PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Having 13 plus years of mainframe experience in Application software development, testing, production support and maintenance projects in mainframe related applications in the areas of retail, banking, automobiles, insurance, transportation and finance and telecommunications.
• Well experienced in design, analysis, coding, testing system testing and warranty support.
• Involved in making ADHOC enhancements to the existing COBOL, DB2 programs.
• Involved the enhancement of COBOL II, IMS DB DC, CICS, IBM AIX programs.
• Hands-on experience in version control tolls Endeavor, Changeman, Infoman and Expeditor tools.
• Strong experience using SQL Stored Procedures.
• Used VSS configuration Management tool for storing the documents. Analyze the requirements and prepare quality control plan.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to quickly understand clients' business needs.
• Involved in meetings to gather information and requirements from the clients.
• Create packages in endeavor and check-out elements from endeavor.
• Experience on UNIX shell scripting.
• Experience creating and executing the unit test cases.
• Experience with file-id, IBM file manager, IBM debugger and CA platinum tools.
• Maintain the standards in defect life cycle.
• Experience in creating test plans, test strategies, test data.
• Experience in validating test plans to expected results.
• Experience in Unit, Integrated, System, security, performance and User Acceptance Testing.
• Participate in daily meeting with the team, walkthroughs and defect tracking meetings.
• Develop preventive measures on recurring incidents and a bends.
• Provided support for system testing and implementation.
• FTP the converted data from mainframe to UNIX box using the JCL.
• Experience in defining Data Migration, Data Conversion and Data Cleansing strategies.
• Data conversion and data set-up for testing.
• Experience n TSO, VSAM, SPUFI, FILE-AID, Panvelet, ENDEVOR, CHANGEMAN, XPEDITOR, SAR, ESP, OS/Z, OS/390.
• Experience using CA7, CA11 and ESP Scheduling tools.
• COBOL conversion from mainframe to UNIX, Windows server.
• Extensive experience in Business Analysis to Translate EDI Requirements into Functional Specifications and Develop Logical Mapping for Gentran / GIS on Mainframe.
• Highly Experienced in HIPAA Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act , Health Care industry providing Business Process Assessment, Requirements Gathering, Gap Analysis, Implementation and Testing. Well versed with EDI and HIPAA transactions.
• Extensive experience in various Business Applications like Logistics, Healthcare, Finance, Leasing, Telecommunication, Logistics, Distribution, Retail Healthcare.
• Responsible for the complete design, development and implementation of 810, 820, 830, 832, 846, 850, 855 and 856 ASN.
• Create vendor set up for EDIFACT standards like DESADV and DELFO.
• Testing the maps and the melding flow configuration.
• Transferring files through FTP to customer for Data verification.
• Migration from mainframe Gentran to SI on open systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior Application Developer

• Created ASN Advance Shipping Notice EDI X12 856 which comes in ANSI X12 format from trading partners.
• Created maps for ASN, Invoice and PO acknowledgment file AS2.
• Translating the data from ANSI X12 to text format in inbound process using the translator.
• Sending an Acknowledgment EDI X12 997 Functional Acknowledgment to the trading partners.
• Involved in creating new maps for Trading Partner.
• Created maps for the below listed EDI transaction sets using IBM Sterling Mapping Tool.
• Create envelops and code list on Sterling 5.X.
• The requirement was to create as well as report in a specific format.
• Created map sets for 850,856 and 810 using IBM sterling integrator and Gentran.
• Protocols: FTP, HTTP/HTTPS, AS2 and VAN.

Environment: COBOL II, DB2 SQL, JCL, QMF, Gentran, IBM B2B sterling Integrator 5.2

Confidential

Senior Application Programmer

• Program Analysis and Program technical document preparation
• Modified programs using COBOL, DB2, IDMS, VSAM, CICS, CA- Intertest, File Manager and JCL.
• Code review, report preparation, unit testing, system testing and integration testing, data migration from other systems to current system.
• Wrote new batch COBOL programs and changes of existing programs.
• Interacted with business users and other systems teams to discuss new projects.
• Checked out elements from Changeman and created packages in workbench.
• Coordinate the testing efforts with UAT team and resolved their findings on the application. Assisted setting up the test environment for UAT.
• Production support and find the route cause analysis.

Environment: COBOL II, CICS, DB2 SQL, IDMS, JCL, MQ, QMF, XML, SPUFI, WORKBENCH, OS/390, INTERTEST, FILE MASTER and VSAM

Confidential

Senior Mainframe Developer

• Wal-Mart had Rapid Response project to create the tickets by business users. Involved in analysis, design, testing and implementation.
• Analysis of high level business requirements as part of system development.
• Program analysis and program technical spec document preparation.
• Modified existing programs using Cobol, DB2, VSAM, CICS and JCL, IMS DB.
• Code review and report preparation.
• Unit testing, system testing and integration testing.
• Data migration from other systems to current system.
• Wrote new batch COBOL programs and changes of existing programs.
• Interacted with business users and other systems teams for discussing project enhancements.
• Check-out elements from Changeman and created packages in Changeman.
• Coordinated the testing efforts with UAT team and resolve their findings on the application.
• FTP the converted data from mainframe to UNIX box using the JCL.
• Created the change control using BMC remedy.
• Provided document and check list for change control.
• Create Invoice 810, 850 and 856 using EDI Sterling migration from gentran to IBM sterling .

Environment: COBOL II, CICS, DB2 SQL, IMS DB, JCL,LIBRARIAN, INTERTEST, FILE MASTER, SPUFI, BMC Remedy, OS/390,SYNCSORT, QMF and VSAM, IBM Gentran, IBM B2B Sterling integrator, SFTP,AS2 and FTP.

Confidential

• Merchandise Planning
• As part Quantum Retail Project deployment.
• Running batch quantum jobs thru ESP scheduler and monitor the Linux box.
• Modifying batch jobs and prepared the input data.
• Code review, Review reports preparation Unit Testing, QA and production jobs.
• Interact with system testing team for discussing about new changes.
• Coordinated the testing efforts with UAT User Acceptance Testing team and resolved findings on the application on 24X7 basis. Applied patches to different testing environments.
• Prepared one time request form in Lotus Notes and note the catch-up timing for each job.
• Attend project meetings, release meetings and QA status meetings.
• Create Invoice 810, 850 and 856 using EDI Sterling.

Environment: COBOL II, DB2, SQL, PL/I, JCL, QMF, Web logic, SPUFI, FTP, ESP scheduler, Linux, Oracle, Gentran and IBM sterling.

Confidential

Senior Systems Analyst Applications Development

• This system loads the data from various systems, validates the data in various levels and loads it into tables. Involved for new functionalities added into the existing programs. Also worked in MOB to fix the data in production tables and worked on adhoc tasks.
• Program analysis and program technical specific document preparation.
• Wrote new programs with COBOL, DB2, and CICS.
• Code review and reports preparation.
• Data migration from tapes.
• Wrote stored procedures.
• Wrote new batch COBOL programs that were run by shell scripts from Unix Platform.
• Coordinate testing efforts with UAT team and resolved their findings on the application. Set up the test environment for UAT.
• FTP the converted data from mainframe to UNIX box using the JCL.
• Developed maps for load data into the oracle database.

Environment: COBOL II,PL/1,CICS,DB2 SQL, IMS DB, JCL, QMF, SPUFI, Changeman, Expeditor, VSAM, Easytrieve, IBM Debugger, GENTRAN, EDI, Informatica, FTP and Heat issue tracker tool, CA-7 and CA-11, Platinum for DB2,Unix AIX, Control-M, Oracle, OS/Z

Confidential

Designation: Senior Software Engineer

• Wrote backend COBOL program for the Java/JSP front-end screens with Web logic middleware.
• Interacted with the front-end web team for the enhancements and new development. Continuously documented best coding practices for the backend COBOL programming declaring read only cursors with option uncommitted read.
• Resolved Ad hoc problems.
• Wrote new batch COBOL programs that were run by shell scripts i.e. from Unix Platform.
• Supported billing and procurement Mainframe systems 24X7.
• Coordinated testing efforts with UAT team and resolved their findings on the application.
• Check-out elements and create packages from endeavor.
• