SUMMARY:

Senior programmer/analyst with over 17+ years application development experience. Outstanding track record of progress and high productivity in fast paced and complex business environments. Exceptional planning and organizational skills with the ability to work under pressure. Outstanding team building skills and client satisfaction.

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Languages: SAS, COBOL, IMS, CICS, SQL, JCL, Visual RPG, Easytrieve

Software/Applications: TSO/ISPF, LCM, Endevor, Librarian, Xpediter, Intertest, File - Master, File-AIDSAS Enterprise Guide, FileZilla, Abend-AID, ZEKE, ZEBB, Jobtrac, MS Office, DB2, VSAMGSAM, Agile Software Development, Team Foundation Server (TFS), Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, VSE Operating System in an OS 390 environment, MVS Utilities

EXPERIENCE:

Senior Software Developer

Confidential, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Responsibilities:

• Create, maintain, and test batch and online mainframe programs using COBOL, CICS, SQL, and Assembler Languages
• Create and maintain JCL; prepare system documentation regarding proper save, restart, and recovery procedures; prepare documentation regarding the sequence of jobs and the associated inputs/outputs for company usage
• Interpret user requests, investigate problems, determine the most feasible approach for implementing the changes, and recommend corrective action
• Participate in on - call rotation schedule and provided production support to ensure nightly jobs were successfully executed
• Serves as primary mainframe/COBOL trainer for department's newly hired junior-level software developers; trains in the area of mainframe, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, COBOL, and JCL

Applications Consultant

Confidential, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Responsibilities:

• Serve as secondary/backup consultant responsible for maintaining university’s Treasury Information System as university transitions off legacy/mainframe system and onto Workday 3rd party solution
• Provide reporting, maintenance and programming support using IMS, COBOL, SAS, and SQL in batch, online, and SAS EG environments
• Develop system documentation that describes current operating procedures and process flows for university’s Treasury Information System

Applications Consultant

Confidential, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Responsibilities:

• Prepared a variety of information used for internal and external reporting via extraction and manipulation of data from multiple production databases using SAS (both mainframe and EG), SQL, and Excel
• Coordinated with ITS and other campus departments to develop and implement programs and edits for various databases to insure data integrity
• Assisted in defining data elements and interrelationships between databases to improve the effectiveness of the databases.
• Performed independent program analysis, design tasks, and maintenance tasks which consists of summary reports, compilations and presentations of data pertinent to the operation of the University

Lead IT Applications Consultant

Confidential, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Responsibilities:

• Assisted clients/customers with developing detailed system requirements for assigned tasks
• Served as primary analyst responsible for maintaining university’s Payroll, Insurance, and Identity Management Information Systems
• Provided application development and programming support using IMS, COBOL, SAS, and SQL in the areas of maintenance and new development in both batch and online environments
• Developed system documentation that describes operating procedures and process flows
• Provided SAS programming support as it related to the conversion of legacy data for Workday HCM/Financial. Key cycles include: Loading of P1, P2, P3, gold and catch up tenants

Associate Application Developer

Confidential, Chicago, Illinois

Responsibilities:

• Assisted clients/customers with developing detailed system requirements for assigned tasks
• Created detailed technical designs and develop/modify/test mainframe business application systems based on customer requirements using COBOL and CICS Languages
• Developed system documentation that describes installation and operating procedures
• Participated in Saturday support rotation schedule and assist in maintaining system availability during non-business hours
• Served as Technical Project Lead for BlueChip Claims New Pharmacy Vendor Enrollment initiative

COBOL Programmer/Analyst

Confidential, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Responsibilities:

• Created, maintained, and tested batch and online mainframe programs using COBOL, CICS, SQL, and Assembler Languages
• Created and maintained JCL; prepared system documentation regarding proper save, restart, and recovery procedures; prepared documentation regarding the sequence of jobs and the associated inputs/outputs for company usage
• Interpreted user requests, investigated problems, determined the most feasible approach for implementing the changes, and recommended corrective action
• Participated in on-call rotation schedule and provided production support to ensure nightly jobs were successfully executed

Programmer/Consultant

Confidential, Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Responsibilities:

• Assisted in the maintenance and new development of windows-based applications, encoded programs, prepared test data, and tested/debugged programs using ASNA Visual RPG in an AS/400 environment
• Installed/configured computer equipment, trouble-shoot, and maintained Help-Desk log for company’s software applications
• Developed company’s Help-Desk Logging System using Microsoft Access
• Consulted with clients/users to identify current operating procedures and clarify program objectives