SUMMARY

• Have 10+ years of experience in excellent understanding of entire software development life cycle) including analysis, design and development and testing of software applications.
• Experienced programmer with outstanding technical & analytical skills, with extensive knowledge of application development and support in COBOL, EAZYTRIEVE, JCL, DB2, VSAM
• Strong domain experience in Finance & Retail Services (Credit Card issuance and account management), Telecom Billing.
• Very Good understanding of Credit Card Processing including Account enrollment, Payment processing and Statement & Letters Generation.
• Have experience in handling AFP file format compatible with printer for Statement & Letter prints.
• Good knowledge on PCI standards of Secure Coding
• Experience in all facets of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements gathering, designing, coding, testing, deployment & release upgrades.
• Adept at gathering and documenting requirements, assessing business objectives, and managing all stages of software development and implementation.
• Experience includes IBM Mainframe programming using COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, FTP, TSO, MVS, VM and Z/OS.
• Worked extensively on the Software tools like XPEDITER, ENDEVOR, FILE - AID, FILE-AID for DB2.
• Expert in batch monitoring using CA7 scheduling tool.
• Good knowledge in coding SQL for retrieving and manipulating database tables using query management and reporting tools like PLATINUM, QMF, SPUFI, DB2 AND FILE-AID.
• Sound knowledge in using IBM utilities, SYNCSORT, ICETOOL & IEBGENER.
• Responsible for uploading and downloading the files through FTP between different systems and transferring the files between different regions using NDM.
• Extensive experience in usage MS Visio to create functional flow diagrams.
• Performed Unit, Integration and System testing, captured the test results and participated in reviews to ensure quality of changes. Fixed the defects discovered in testing.
• Quick learner with an ability to rapidly achieve organizational integration.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational, and team management skills.
• Ability to work effectively with clients, management and staff members.
• Extensive knowledge on Software Development methodologies and worked on Water fall, Agile methodologies.
• Monitoring the nightly batch cycles and getting the abend jobs run by using various abend resolution processes in time and providing the necessary files needed.
• Reviewed and provided input to training materials. Served as a subject matter expert.
• Experience working in a high-pressure, dynamic, and fast paced environment, with the ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Exceptionally proven analytical, coding, dump reading and debugging skills
• Proficient in both application development and Production support batch and online activities.
• Talented communicator & presenter, able to build working relationships with wide range of coworkers in team environment.
• Extremely well organized, with proven ability to multi-task and prioritize workload.
• Ability to lead a team and provide technical Guidance

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Data Bases: DB2, VSAM, SQL

Languages: COBOL, EASYTRIEVE, MVS/JCL/PROCS, JAVA (BASICS)

Version Control: ENDEVOR

Tools: & Packages: SPUFI, FILEAID, DB2-FILEAID, PLATINUM REPORTVIEW, DELIVER, EXPEDITOR, ABEND AID, IBM Utilities, SYNCSORT, CA-7, ICETOOL, IDCAMS, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point, MS VISIO, NINJIRA, GitHub

Platform: IBM - Mainframe Z/OS, WINDOWS SERVER 2008/2012

File Transfer: FTP, NDM (CONNECT DIRECT)

Business Domain: RETAIL (FINANCE & RETAIL SERVICES), TELECOM BILING

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Developer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the functionality of the application.
• Analyzing the enhancement impact on the Payment Backoffice system and prepare the Plan and Strategy.
• Developing suitable solutions, alternatives and options for different requests through AGILE methodologies
• Study existing processes to ensure consistency and integrity with new design.
• Design processes as per business needs. Create MS Visio to represent design in diagrams.
• Construction of codes in COBOL, JCL, VSAM and DB2 as per the new requirements.
• Functional testing of the new codes developed.
• Validation of coding standards as per PCI standards.
• Review of the specifications, test cases and test packs developed by other team members
• ENDEVOR used to maintain and promote elements to test environment
• Performed the review, and implementation into the production following the change control process
• Responsible to monitor performance of mainframe jobs and fine tune jobs.
• Effective monitoring the batch using CA7 as the customer impact is high on SLA time.
• Weekend On-call support

Confidential

Sr. Developer

Responsibilities:

• Understanding the functionality of the application.
• Analyzing the enhancement impact on the REDcard issuance & Account Management system and prepare the Plan and Strategy.
• Developing suitable solutions, alternatives and options for different requests through AGILE methodologies
• Study existing processes to ensure consistency and integrity with new design.
• Design processes as per business needs. Create MS Visio to represent design in diagrams.
• Construction of codes in COBOL, JCL, VSAM and DB2 as per the new requirements.
• Functional testing of the new codes developed.
• Validation of coding standards as per PCI standards.
• Review of the specifications, test cases and test packs developed by other team members
• ENDEVOR used to maintain and promote elements to test environment
• Performed the review, and implementation into the production following the change control process
• Responsible to monitor performance of mainframe jobs and fine tune jobs.
• Effective monitoring the batch using CA7 as the customer impact is high on SLA time.
• Weekend On-call support
• Maintaining the data for PCI audit purposes

Confidential

Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Analysis, preparation of estimation and project plan
• Preparation of detail design artifacts and implementation plan.
• Efficiently lead an Offshore Development team and provided technical guidance in developing the solution.
• Developed complex solutions using COBOL, JCL, DB2 and VSAM to achieve critical functionality.
• Preparation of test plans.
• Conduct regular review meetings with stake holders.
• Coordination with stake holders for scheduling and executing Production implementations.
• Carry out Quality assurance activities (reviews, walkthroughs etc.) as defined in the Project Plan.
• Define milestones and track completion of deliverables.
• Coordinate with expert groups.
• Report progress to Target