Goal: Mainframe Programmer, QA Tester, Technical Systems Analyst position. Willing to relocate.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Mainframe Programmer/Testing/ Analyst

• 23 years full project development life cycle experience on large legacy enterprise systems
• Extensive experience analyzing, designing, coding, maintaining both batch and online systems
• Recently specialized in planning and executing system, regression, and integration testing 6 years
• Accurate and thorough - have history of smooth acceptance testing and virtually trouble free installs
• Write detailed, concise specifications and test plans, easily understood by both business and
• technical stakeholders
• Work well as part of a team and as a senior/lead individual contributor, excellent oral communication
• Quick to understand basics of new applications and details necessary for each assignment
• Worked with wide variety of software and tools - can quickly pick up new skills as needed

Strongest technical skills:

• Expert: Mainframe MVS JCL, COBOL, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, File Aid, VSAM, Syncsort, IBM Utilities
• Strong: DB2/SQL, SPUFI, BMC, CICS/Expediter, IMS/DB, Endevor, HP Quality Center, NDM, PL/1
• Moderate: QMF, Easytrieve, Excel, IMS/DB, Changeman

MAJOR TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Environment: IBM z/OS MVS mainframe JCL, Procs, Utilities 29 yrs
• Languages: COBOL 17 yrs , PL/1 6 yrs , Easytrieve 3 yrs
• Database/Files: DB2/SQL 12 yrs , Stored Procs. 1yr , IMS/DB 6 yrs , Datacom DB 6 yrs , VSAM 22 yrs
• Online DC: CICS 11 yrs , Intertest/Xpediter 6 yrs , IMS/DC 2 yrs , SDF2 BMS screen gen.- 1 yr
• Mainframe Tools: TSO/ISPF SDSF 23yrs , File Aid 17yrs , SPUFI 14 yrs , BMC 5 yrs , CA-7 1 year
• QMF 3 yrs , Hyperstation Scripts 1 yr , Endevor 13 yrs , ChangeMan 2 yrs , Panvalet 8 yrs
• COBOL Generators: Jackson Workbench PC based 1 yr , APS MF Based yr
• EDI / FTP NDM/Connect Direct 7 yrs , FTP/CCF 6 yrs , MQ Series 3 yrs , X12 EDI yr
• PC / LAN Tools: MS-Office/Outlook/Word/Excel 17 yrs , Quality Center 5 yrs. , Sharepoint 7 yrs

EXPERIENCE

Confidential

• COBOL, DB2, QMF, BMC, SPUFI, JCL, TSO, File Aid, Quality Center, MQ Series, Finalist, HIPPA
• As a QA Testing Specialist on the Medicare Beneficiary Database system, learned the basics of approximately 30 Medicare subsystems, beneficiary plan profiles, part A,B,C, D eligibility, subsidies, coordination of benefits, third party payers, etc. , in order to perform system, regression, integration testing of monthly and quarterly changes. Tested interfaces between Medicare, SSA, the States, and the Part C D Plans. Analyzed new and existing system requirements to identify, update, and create new test cases and procedures in Quality Center.
• Created a cross reference of past test cases by application vs. release date , making application research more efficient. Continually added to notes in the cross reference, to clarify procedures and tools needed to distinguish and test different aspects of each application, making analysis easier and more accurate.
• Selected and manipulated DB2 data and batch files to meet test criteria. Reviewed COBOL/DB2 code to confirm how the processes worked, and what existing code may have been affected. Ran JCL and GUI transactions. Collected 'before and after' screen shots and narrated formal test documentation for review.
• Contacted business analysts to deal with questions and issues as needed. Updated Sharepoint and Quality Center with test results, defect tracking, and resolution. Worked with the team to balance the work load to meet deadlines.
• Completed annual classroom and online courses: HIPPA Compliance, Data System Security, Ethics Integrity.

Confidential

• COBOL, CICS, IMS/DB, DB2, APS, MQ Series, VB Macro scripts
• Made major revisions to online and batch Claims Entry and Reformatting programs and procs from minimal specs.
• Worked on incoming 837 Dental claims in the X12 EDI 4010 format.
• The project integrated a separate database into the main Claim Database, and replaced direct calls to the Claim Database with calls to common I/O modules which could allocate space for, and read, an entire claim.
• Updated macros to test multiple screen online transactions. Ran and documented production parallel test results, and program compares, for code walkthroughs. Worked on teams to fix defects, based on priority availability.

Confidential

COBOL, DB2

Analyzed and documented several 40 year old Social Security Cobol programs for transition from flat files to DB2 tables. Updated a data dictionary, mapping flat file fields and calculations to new DB2 columns. Updated a program to reload a test database with the new tables columns.Passed Federal clearance for Position of Public Trust .

Confidential

COBOL, DB2, BMC, Panvalet, MQ Series, XML, Jackson Workbench

Coded the core program in a new batch interface between multiple hotel brand systems. Coded routines to clean up and standardize input data originating from various platforms, and different hotel procedures. A few issues were resolved during a pilot, then the interface was installed smoothly in the rest of the 3,000 hotels.

