OBJECTIVE

To play a key role in the identification, design, development of innovative software products, to be part of a working environment that is encouraging, challenging and fast paced and make optimum use of skills to contribute to the success of organization.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Summary

• 10 years of his experience involves leading projects in different technologies like Hosting/Infrastructure
• Services, Cloud computing, Mainframes technologies, Middleware Administration IBM WebSphere
• PMP Project Management Professional certified from PMI
• CSQA Certified Software Quality Analyst certified
• IBM WAS ND v8.0 Certified IBM Websphere administrator.
• Extensive experience in Financial / Insurance Domain on Annuities product. FLMI Level I certified
• from LOMA for Insurance Expertise especially USA insurance .
• Rich Onsite experience USA at client location for total 4 years
• Experience in preparing Defect Status reports, Issue logs and Risk logs.
• Highly knowledgeable in software development life cycle SDLC , scheduling, requirements analysis,
• project planning, strategic planning, systems analysis and Technical design.
• Meeting with Business users and stakeholders to Understand Business Requirements.
• Prepared project budgets, created and maintained project plans, helped to establish an integrated
• change management process, created document templates, work breakdown structures, resource allocation plans.
• Hands on experience and expertise in conducting SWOT Analysis, feasibility study, and impact analysis
• to handle change management
• Actively involved in the full project life cycle from gathering user requirements to Implementation.
• Adept in designing the Measurement plans, metrics, dashboards and scorecards and has the aptitude of
• providing overall testing status, risk management, resource planning, test environment planning and
• tracking various SLA's with relevant stakeholders and vendors.
• Managed project assignments and performance tracking.
• Experience working in collaborative environment with multiple teams located remotely.
• Knowledge of Agile Metholodigies.
• Extensive experience in analysing defining requirements, performing data analysis, programming,
• developing technical documentation, defining and executing test plans.
• Extensive experience in Vantage One and wmA Product CSC IP product
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal and problem solving skills, always received client appreciations for the
• quality of work delivered.
• Make sure to have business continuity by having DR plan in place.
• Work well under pressure, strict deadlines and have the ability to adapt changes quickly
• Quick learner with an ability to rapidly adapt to new technologies and new environments
• Excellent client relation skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Middleware Technology : WebSphere Application Server v6.x, v7.x, Websphere Commerce v 7.0

Web servers : IBM HTTP Server v6.x / v7.x

Virtualization : Cloud Computing

Mainframe Technology : COBOL, JCL, DB2, Endevor, Zeke, SAR, BMC tools, File aid, REXX,

Easytrieve, VSAM, CICS, TSO, ISPF, CA-7

Operating Systems : Windows Server 2003 / 2008, UNIX Solaris

Database : DB2, Oracle10g/11g, UDB

UNIX Tools : SSH, putty, WinSCP

Scripting : ANT, Maven, wsadmin, python, jacl

ERP Package : SAP R/3 4.7

Languages : Java, ABAP/4, C, C , HTML

External Tool : MS-Project, MS Visio, Quality Center, Wily, dynaTrace, SQL developer,

SQL , Tortoise, SVN, JIRA

PROJECTS ENGAGEMENT OVERVIEW

PROJECT 1

Confidential

Technologies Used : Mainframe, IBM WebSphere, Cloud Computing

Current Role :

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated with the Project Stakeholders and Sponsors to prepare Project Scope and Project Charter.
• Facilitated bi-weekly meeting / session to coordinate with multiple teams including Tech Leads, SMEs, Business Analysts, Architects, Development and Testing teams.
• Develop work break down structure WBS , communication and risk plan.
• Coordinated with the key stakeholders to identify the key resources for the successful completion of the project.
• Monitored process compliance and recommended process improvements resolved project road blocks.
• Monitored the project schedule, managing project scope, and change request in compliance with the change management process to mitigate risk.
• Facilitated meetings and document contingency solutions, in case the deliverables are likely to be missed.
• Forecasted and acquired resources for the project and managed their level of effort and activities throughout the project in Project tool.
• Prepared and presented weekly status reports, status dashboards, and status presentations for the leadership team and project sponsors.
• Formulated regular and on-demand executive reports on project status, risks and issues, scope, defects and resources for senior management.
• Collect sign-offs from the clients on various completed deliverables
• Prepare, present and update project plan throughout the project life cycle
• Manage project scope, statement of work, work orders and change request to mitigate risk
• Ensure project is on time and on budget by meeting milestone deliverables
• Leading effort to implement wmA CSC IP product for MML client from scratch.
• Leading effort to help AXA to insource mainframe at their location in NYC.
• Leading effort to migrate physical servers to cloud environment
• Responsible to having a setup ready for initial MML production cycle's jobs for wmA system.
• To review technical documents and test results before final delivery
• Analysis of critical internal and customer reported defects.
• Building strong partnerships with all the project stakeholders to ensure effective project delivery.
• Involvement in Requirement gathering, BRD walkthrough and Gap analysis.
• Involved in preparing Business Specification Documents and Test Plans
• Troubleshooting critical Production issues
• Involved in the OS patching and DB migration activities.
• Support team in doing requirement Analysis, Impact analysis, coding and testing of Enhancement/Service Requests.

PROJECT 2

Confidential

Tools Used : Mainframe COBOL, JCL, DB2, File aid, Easytrieve, Endevor, Zeke, BMC tools, SAR, VSAM,

TSO, ISPF , Websphere

Role : Worked as lead of Enhancement Day2 team

Responsibilities:

• Requirement Analysis, Impact analysis, coding and testing of Enhancement/Service Requests and problem reports
• Worked to help team to resolve various kind of bind issue
• Worked to resolve various kind of DB2 related issues like table drop / Image copy backups maintained by DB2 / HDDL creation and backup
• Responsible to setup initial production cycle's jobs for system
• Provide instruction to CICS setup team to maintain new CICS regions for system.
• Worked as backup to install code via Endevor.
• Worked to setup different kind of special jobs via Zeke.
• To review technical documents and test results before final delivery
• Analysis of internal and customer reported defects.
• Installed and Configured the Websphere Application Server Base / Network Deployment Manager.
• Configuration, Administration and Troubleshooting of IBM WebSphere Application Server.
• Opening tickets and coordinating with IBM Support Team for resolving the issues in Development and Production Environments.
• Provide 24/7 on call support, problem resolution, log file review, and root cause analysis for the production environment.
• Perform System / Regression / Integration testing.
• Involvement in UAT support / External defect fixing.
• Deployed the Web and Enterprise Applications in all Environments
• Hands on dynaTrace at basic level.
• To review technical documents and test results before final delivery

PROJECT 3

Confidential

Environment : Mainframe / SAP-ABAP

Responsibilities:

• PMST is a tool that lets the project managers and all members in the project hierarchy keep track of all the issues that arise out of projects right from the time when the product is conceived to the time when the project is delivered. This tool lets the members to raise and solve issues as well as take-up the actions. E-mail automation was done and was designed to be sent appropriately whenever an issue or an action was raised. Apart from these, I prepared the Use Case documents and flow sequence diagrams. Other major responsibility involves-
• Preparation of BA Docs, Weekly Status Report, System Testing Docs and Test cases.
• Involved with senior BAs in requirement gathering.
• Develop and Review of technical documents.
• Prepare and Review of Unit testing Documents prepared by peers.
• Estimation of Tasks.