SUMMARY:

• As an IBM employee at Confidential site, worked as a Technical Team Lead over several Health Care Projects that needed to change to comply with the New Federal Health Care Standards for Confidential. Created or updated programs for new Health care program required by Government. Tested Mainframe Cobol Programs and implemented using Endeavor.
• Senior Programmer Analyst for North Carolina Confidential. Created Cobol/CICS programs to update changes in new and old claims processing system using DB2 database Files. Tested Mainframe Programs and implemented programs using Endeavor program management system. CSC/North Carolina Confidential
• Mainframe Analyst/Developer for Confidential claims processing system for DOD. Software used - COBOL, CIC, DB2 Stored procedures, CA Datacom /DB and Oracle. Development of test plans and test cases. Documented complete life cycle of the project. Confidential -DOD
• Task manager of new Development work for Mainframe/Client Server and tracking the status of the Projects during it’s SDLC/Software Development Life Cycle. Planning, Analysis, Design, Implementation and Maintenance. Release Manager - Participated in the tracking and controlling changes in the softwar e . Confidential

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SOFTWARE: Cobol, Micro Focus Cobol, CICS, JCL, TSO/ISPF, PL/SQL, FileAid, Java, Changeman, Endeavor, SQL-Plus, Focus, Panvalet, Spufi, QMF, Easytrieve Plus

DATABASE: DB2, IMS, ORACLE, ADABAS

PLATFORM: MVS/MAINFRAME OS/390, UNIX, WINDOWS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Richmond, Va

Cobol Programmer Analyst/Cobol Program Tester

• Team Lead/Project Manager over several Health Care Projects that have to change to comply with the New Federal Health Care Standards .
• Change and created Cobol/CICS programs to update changes in new and old claims and Membership processing system using DB2 database and VSAM Files.
• Work closely with other programmers to develop detailed design specifications as well as code and test Claims for Membership Claims Adjudication and Benefit Determination using Cobol and DB2. Cobol Programs were tested on Mainframe using DB2 database with results verified by end user before implemented.
• During the course of testing the Confidential online screens were used to verify the testing of the claims processing was correct.

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Cobol Programmer Analyst/Mainframe Tester

• Participates in full-life cycle software development for complex Confidential (Medicaid North Carolina)
• Created Technical Documents to be presented to the Sate for Approval of 5010 upgrade.
• Created Cobol/CICS programs to update changes in new and old claims processing system using DB2 database Files Worked closely with other programmers to develop detailed design specifications as well as code and test Claims programs using Cobol and DB2..

Confidential, Richmond, Va

Senior Programmer Analyst/Task Manager

• New Development work for Mainframe/Client Server and tracking the status of the Projects during it’s Life Cycle. Release Manager - Participated in the tracking and controlling changes in the software.
• Modified existing and created new Programs and screens for the Export Inventory Management system to move from Swiss Base Order Processing to PMUSA. Changed and created IMS screens and COBOL programs through APS to accommodate new functionality. Modified old and created new DB2 tables for the new process.
• Batch and Online process run against DB2 tables, DB2 Stored procedures. Tested Cobol Programs on IBM Mainframe and DB2 database and Implemented to Production using Endeavor.
• Research and JCL/Documentation development for Disaster Recovery System.
• Research twenty batch systems and identify datasets that need to be Backed up for Disaster Recovery.
• Create Recovery Document that will be used for the step by step recovery of the System.

Confidential, Alexandria, Va

Senior Programmer Analyst

• Wrote specifications as well as documenting customer requirements for the medical claims processing system for the Confidential . Created Cobol/CICS programs to update changes in new and old claims processing system and converting data from a DB2 to an Oracle and CA Datacom /DB database.
• Created and ran test procedures for Cobol II MVS/Mainframe (Legacy system) programs.
• Create Sql (Oracle) scripts to validate data on Unix server.

Confidential, Richmond, Va

Senior Programmer Analyst

• Completed project for Confidential, which involved writing PL/SQL scripts to move data in text delimited format to an Oracle 8 database. Created forms using Visual Basic for data reporting. Use of Data modeling to create Oracle database.
• Team Lead for information gathering project to determine status of new projects for Confidential. Traveled to Confidential offices in US and Canada to interview Confidential Managers and Project Leaders. The Interview was to determine if projects were on time, if additional resources are needed and what if any, additional software or hardware.
• Developed and maintained Lawson Financial and HR software programs (Micro Focus Cobol) on an Oracle database. Upgraded 6.0 to 7.0 version of Lawson HR. Implemented new Lawson Payroll system. Used SQL Plus to query and modify the test and production database. Checked status the database using Unix scripts. Ran the weekly payroll batch programs for Human Resources department after implementation. The Lawson system was developed and maintained on an Oracle database, Unix system. Made minor charges to Java scripts to check updates in the Oracle database.
• Managed a team of programmers as we modified Cobol II and Easytrieve financial programs, AP, GL to modify data fields on DB2 database, MVS/Mainframe(Legacy System) and combine the data processing of the two merging companies. Using Endeavor for program implementation.
• Project Manager for the implementation of the Pratt Whitney Help Desk system. Responsibilities included updating MS Project weekly and summarizing and distributing the minutes from the weekly meeting.