SUMMARY:

• Meticulous Financial Developer, who undertakes complex assignments, meets tight deadlines and delivers superior performance.
• Operates with a strong sense of urgency and thrives in a fast - paces setting.
• Able to analyses business requirements/specifications and prepare technical specifications which will be utilized by programmers to create and maintain systems.
• Extensive experience in data processing in IT, Banking, Pharmaceutical and Insurance industries.
• Strong experience in Multiplatform Integration, Banking - foreign exchange, SWIFT, Education - Skills Training (SQL and DB2), Financial systems - Accounting, General Ledger, Health systems - Pharmaceutical, Insurance systems - Unit Trusts, Transport systems - containerization, Shipping Import and Export industries.
• Developed code for Operating System components in several releases of MVS. Tested Operating System components for z/OS
• Considerable experience implementing DB2 databases and SQL. Experience with IMS and CICS.
• Experience in all facets of Software Development Life Cycle: (SDLC, gathering requirements, developing functional specification, coding programs, testing of programes, deployment/implementation and support of various products.
• Expert skills in COBOL, JCL, CA7, SQL Stored Procedures, MQ Series, CICS, JCL, VSAM and EZtrieve. Familiar with DB2, REXX and Assembler. Has knowledge of Dot Net, XML.
• Multiple systems reengineered. Developed code, system design and test/QA plans for all solutions and often coordinated the national or international rollout.
• Developed new procedures for requirement gathering, analysis needs, testing, scripting and documentations too strengthen quality and functionality of business-critical applications.
• Trained and mentored junior programmers in programming methodologies and best practices.
• Responsible for handling "high profile" projects which are often complex in nature, with vague or no business requirements and always time critical

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: 3081, 3084, 3090, System/390, System z9, System z10, 3270 terminal, 3279 terminal, AS400, PC/AT, PS/2 and Personal Computers

Operating Systems: Mainframe (MVS, z/OS, VM, VSAM), Windows 95 - Windows 10, DOS, UNIX, OS/2, NT Server, OS/400, MVS/XA, OS/VX, MS-WINDOWS, JES2

Software: DB2, QMF, CICS, Confidential Utilities, XCOM, RACF, TSO, ISPF/PDF, BMC, SDSF, UNIBANK, IMS, Remedy, MS Office - MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Word, MS Works, MS Outlook, MS Access, MS FrontPage, Hermes/Corona, Vostros, MQ Series, Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft Office, Visio, SQL Server, Data Studio

Programming Languages: PL/1, COBOL, Assembler, T-SQL, CLIST, JCL, EasyTrieve, ISPF, ABAP, Hogan, Ideal Datacom, Natural, PL/SQL, REXX, VB, XML, SQLP, SWIFT(parallel scripting language)

Other: SPUFI, DB2 Utilities, Debugging facilities, In Sync, Endeavor, Alchemist, Dump Master, Librarian, BMS, Sync Sort, Confidential Utilities, QMF, Quickref, Lotus Notes, Outlook, CA Technologies(ROSCOE), File Aid, Smart test, Expeditor, Method/1, IEW/ADW, Design1, Install1, IEF (Coolgen), Navigator, Confidential 11

CORE COMPETENCIES INCLUDE:

Financial Reporting, Financial Analysis, Project management, Information technologies analyzing, designing, coding, testing, documenting application system, project leading with extensive background in mainframe programming.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Analyst Programmer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Convert Assembler code to more flexible, user-friendlyCOBOLlanguage.
• Maintain BAU programs. Write COBOL programs to read XML data that need to be stored in DB2 databases.
• Write EasyTrieve programs to assist actuarial staff in creating reports and correction needed.
• Work directly with actuarial teams throughout integration testing.
• Created reporting programs which is use to eliminate erroneous and redundant submissions.

Project developer/System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Write new Stored Procedures. COBOL/DB2 programs maintenance for BAU (Business as usual).
• Work directly with financial teams during integration testing

System Engineer

Confidential, Etters, PA

Responsibilities:

• Work on Pharmaceutical financial system.
• Maintain and development of COBOL/CICS/DB2 programs, COBOL/DB2 Batch programs, SQLP stored procedures for web application and .net applications.
• Ensure quality and cost effective development and maintenance of Web, Finance and Mainframe (Cobol/DB2) applications.

System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintain system used for track keeping of unit trusts.
• Mainline online COBOL/CICS/DB2 programs with VB6 internet application attached.
• Maintain JAVA and SQLP programs, SQL on SQL Server. DB2 database management and create Stored Procedures for web application.

Project leader/System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Write MERVA/ESA SWIFT Interface. COBOL/CICS/DATACOMM programs to receive message from and to send message through to MERVA and vice versa.

System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Maintenance of COBOL/CICS/DB2 system during takeover.

System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible to write an on-line system which is used by Confidential to transfer money over the world.
• Daily, weekly and monthly reports is produced and application sent different message types which represent money transfers between local branches and international banks.
• Maintenance of VOSTROS, HERMES/CORONA as well as ODS batch credit and debit online and batch banking systems, maintaining and writing COBOL/DB2, HOGAN programs as well as IEF based system.

System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Set up DB2 test environment Determine space requirements for tables and indexes
• Design and create DB2 database, set up all necessary SQL statements.
• Create jobs to load data from IMS databases to sequential datasets.
• Create JCL procedures to load data into DB2 tables.
• Liaise with users to convert current GIS reports into QMF procedures, which will be, invoke with JCL's.
• Set up JCL’s and CLISTS to invoke QMF procedures, documentation. Set up recovery procedures.
• Perform all necessary DBA functions.
• Teach users to set up QMF queries and assist with setting up of difficult queries. User testing and acceptance.

System Engineer

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop a confidentiality module for cost and flexible pricing for the company’s clients.
• This is an on-line system which will be used by food chains to prevent different users from seeing other users cost and selling prices.
• With this system different accesses can be assigned to different users within the same region.
• A food buyer will only be able to see cost and/or selling prices. COBOL2/CICS/DB2 programs where developed.
• Work on different Mainframe system for the company, start working as a computer operator, then programmer and went promotion process up to Project manager.
• Writing Assembler programs, Rexx code, Supervising junior programmers; writing COBOL copybook routines; writing COBOL SQL/DB2 programs; programs; creating table space on DB2; using IMS/DC; using SQL code; using DB2 DBMS; testing programs and system; close user liaison at all times; arranging implementation of programs via change management; close IMS DBA liaison for generating transactions; close DB2 liaison for creating the DB2 database; creating DB2 tables and indexes.
• Creating totally new application standards for designers and programmers; using Confidential 'S Confidential II system design methodology and PC software; using data normalization techniques, pre-coding preparations; advising designers on any technical problem; advising programmers on projection of any technical problems and routines, utilities and special modules to be used; advising fellow team leaders and manager on projection of any technical aspects of only system design considerations.