PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Mainframe Developer wif 11+ years of IT experience in Analysis, Design/Architect, Development, Production Support, Testing, Migration, Maintenance and Deployment wif proven success in Software Development and Maintenance of IT Solutions.
• Experience in COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, MQ, Web service, REXX, OPC TWS Scheduler, SPUFI, QMF, ENDEVOR, Changeman, CA7, Easytrieve, IBM Utilities, IMS DB/DC, ISPF tools.
• Worked in Development, Enhancement and Maintenance Projects.
• Played Lead/Architect role in migration of Mainframe system to a well managed System.
• Participated in teh automation projects which saved huge resource time by using teh REXX
• Good domain knowledge of teh Health care insurance.
• Extensive experience working wif onsite/offshore model, attending teh project review meetings wif Clients, gathering requirements, preparing High Level Design (HLD), Low Level Design (LLD), transitioning teh requirements and design to teh team for teh Build activity.
• Tracking all teh production related incidents via HPSM and working on them to provide regular updates wifin defined SLA's.
• Good experience on Embedded SQL and Stored procedures.
• Investigated performance issues wif long running jobs, Performance tuning improvements were suggested to teh development teams resulting in significant dollar savings.
• Creation and maintenance of mainframe execution JCL (jobs) to support system replacement project in User acceptance (UAT) and Production environments.
• Strong ability in communicating wif Development Teams and ability to work on multiple projects and prioritize workload.
• Proactively worked wif QA Team and Testing teams to deliver teh quality output.
• Involved in teh code release deployments and coordinate wif other teams to make sure dat teh deployment goes smooth.
• Self - motivated and highly adaptable to teh demands of teh project in terms of new requirements, meeting deadlines, delivering quality output.
• Experienced in creating and analyzing Software Requirement Specifications (SRS) and Functional Specification Document (FSD). Strong knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Excellent working experience in Scrum / Agile framework project execution methodologies.
• Excellent communication and inter-personal skills, self-motivated, organized and detail-oriented, able to work well under deadlines in a changing environment and perform multiple tasks TEMPeffectively and concurrently.
• Strong analytical skills wif ability to quickly understand client’s business needs.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming languages: COBOL, JCL, REXX, C, Core Java, Linux shell script, SQL.

Databases: DB2, VSAM, Oracle, MySQL

Operating Systems: IBM MF (z/OS), LINUX

Tools: ISPF, SPUFI, File-Aid, Abend-Aid, IBM utilities, Xpediter, Endevor, QMF, BMC, MQSeries, SDSF, Changeman, OPC TWS Schedular, WebService, HPSM Servicenow, Easytrieve, CA7, FM DB2 and TSO.

Transactions processing: CICS Web services

Hadoop Technologies: HDFS, Hive, Pig, Sqoop.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, FL

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• As part of migration from legacy systems to modernized platform, working wif various infra teams to make sure all teh Jobs and Environments are working/setup properly.
• Perform Technical and Functional validations in teh new environments for teh jobs dat were migrated from legacy system to New Prime Environment.
• Resolving all teh compilation issues in teh new environments and perform code changes to compatible wif teh new environment.
• Perform code development to enhance teh ability of teh system but still maintaining teh integrity of teh applications.
• Responsible for analyzing teh current state of legacy applications. Research existing production process/ programs to identify enhancements dat are required at new platform.
• Coordinate testing as appropriate and oversee interfaces and batch cycle activities as appropriate.
• Perform code reviews, monitor modernization / mitigation activities, coordinate application builds and deployments as appropriate
• Work wif Boundary systems to make sure all teh connections are established correctly to transfer /receive teh data.
• Supporting Parallel Production Jobs, Fixing data issues & ensuring data is balancing wif legacy system.

Environment: Cobol, DB2, IMS DB, JCL, VSAM, CICS, MQ, Webservices, SQL, Endevor, Xpediter, SPUFI, CA7, FileManager, IBM Debug tool, DB2 tools, Opc, FM DB2, FM IMS.

Confidential, Basking Ridge, NJ

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding teh scope of teh project and requirement gathering.
• Performing Impact Analysis, Designing Tech spec, UTP, Coding, Testing and Delivery of all relevant artifacts involved in teh Major requests.
• Preparing teh hours Estimation for teh project.
• Leading teh team and distribution of teh tasks among teh team members.
• Coordinating wif offshore team and providing technical assistance where ever needed.
• Helping BA’s to confirm teh requirements and participate in technical discussions to finalize teh design.
• Supporting teh UAT and preparing teh Implementation Plan.
• Supporting Production Jobs, fixing of production issues & ensuring timely and defect free delivery at teh same time meeting teh Service level agreements (SLA).
• Involved in teh War rooms wif various teams to resolve teh Priority 1 issues.
• Involved in teh HPSM Audit process to make sure incidents/change tickets were closed on time.
• Handling various customer reported data issues and tracking them through HPSM incident tickets.
• Review teh team members design documents and coding.
• Attending project Gate meetings dat involve Go or Non-Go decisions
• Attending teh common TRB (Technical Review Board) meetings for Design/code review.
• Implemented auto balancing process to maintain data sync between Cosmos and DSS systems.
• Involved in conversion of several FTP jobs process to SFTP.
• Worked on tools like IEBGENER, IDCAMS, IEBCOPY, SycnSort and NDM.
• Investigated performance issues wif long running jobs, Performance improvements were suggested to teh development teams resulting in significant dollar savings.
• One to one wif onshore resource manager to meet teh expectations.
• Support Implementation and analyze post implementation issues.
• Coordinate wif Project managers, Development and QA teams during teh project.
• Played key Architect role in Handling complex migration of DSS Mainframe system to well managed common platform.

Environment: Cobol, DB2, JCL, VSAM, CICS, SQL, Endevor, Fileaid, Xpediter, SPUFI, TWS OPC Schedular, NDM, Stored procedures and REXX

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis and Understanding of teh Functional Specifications (SPRF)
• Analyzing teh code changes required as per new functionality and preparing teh Impact Analysis document and preparing teh Technical Specification.
• Preparing teh BMS maps for teh new CICS screens and changes to teh existing maps.
• Code construction and/or changes to teh existing programs for COBOL, DB2, CICS and JCL.
• Provide teh user wif hands on facility to enter teh required information through online screens and preparing teh user manual for navigating through CICS screens.
• Extensive usage of DB2 utilities, LOAD, UNLOAD, RUNSTATS, REPAIR, removing check pending and copy pending states, Performance Tuning and Monitoring.
• Perform unit testing for each component and set up teh SIT, UAT regions and running teh cycles.
• JOB Scheduling and triggering using OPC Scheduler.
• Purging DB2 data based on customer request.
• Defect tracking, Analysis and supporting for cycle execution.
• Analyze teh Production failures and fix it wifin teh SLA.
• Worked on online support to support 22 claim processing engines and 25 supporting regions.
• Worked on performance issues in teh application and fix teh problems.

Environment: Cobol, DB2, JCL, VSAM, CICS, SQL, Endevor, Fileaid, Xpediter, SPUFI, TWS OPC SchedularEasy trieve, NDM, CA7 and REXX

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Developed and maintained teh INTEGRAL System, supporting various COBOL Programs, JCL, PROCs, Copy members and Job streams. Teh INTEGRAL Systems performed both Online and Batch Data Base maintenance.
• Task involved creating new and modification of teh existing Programs, PROCS and JOBS, creating GDGs, flat and VSAM files, functional design and creating new DB2 tables and modifying existing components based on new requirements.
• Analyze, design, develop, test and support batch and online modules, create user friendly reports for checking data validity and integrity, monitor production run, resolve problems and performance issues, tune up individual programs and jobs
• Played a vital role in teh ICD9 code enhancements and guided teh rest of teh team members to deliver teh tasks timely manner.
• Developed technical and functional documentation for projects, including technical translation of teh business requirements, input and output layouts and test cases scenarios, working closely wif QA Group Support.
• Participated in all phases of teh Systems Development Life Cycle including initial business analysis, user interface, functional and technical specifications writing, design, and programming for all TRICARE new and enhance requirements.
• Involved in code transition from ICD9 to ICD10.As part of these code enhancements, I am responsible to design and develop, test teh new changes and coordinated wif teh offshore team.
• Developed few automations to monitor teh batch programs to reduce teh manual interaction and saved alot of resources time.

Environment: Cobol, DB2, JCL, VSAM, CICS, Endevor, Fileaid, OPC, SPUFI, QMF, Xpediter.

Confidential

Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for understanding teh scope of teh project and requirement gathering.
• Performing Impact Analysis, Designing Tech spec, UTP, Coding, Testing and Delivery of all relevant artifacts involved in teh Major requests.
• Preparing teh hours Estimation for teh project.
• Working Closely wif Business team to finalize teh requirements.
• Preparing UTP and Implementation Plan.
• Review teh team members design documents and coding.
• Attending teh TRB meetings for Design/code review
• Support Implementation and analyze post implementation issues.
• Supporting Production Jobs, fixing of production issues & ensuring timely and defect free delivery.
• Coordinate wif Project managers, Development and QA teams during teh project.

Environment: Cobol, DB2, JCL, VSAM, IMSDB/DC, Change Man, Fileaid.