SUMMARY

• 11+ Yrs of extensive experience in CMM Level 5 companies in Mainframe Application Development and maintenance.
• 3+ Yrs of experience in Healthcare / Insurance domain working with Aetna (AHIP & LOMA certified).
• Strong overseas exposure, essaying multiple roles from Project Lead, Technical lead and Developer, thus encompassing complete SDLC - project management, analysis, design, testing, documentation and implementation.
• A proven track record of successfully delivering complex banking solutions in stringent timelines while being both goal and process oriented.
• Strong understanding of Banking Domain core TAX processing and good exposure to providing functional consultancy aimed at streamlining the Business Processes.
• Experience of handling and managing team as lead at client and offshore locations.
• Experience in working in a waterfall and Agile environment.
• Strong business analysis skills and large-scale understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Expertise includes analyzing and designing solutions, collaborating with the development teams, facilitating review sessions, proposing recommendations, coordinating with testing and other internal project teams.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills with experience in communicating solutions to users and executives at all levels of technical proficiency and delivering effective presentations on technology and business aspects of projects

TECHNICAL SKILLS

MVS Subsystems: JES, TSO, CICS, DIS, MQ

Languages - Mainframe: COBOL,SQL, JCL, REXX, Easytrieve

Database/Data source: DB2,VSAM

Tools: Changeman, Endevor, Xpeditor, File Aid, ISPF, QMF, Syncsort, ZEKE, Data Studio, QTODBC, SQLDBX, Stored Procedure, SPUFI, Strobe, MS Office Suite, Devops etc

Development Methodologies: AGILE, Waterfall

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SQL Developer

Responsibilities:

• Complete bottom line responsibility for quality and timely Project deliverables.
• Coordination with both Confidential and Confidential Captive offshore centers.
• Conducting walkthrough meetings with end Clients to make sure that all captured requirements are frozen and signed off.
• Designing optimized business requirement documents (including technical details and specs wherever applicable)..
• Responsible for Design/ coding/reviews of the COBOL-DB2/VSAM-JCL/CICS.
• Coding and testing new & modified on-line & batch programs using JCL, COBOL, DIS, VSAM and DB2.
• Supporting business acceptance test activities
• Giving presentations from time to time highlighting the ongoing project works and challenges faced to the higher Confidential management, thus helping in partnering more with the client.

Confidential

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Interacting with end clients on changes to existing functionality and new implementations.
• Plan and manage multimillion-dollar projectsaligning business goals with technology solutions to drive process improvements and bottom-line gains.
• Interacting and coordination with the extended multi-vendor team in UK/HK/IND on regular basis.
• Estimation for Change requests.
• Responsible for Design/ coding/reviews of the COBOL-DB2/VSAM-JCL/CICS programs and stored procedures.
• Coding and testing programs using JCL, COBOL, CICS, VSAM and DB2.
• Responsible for quality and timely Project deliverables.
• Supporting business acceptance test activities

Confidential

Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

• Complete bottom line responsibility for quality and timely Project deliverables.
• Assigning work, Scheduling, Tracking, Co-ordination and Mentoring team members at onsite and offshore. Coordination with both Confidential and Confidential Captive offshore centers.
• Gathering/Capturing business requirements on changes to existing functionality and new implementations.
• Conducting walkthrough meetings with end Clients to make sure that all captured requirements are frozen and signed off.
• Designing optimized business requirement documents (including technical details and specs wherever applicable).
• Provide estimates for Change requests.
• Responsible for Design/ coding/reviews of the COBOL-DB2/VSAM-JCL/DIS program.
• Coding and testing new & modified on-line & batch programs using JCL, COBOL, DIS, VSAM and DB2.
• Involved in quality audits and many organizational activities.
• Tracking defects, root cause analysis and verifying with business customers.
• Supporting business acceptance test activities
• Giving presentations from time to time highlighting the ongoing project works and challenges faced to the higher Confidential management, thus helping in partnering more with the client.

Confidential

Module Lead

Responsibilities:

• Development Lead and Subject Matter Expert.
• Responsible for Design/coding/reviews of the CICS,COBOL-DB2/VSAM-JCL program.
• Coding and testing on-line & batch programs using JCL, COBOL,CICS, DIS, VSAM and DB2.
• Handled 7 different projects simultaneously in a demanding client environment.
• Review and preparation of Test scripts, System Test execution, Status tracking with UAT teams.
• Production Support Activities as a Module Lead.
• Suggest solution to production problems and code modification to the programs, wherever required.
• Mentoring new developers in the team and conducting various trainings sessions to bring them up to the speed.
• Conducting boot camp and on boarding related activities for the new joiners in the project.
• Configuration management activities: Maintain configuration item log, Conduct internal project baseline configuration audits.