SUMMARY:

• Around 9+ years of IT experience on IBM Mainframe technology with extensive proficiency in on JCL, COBOL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, Easytrieve, Changeman, Intertest, FILE - AID, SCLM, XPEDITOR (Debug Tool), Syncsort, CA7, SPUFI, QMF, PLATINUM,ENDEVAOUR
• Hands on experience on Development and Enhancement of projects in Healthcare, Telecomm, Banking domain
• Worked in various capacities such as Lead Developer, SME, Individual contributor and Team Member.
• Had direct interaction with the Business users and worked together with them in requirement gathering, validate user testing and release planning
• Created new JCL for new programs, coded and tested changes using COBOL.
• Prepared detail design, unit test plan for the new COBOL programs and JCL’s.
• Utilized Changeman for configuration management.
• Strong experience in project life cycle, starting from requirement analysis, estimation, design, coding, testing, implementation and post implementation activities
• Strong exposure in identifying issues (technical and design oriented) and identifying appropriate solution.
• Having good experience in analyzing existing process and identifying areas of the application where the performance can be improved
• Good working knowledge of major Z/OS,TSO/ISPF Operating Systems
• Strong Knowledge in COBOL,VSAM,JCL,DB2,,SQL
• Identified DB2 queries where tuning was required and accordingly worked on the construction of DB2 queries to improve the performance of the process
• Proficient in creating Training Manual & User Guides
• Experience in developing Test Plans, Test Specifications and Test cases using requirements and design documents.
• Working Knowledge in platinum, Xpeditor, File-Aid, Changeman.
• Ability to thoroughly design and code system’s functional requirements, and construct with minimal or no defects and implement the same
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as in a team.
• Coordinated with the testing team for QA testing.
• Knowledge on MQ series.
• Managing Remedy tickets, scheduling and tracking it to closure
• Excellent communication, analytic, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Functional experience includes Health care, Telecom & Banking.
• Strong analytical, communication skills, adopt new technologies faster and ability to work independently and perform as part of a team
• Worked in different Software Engineering Methodologies like Water Fall, Agile/Scrum and Kanban.
• Expertise in Maintaining, supporting and troubleshooting applications and fixing bugs.
• Ability to handle a team and address tasks parallel
• Has more than 6+ years of experience in Health care Industry.
• Worked on various Healthcare domain standard X12 HIPPA file formats like 834/999/820 X12 format files.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: MVS/Z-OS, WINDOWS, TSO/ISPF

Languages: JCL, VS COBOL II, Eazytrieve, SQL

Database: DB2, VSAM, IMS DB

Tools: and Utilities: XPEDITOR (TSO, Batch and online), FILE-AID (Online, Batch & DB2), ABEND-AID (Batch and online), PLATINUM, ENDEVOR, Panvalet, SPUFI, CHANGEMAN, CA-7, QMF

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Communicated with clients to identify and resolve problems.
• Rollout - Implementation activity.
• Work on Quality Related Task.
• Documented all job abends including the cause and the steps taken to correct the problem.
• Created technical specification documents for coders.
• Conducted impact analysis.
• Analyzed, identified and corrected program abends in production job streams
• Went through COBOL code of existing problems to identify the problem and implement change
• Interaction with the client and end users, facilitating the design and relevant approvals required from the change control boards
• Prepare low level design documents, coordinate with off-shore for development
• Ensured all key processes are completed accurately within timeframe.
• Created COBOL stored procedures for updates to the database
• Created data element mapping documents
• Created detailed program specifications

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, DB2, SQL, JCL, CICS, Eazytrieve, Panvalet, Endevaour, Platinum, Intertest, File-AID, SPUFI, JIRA

Confidential, Louisville, KY

Senior Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Played key leadership role working with the team providing clear direction to team members
• Performed code changes, and analyze the requirement, prepare the Functional Design.
• Design - Prepare the Technical Design as per functional design
• Build - Coding & unit testing as per the Design
• Created COBOL stored procedures for updates to the database
• Test - Available in case any issue comes in assembly testing.
• Rollout - Implementation activity.
• Work on Quality Related Task.
• Worked on various Healthcare domain standard X12 HIPPA file formats like 834/999/820 X12 format files.
• Documented all job abends including the cause and the steps taken to correct the problem.
• Created technical specification documents for coders.
• Conducted impact analysis.
• Analyzed, identified and corrected program abends in production job streams
• Went through COBOL code of existing problems to identify the problem and implement change
• Coded mainframe development assignments in COBOL, modified tables in DB2, created job cards in JCL to run batch jobInteraction with the client and end users, facilitating the design and relevant approvals required from the change control boards
• Modified and tested SQL code and use File-Aid DB2 to retrieve and update tables per customer specifications
• Reviews of coding and testing done by off-shore, system integration testing
• Coordinate with business users for UAT testing
• Implementation of projects, post production verification, post production warranty support
• Project documentation, mentoring off-shore team
• Share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.
• Involved in UAT and SIT support for Healthcare Reform Projects (HCR).
• Actively participated in various phases of HCR project like Coding, SIT, UAT and deployment
• Serve as a IT Representative for Confidential Technical Support

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, DB2, SQL, JCL, CICS, IMS DB, Eazytrieve, Panvalet, Platinum, Xpeditor, File-AID, Service Center, SPUFI

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Senior Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Performed code changes, and analyze the requirement, prepare the Functional Design.
• Design - Prepare the Technical Design as per functional design
• Build - Coding & unit testing as per the Design
• Test - Available in case any issue comes in assembly testing.
• Assigning work and coordinating with offshore team.
• Support related activities under different Projects like RC 2.0, Data Partnership and campaign and remediation tasks.
• Collaborated with business/end-users for collecting requirements.
• Analyzed Functional Requirements (FRS) and identified impacted processes/programs.
• Designed and developed functional specifications and detailed design for new processes/programs.
• Prepared test plans, performed coding, unit testing, Integration and User Acceptance testing and provided technical support for the team.
• Debug problems in online programs using XPED and provide solutions for technical issues.
• Designed and developed Test Cases, Test Scripts and Test Plans for base line applications, Data Validation, Integration and User Acceptance testing.
• Documented the test results.
• Written and executed DB2 Queries to extract data from DB2 tables.

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, DB2, SQL, JCL, CHANGEMAN, Xpeditor, File-AID, SPUFI

Confidential

Senior Programmer

Responsibilities:

• To work on maintenance and enhancement kind of work.
• To provide permanent solutions for issues and problems in the system.
• Responsible in task delivery in terms of timely query resolutions, follow-up and being within the allotted deadline.
• Take care of all the system related issues
• Worked on various Healthcare domain standard X12 HIPPA file formats like 834/999/820 X12 format files.
• Create Reports which are needed by the client on request
• Verified major projects and ensured that specifications were complete and accurate.
• Determined programming requirements for major projects.
• Conducted research and documented findings and recommendations.
• Developed technical designs to meet system targets.
• Ensured to code programs that interface with multiple applications.
• Provided applications development and support and utilized troubleshooting and diagnostic tools.

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, DB2, SQL, JCL, Platinum, Xpeditor, File-AID, Service Center, SPUFI

Confidential

COBOL Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on maintenance and enhancement kind of work.
• Provided permanent solutions for issues and problems in the system.
• Responsible in task delivery in terms of timely query resolutions, follow-up and being within the allotted deadline.
• Took care of all the system related issues
• Create Reports which are needed by the client on request
• Designing and development for the business requirements, unit test plans and program code-logic.
• Documented the flow of Application Programs to understand the system.

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, DB2, SQL, JCL, Xpeditor, File-AID, CMNTOOLS