Confidential

• COBOL, CICS, Intertest, Easytrieve, DB2, Stored Procedures, Platinum, QMF, VSAM, Endevor, NDM
• Supported Brokerage division wide 2 year project with 4 newly cloned test environments, 30 CICS regions 2,000 DB2 tables. Ran Hyperstation Scripts to shake out the new environments. Developed documented DB2 SQL standards online testing procedures for the project. Designed project specific DB2 table coded interface program.
• Updated a few hundred online batch programs and stored procedures needed for initial testing of each project phase. Integrated recently installed code into the test programs. Wrote programs jobs to convert and refresh data, NDM'd data between the test QA environments. Debugged reported batch problems, and problems we found in CICS error log, with CEDF, Intertest, Platinum Detector, and consultation with application experts.
• Worked with the tech writer on the new training manual.

Confidential

• COBOL, DB2, IMS/DB, VSAM, NDM, InSync, Lotus Notes/Workplace, proprietary testing tools
• Coordinated, planned, executed QA integration tests of several maintenance/enhancement projects each month, for company-wide billing systems. Customized JCL, Procs, proprietary testing tools to run various combinations of 10 applications, depending on the front end systems being tested, DSL, local, long distance, etc. Selected test data from DB2 tables using SPUFI, and from flat files using INSYNC. NDM'd test data to from other locations.
• Ran frequent ad-hoc SQL queries reports for business analysts. Resolved issues by comparing Cobol/IMS/DB2 code with the business specs writing bug reports for the program owners. Tracked test status issues with Lotus Workplace. Documented procedures helped train 5 new QA team members in India.

Confidential

Part time seasonal temp job, while looking for professional position, and attending enterprise developer night school.

Confidential

COBOL, VSAM, ChangeMan

Met tight legal deadline within a 3 month contract, to clone an existing batch payroll subsystem to comply with a new state law. Coded 20 Cobol programs and 5 Jobs Procs from a business functional spec. A few minor adjustments were made during the 2 week / 3 store test, before a successful implementation to the entire chain.

Confidential

• COBOL, CICS, Intertest, SDF2, DB2, QMF, VSAM, NDM, Easytrieve, Endevor
• Lead analyst on a yearlong, 5 person, foreign currency exchange project. Working from the business spec, analyzed batch and online programs, designed and wrote the technical spec and system test plans. Coded updated a dozen Cobol/DB2 programs. Added NDM steps to JCL to send data to the treasury and clearing houses.
• Estimated and tracked hours for the project life cycle, coordinated user acceptance testing, defect tracking in Access DB, program version control, and a problem free installation. During this time, Mellon was a Capability Maturity Model Level 3 certified company was trained in, and followed CMM 3 quality standards.

Confidential

• PL/1, CICS, Expediter, Datacom DB, ChangeMan, MQ Series
• Updated 20 Cobol programs with more flexible fund-based code, allowing international date/time processing. Worked mostly on background CICS tasks, triggered by receipt of MQ Series data.

Confidential

• COBOL, DB2, IMS/DB, VSAM, Easytrieve, ChangeMan, XICS report designer . Document/View Direct
• Made changes to complex legacy Cobol/DB2/IMS programs, with virtually no documentation, and few experts due to a recession and merger. Extensive regression and integration testing was required.

Confidential

• COBOL, CICS, Intertest, DB2, VSAM, CCF/FTP, NDM, Easytrieve, Endevor, CA-7
• Hired for 6 month contract in Global Trust Securities Trading Systems was retained for 6 years, through several corporate wide contractor terminations, until completion of Y2K testing. Developed new subsystems, enhanced and maintained existing trading systems, and updated interfaces with internal and external systems. Met crucial industry wide and new client deadlines. Supported daytime batch cycle, triggered by receipt of EDI data from brokers and clearing houses, with 6 critical daily deadlines.
• Worked on all phases of project lifecycle. Gradually assigned mostly to work with users on business analysis, spec writing, and acceptance testing. Was a valuable resource of business application, system, and technical knowledge.
• Was lead technical analyst on a year long project to process incoming transactions differently, depending if Mellon was the Agent Bank, Front Office, Mid-Office, or Back Office processor, or a combination of roles, for the incoming client's transactions.
• Spent last 2 years completely on Y2K testing, including 6 months night shift, scheduling, supporting and troubleshooting the department wide Y2K test batch cycle.

Confidential

• COBOL, CICS, IMS/DB, VSAM, Easytrieve, Panvalet,
• Worked 3 years on 30-person project, to replace complex insurance system. Member of 2-person team, which designed, coded, tested, and implemented a subsystem, handling all exceptions to normal commissions processing. Our subsystem had the fewest bugs during user testing, and the smoothest implementation in the project.

Confidential

• COBOL, CICS, VSAM
• Maintained batch and online merchandising applications on DOS/VSE mainframe.

Confidential

• COBOL, IMS/DB/DC, VSAM, Panvalet
• Supported and enhanced batch and online merchandise and financial systems. Worked closely with user support group. Provided on-call support, on a rotating basis, for the entire company's nightly batch processing. Was told I was the most productive member of the 10-person maintenance team due to my initiative and follow through.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst / Pension Fund Accountant

• PL/1, CICS, VSAM, DATACOM/DB, Panvalet, DYL280
• Developed new programs and major enhancements to existing batch and online Pension and Mutual Fund accounting systems. Worked closely with users to determine business needs to update Asset, Liability, Income, Daily Cash and Investment Positions, and SEC compliance reporting. Was given the highest performance rating one year, because I designed and implemented a function, which no one else on the project could have done, due to my mix of programming and accounting knowledge specific to mortgage backed securities, GNMA, FNMA, FMAC .