includes Project Tier 1 Estimations, Design, Development, Testing, Implementation, Production support, Systems Analysis, Reporting and looking for similar Lead role and responsibilities which best fits my experience.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

• Systems Analysis, Design & Developing of software in RPG IV, RPGILE, RPG FREE, Embedded SQL, Sub Procedures, CL Programming, COBOL, Knowledge of SYNON, IFS files processing, Tableau.
• Concurrent requirement modeling through Project Life cycle. Code reviews, Reporting, Test plans etc.,
• 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 solutions, life cycle application development which includes coding with documentation, testing, debugging and Tier 1 Production Support.
• 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 tracing requirement’s by attribute, back to objectives and forward to design/test, by various test cases etc., and updating the traceability matrix.
• Good amount of Expertise in Analyzing, understanding existing database and performance tuning SQL’s and processes in improving overall system performance.
• Good Exposure on conversion projects by understanding the existing system, new system, data mapping, Design, develop one shot programs for data migration.
• Implemented several best practices in maintaining system health by good development and database maintenance practices.
• Good amount of exposure in Onsite/Offshore Model processes.
• Good knowledge in understating user requirements and develop user friendly reports.
• Extensive knowledge working with RPG ILE including SERVICE PROGRAMS for accessing data, Working with ACTIVATION GROUPS, BINDING PROGRAMS, 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. Worked with Health care (Claim Engines) EDI, Adjudication, AP process and downstream reporting.
• Conducting Seminars, Demonstrations and training sessions for Technical & non - Technical personnel. Mentor and lead small technical teams through design walkthroughs.

MANAGED SERVICES EXPERTISE:

• Expertise in managing End to End phases of the Application.
• Have 2+ 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, Reporting, 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.
• Trained Graduate Trainee engineers on AS400 (RPG, CLLE and Basics of OS/400) concepts at CFC and Satyam.
• 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.
• Requirements Gathering.
• Good exposure to Development & Maintenance projects.
• Reviewing and maintaining Artifacts.
• Around 3 years of experience in Health Care Domain Expertise in RPGLE, C/400
• Around 2 years of experience in Enhancement and Level 1 support of Mortgage Business application.
• Requirements Gathering.
• Good exposure in analysis in new system and relate to the existing system.
• Expertise in understanding the Architecture and data base relationships.
• Design and Develop One Shot programs for data Migration.
• Reviewing and maintaining Artifacts.

STRENGTHS:

• Process Oriented.
• Quick learner
• Good at planning things.
• People management.
• Team Motivator and a good team player.
• Good Partnering and Client Facing skills.
• Positive Attitude.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

HARDWARE: IBM AS/400, IBM PC’s & compatibles, Windows Servers

OPERATING SYSTEMS: OS/400, SQL/SERVER, Win 9X, Win2K, NT, XP, Windows 7

SOFTWARE: SQL/400, QUERY/400,WRKQRY, RPG, RPGILE, Free Form RPG /Open Source, COBOL/400, CL/400,PDM, SEU, SDA, RLU, DFU, DBU, Oracle, C, TIBCO, Informatica, Tableau, Qlik View, Lawson, TIBCO BW

Domain Expertise: Retail, Health Care, Insurance, Banking, Mortgage, Retirement Plan solutions, MSB (Money Service Business.

TOOLS: I series Navigator, Hawkeye, Aldon, Turnover, Relational Database, HPSM, HPQC, BMRS, Robot Scheduler, MS WORD, MS EXCEL, MS PROJECT, PowerPoint, MPP, WS-FTP, DB Visualizer.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Project Lead /Architect

Responsibilities:

• Analyze and define clients’ business strategy and determine system architecture requirements to achieve business goals.
• Formulate strategic plans for component development to sustain future project objectives.
• Gather detailed business requirements and use cases, and translate them to technical specifications and BRD.
• Create team strategies and establish project scopes of work, communicate project deliverable time frames.
• Suggest architectural improvements, design and integration solutions.
• Mentor team in developing solutions as per the business requirement and clarify their technical and functional queries.
• Expert Planbrings simple, affordable retirement plan solutions to small employers through its innovative use of technology. The firm offers a full range of consulting services including cash balance retirement plans, defined benefit plans, and defined benefit/defined contribution combination plans with online record keeping facility.

Development/ Production Support Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• End to End support of the system including Design Develop, Testing and Support.
• Estimate the Enhancement projects, reporting, maintaining database and Support Trade issues and End user Issues.
• Prepare migration plans, present to higher management get approvals and execute them on time.
• Resolve performance Issues by analyzing existing system and giving a best solution in terms of efficiency. Used Iseries navigator to analyze the queries for performance issues and suggested the indexes which helps in resolving the performance issues.
• Tier 1 on-call support (Rotational Pager support), monitoring for nightly batches and supporting batch issues.
• Worked Intensively on WRKQRY, IFS, File transfers, data uploads, Production updates and reports.
• Single point of contact for all ALDON promotions and external audits. Resolve and help End user issues related to any Iseries process.

Confidential

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Estimate the projects, Design, reporting, maintaining Agent customer database 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 I series 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
• Had basic knowledge of TIBCO, got a chance to work on TIBCO.
• 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- Onsite Coordinator

Responsibilities:

• Providing On call production support/ Database management/Reporting
• Respond to calls 24/7 and ensure smooth/successful completion of production jobs.
• Schedule jobs for regular and special runs in production using Robot Scheduler
• Maintain Database, Performance tuning, System health, Reporting of daily claims processing and rejections.
• Add/Modify job properties as per requirements.
• Maintain production logs with abend details and their resolutions.
• 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.
• Understand design and prepare test plan document with test scenarios.
• Create Test plan and Test set in HP Quality Center
• Perform QA testing (System, Integration, Release)
• 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

Lead Analyst (Dev)- Lead

Responsibilities:

• Work Allocation, Analysis, Estimations
• Reviewing and Testing of the allocated work
• Coding for critical modules and co-coordinating with offshore teams.
• Database Management, Performance Tuning, Reporting.
• 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.
• Prepare and Review (PGS/UTC/UTR)

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

Confidential

Module Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the allocated work
• Coding, Reviewing and Testing of the programs
• Completion of given tasks as per deadlines meeting quality standards
• As a senior member guided the Trainees in Analysis and mentored them.
• Delivering defect free programs.

Hardware/OS: IBM AS400, IBM PC's

Software: SQL/400, QUERY/400, DB2, Embedded SQL, Free Form RPG, RPG II, RPG/400, RPGILE, CL/400, Nordic, PDM, SEU, SDA, RLU, DBU, Database Management concepts like triggers, I series Navigator, Hawkeye, ALDON, MS Word, PowerPoint, Visio etc.

Confidential

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Confidential is a Solution provider specializing in Hospital Management Systems.
• Has around 200 Hospitals using its Hospital Management System( Confidential Med series-4)
• This project involves the following type of program requests:
• Enhancements to existing functionality
• Changes to report layouts
• Changes to display file layouts
• Conversion of RPG sources to ILE sources along with addition of new features
• Coding new programs for new functionality
• Understanding Specifications.
• Analysis and Coding.
• Completion of given tasks as per deadlines meeting quality standards.
• Delivering defect free programs.

Software: SQL/400, QUERY/400, Embedded SQL, Free Form RPG,RPG/400, ILE, CL/400, PDM, SEU, SDA, RLU, DBU & DFU