SUMMARY:

• implemented systems using COBOL, COBOL II, PL/I, ASSEMBLER in batch and on - line CICS environment interfacing with DB2, TERADATA and IMS/DB. Experienced in ISPF DIALOG MANAGER, CLISTs, REXX, MQ SERIES and SOLA (Service Oriented Legacy Architecture).
• Familiar with Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology. Participated in every stage of SDLC. Strong technical and problem solving skills with expert eye on detail.
• Performs well under pressure. Strong communication skills. Flexible and cooperative.
• Can work independently as well as a part of the team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Woodbridge, NJ

• Participated in the number of projects, designing, coding, testing and implementing changes to the ASKME mainframe application. The changes were made based on the various documents(design, development, test, implementation etc.). data was stored in TERADATA database and could be accessed by BTEQ and SQL ASSISTANT software tools. Programs were written in: COBOL, SAS and REXX. The additional tools used: REMEDY, TSO/ISPF, CLISTs, ESP WLM Scheduler, SQL, CHANGEMAN, FILE-AID. Also supported ASKME application in production.

Confidential, Pennington, NJ

Programmer/Analyst - Consultant

• Changes to current prod jobs, and for the code, test, implement of them,
• Perform a variety of programming assignments requiring knowledge of established programming procedures and data processing requirements.
• Maintain and modify programs; Code, test and troubleshoot programs, make approved changes by amending flow charts, develop detailed programming logic, and coding changes.
• Test and implement programming modifications.
• Write new program code using prescribed specifications. Evaluate simple interrelationships between programs such as whether a contemplated change in one part of a program would cause unwanted results in a related part.
• Analyze performance of programs and take action to correct deficiencies based on consultation with users and approval of supervisor.
• The following tools as: TRANMAN, PODS, DCAR, FILE MANAGER, SYNCSORT and OPC Tivoli Scheduler were used. The programs were written in COBOL and REXX.
• All the changes were implemented using ENDEVOR.

Confidential, Warren, NJ

Programmer/Analyst - Consultant

• Resolved issues occurred during the various mobile telephone number (MTN) order processes (line activation, MTN disconnect, Port In, Port out etc.) related to mainframe back-end application( CICS with Cobol utilizing DB2)
• Analyzed and corrected various: billing, conversion and exception handling problems
• Identified the root cause of the issues
• Designed, coded, tested and implemented changes to the Cobol programs to be corrected
• Prepared various types of documents (TDD, list of test cases, test results) for: Unit, Integration and Regression tests
• Participated in all kinds of tests(Unit, Integration, System, UAT, Regression)
• Programs were written in COBOL in online (CICS) and batch environment utilizing DB2 and MQ Series
• Used numerous program tools and front-end applications to resolve the problem and for testing the program changes(ACSS, NETACE, IVISION, ETNI, MTAS, XPEDITER, REXX, TSO/ISPF, FILE-AID, FILE-AID for DB2, BMC Software, XML, SPUFI, RDZ, QMF, SYNCSORT)

Confidential, Buffalo, NY

Programmer/Analyst - Consultant

• Participated in the account conversion process,
• Designed, coded and tested the Intraday Transaction Catch-up application tracking and storing all financial transactions for converted accounts.
• The ‘caught-up’ transactions will be posted when the conversion session is completed.
• The account conversion process was performed in several tranches during the weekends.
• The programs were written in COBOL in online (CICS) and batch environment utilizing DB2 and MQ Series. The additional tools were also used as: ENDEVOR, ISPF, REXX, FILE-AIDXPEDITER, CHANGEMAN, LOTUS NOTES, SPUFI & IBM DB2 Administration Tools.
• Participated in all stages of the project design (HLD, Functional Design, LLD) writing the design documents. Performed various kinds of test as: Unit Test, UIT, SIT, UATPerformance and Simulation Test. Various test plans were prepared as well as program
• Specifications using MS WORD, MS VISIO and MS EXCEL.
• The mainframe systems utilized: Z/OS & AS400.

Confidential, Jersey City, NJ

• Designed, coded, tested & implemented systems used by application developers(company wide).
• Maintained and developed company critical applications (CORPCAL, STATCENTER, TRANMAN)Created various documents during the project development: High Level and Low Level Design Documents (HLDD & LLDD), Software Requests Specification (SRS), Functional SpecificationProject Plans and Test Plans (Unit Test, UIT & SIT Integration Tests, Regression, UAT & Performance tests).
• In most of the participated projects actively cooperated with QA groups setting up various test cases, preparing detailed test plans and performing many of these tests.
• Supported Vendor software products (CA JCLCHECK, CA ENDEVOR, OS/390 REPOSITORY).
• Answered numerous questions and issues coming from ML application developers.