SUMMARY:

• Experience in analysis, design, development and deployment of applications using mainframe software like COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SAS, VSAM, etc. Good knowledge on FILE - AID, File manager, XPEDITOR, SPUFI, QMF, Platinum, IKV, Endevor, Intertest, Changeman and Jobtrac.
• Excellent problem solving skills with a strong technical background.
• Have worked in Alltel/Systematics core banking applications (ST, IMPACS, RM, Payments) in overseas during my job tenure.
• Had also worked in online trading domain, settlement of trades, and maintenance of custodian accounts.
• Had involved in design, development, and migration activities of ALLTEL core banking system to Silver Lake Integrated Banking System (SIBS).
• Involved in various client meetings regarding design of core banking products, format of account numbers, and impact analysis of existing ALLTEL core banking system.
• Worked in the enhancements, analysis to support the Vantage-one DSS insurance system.
• Experience in managing scope and estimation of release schedules in coordination with product manager, development manager, and other technical leads to ensure that release schedules are met.
• Participated in the construction and integration of software components into the product, in a co-development mode.
• Character, reliability and determination to get the job done Organized, efficient and précised with strong communication skills Decisive and direct, yet flexible in responding to constantly changing assignments.
• Good knowledge of Banking Applications.
• Manage scope, effort / cost, schedule, and quality, while continuously identifying and mitigating underlying risks.
• Experience of working in a multivendor environments and coordinating with them.
• Actively seeking opportunities to understand clients’ strategic directions, objectives, and business implications and align team efforts accordingly.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Cranston, Rhode Island

Technology Lead

Platform: Cobol, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM

Responsibilities:

• Playing an Architect role to review the business requirements and interact directly with the end client and use the proto type for the new requirements.
• To support client interfacing activities and articulate the status reports and submit them to client.
• Review the requirements elicitation process and provide inputs to business analysts and suggest changes in the pre-defined architecture of the process.
• Providing high level technical designs based on functional specifications.
• Review the WPR and technical design and conduct weekly status calls to sort out the issues in the application.
• Lead validation activities for the assigned sub-modules for all types of testing e.g. Functional, Integration, System, User experience.
• Support the creation of the Go Live plan and manage the assigned activities in the plan.
• Deliver high quality code deliverables and supports peers in quality checks such that design requirements are met. Create the user documentation for the assigned sub-modules.
• Coded new programs adhering to the requirements.
• Perform root-cause analysis of any issues that arise post-implementation and work on solutions related to issue fixing.
• Resolving the technical issues encountered by the team.
• Conduct impact analysis of issues logged, prioritize and ensure that production support is provided as per the committed SLAs.
• Interface with internal team spread globally to undertake onsite-specific activities of the project
• Lead validation activities for the assigned sub-modules for all types of testing e.g. Functional, Integration, System, User experience.
• Coded new programs adhering to the requirements.
• Perform root-cause analysis of any issues that arise post-implementation and work on solutions related to issue fixing.
• Resolving the technical issues encountered by the team.
• Conduct impact analysis of issues logged, prioritize and ensure that production support is provided as per the committed SLAs.
• Interface with internal team spread globally to undertake onsite-specific activities of the project.

Confidential

Technical Lead

Platform: JAVA, J2EE, Cobol, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM, IDAM(Identity Access Management), SAILPOINT IIQ, CA-ENDEAVOR, FILE-MANAGER, Web Servers-TOMCAT.

Responsibilities:

• Conducting workshops with IBM team regarding the infrastructure details required deploying the project.
• Resolving the technical issues encountered by the team.
• Providing high level technical designs based on functional specifications.
• Review the WPR and technical design and conduct weekly status calls to sort out the issues in the application.
• Coded online programs for the screen navigation related to two factor authentication.
• Had worked on critical issues and provided on the fly fixes to CWS4P logon issue. Successfully resolved all technical issues encountered in target SIT region.
• Involved in the data masking and sanitisation before performing SIT testing.
• Imparted functional knowledge to all of the team members.
• Resolved check pending and copy pending errors during TSIT loading jobs.
• Designed high level document for the encryption and decryption logic for the migration of PI (rmation) fields from one region to another subsequent region.
• Successfully implemented all of the ETL jobs in target SIT region.
• Coded external DB2 stored procedures for the CWS authorization log parsers, entitlement log parsers.
• Created estimation plans for the project and base lined the staffing plan to recruit resources.
• Set Project goals for the team in-line with the Organization’s strategic objectives, analyses and measure the performance.
• Tracking the build progress closely with team to ensure smooth functioning of project.
• Reports status to the sponsor, and escalates changes, issues, risks for resolution when needed. Keepteam trackupdated all the time during project life cycle.

Confidential

Team Lead

Platform: COBOL,JCL,CICS,VSAM,DB2

Responsibilities:

• Participated in the review and approval of the technical transformation requirements document. Performed source data assessment and identified the quality and consistency of the source data
• Involved in client meetings with business analysts in the creation of functional specification documents (DR).
• Assigning tasks to team thru estimation tool based on complexity and overseeing completion within deadline
• Good in agile and waterfall project management methodologies. Able to manage project teams and known for high-quality deliverables that meet or exceed timeline.
• Coded new programs within tight deadlines for 1P-PTPTN hybrid project, adhering the business requirements of stake holders like Silver lake and Accenture.
• Had written DB2 stored procedures for retrieving data in an optimized way from database.
• Resolved all the bugs successfully maintaining stability of test defects ratio in HP QC.
• Performed SIT, UAT and 1P-trial runs successfully with all other vendors meeting the correct schedule time Enhanced the existing functionality of programs to cater for E-GOLD project.
• Coded new programs for FCA-i project to cater for reports reflecting RM equivalent amount of every day foreign currency transactions and etc.
• Tracked the team closely to resolve all the bugs successfully maintaining stability of test defects ratio in HP QC.
• Review of code and other deliverables Analyzed the individual performance of each team member and motivated them to perform even better.
• Mentoring the team members in technical/system knowledge.
• Involved in client calls with third party companies to understand the functionality of business and code the programs accordingly.Review technical design document and endorse work product review (WPR).
• Analyzed the individual performance of each team member and motivated them to perform even better.Conducting weekly team meetings to know the status of project .Coordinate the efforts and expectations and develop reasonable and cost effective solutions for both.

Confidential

Senior Developer

Platform: COBOL,JCL,CICS,VSAM,DB2,CA-INTERTEST,CA-ENDEVORDuration: Aug‘10 - Jun ‘11

Responsibilities:

• Prepared the technical specification documents and coded the programs.
• Prepared Unit test scripts, Unit testing the code and preparing Unit test result documents.
• Fixed the bugs during testing phase. Prepared and executed the Component test cases, System Integration test cases, and System Regression test cases.
• Coordinating between the onshore folks and offshore team

Confidential

Module Lead

Platform: COBOL, JCL, DB2 database, Software/Tools-File Manager, Jobtrac, Changeman.

Responsibilities:

• Checked the IMR’s and assigning to team members. Sharing the Ticket Status in Manage now tool with Onsite on a Weekly basis
• Created PRC’s to hold the jobs based on the requirement. Handling JOB Changes as well as with the scheduling changes
• Involved in bridge calls to share the status with client in case of high severity tickets. Created JCL’s for weekly and monthly recurring jobs as per the requirement.
• Guided the team members when they require help in understanding the ticket description. Maintained the overall SLA percentage per month consistently.