Senior COBOL Programmer Resume Decatur IL - Hire IT People

SUMMARY

Twenty five years of experience developing and maintaining batch and online software applications using COBOL, SQL, Teradata, and DB2.
I am an expert in the IBM mainframe environment.
I have industry experience in Accounts Payable, Financial systems, Coin Refunds, Recovery, Storage, Electronic Voucher and Marketing systems, Including documenting, development, testing, implementation, management and archive.
I possess excellent technical and analytical abilities. Additional experience as test system DBA for accounts payable system.
Detail - oriented, results-driven self-starter and an effective team leader able to work on multiple projects simultaneously, with strong communication skills, adept at handling high-pressure situations requiring the utmost in reliability, confidentiality and diplomacy.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Proficient Languages: COBOL, JCL, SQL, CICS, Dialog Manager

Data Management: DB2, VSAM, IMS, Teradata, SQL Server

Development Tools: COBOL, FileAid, File Manager, IBM Utilities, Endevor, Smarttest, Syncsort, Easyflow, Teradata Development, Teradata SQL, BTQMAIN, ETL, SPUFI, SQL Assistant (Queryman), QMF, SDSF, TSO/ISPF, Panvalet, FTP, NDM, Lotus Notes, Xpeditor, Debugger

PC Software: Microsoft Office Suites, Windows and OS2 Operating systems, Microsoft Outlook, Visual Studios.

Platforms: IBM Mainframe, OS390 / MVS, PC/server, Microsoft NT, Microsoft Windows 10, UNIX, Z/OS

Training / New Skills: C# .NET in April 2017. PowerBuilder, C, UNIX, Focus, Java, HMTL, Lotus Office Suites, Introduction to Microsoft .NET development, SQL Server 2005, Waterfall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential - Decatur IL

Senior COBOL Programmer

Responsibilities:

Development and maintenance of IBM core processes utilizing COBOL, flat files, VSAM and SQL Server/DB2 data bases. Also utilizing these tools: Panvalet, File Manager, IBM Utilities, Quickjob, SQL, JCL, FTP, Syncsort, Microsoft Office Suites.
ZENA support
On call support

Confidential - St. Louis

Senior COBOL Programmer

Responsibilities:

Updating report programs for the insurance part of the business.
Changing creating programs to use the Micro Focus compression on the files.
Write Sort routines to compress files.
Loading data to the DB2 tables.

Confidential - St. Louis

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

Development and maintenance of H/R, Benefits and Payroll systems utilizing COBOL, flat files, VSAM and SQL Server/DB2 and Teradata data bases. Also utilizing these tools: Panvalet, File Aid, IBM Utilities, SQL, ETL, JCL, FTP, Syncsort, Microsoft Office Suites.
Some of the countless projects and jobs I worked on
Helping to write an Oracle process for the HR and Payroll system utilizing Toad and SQL.
Helping with the conversion of the legacy HR/Benefits/Payroll systems from the mainframe to Oracle.
Creating BDL jobs to extract data or put data on the DB2 databases.
Loading tax data we get from outside vendor onto the proper DB2 tables.
Creating ad hoc reports for the business users.
Creating a process so business can award stock options.
Working with vendor to create a process that will provide HR-related information to HBC associates and issue tracking capabilities to the Service Center.
Daily, monthly and end of year process changes and updating the DB2 tables with the proper data for next year.
Doing on call support.
Training new employees.
On most of the processes I developed I did the designing, coding, testing and implementing.

Confidential - St. Louis

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

Development and maintenance of Customer information systems utilizing COBOL and IMS/DB2 data bases. Also utilizing these tools: Endevor, Lotus Notes, File Manager, IBM Utilities, Microsoft Office Suites, Debugger.
Transferring reports, DB2 queries, and files from the mainframe to the PC then importing them into an Excel spreadsheet. Also doing the reverse converting a spreadsheet to a text file then transferring and loading to a mainframe.
Lead on converting to a new supplier for paying bills at grocery stores. This included dealing with people from different companies as well as our users. All the program changes and testing.
Lead on converting system to allow the re using of old premise numbers.
Help create a new customer bill. Designed, coded and tested new programs.
Worked on coding changes and testing for a rate case.

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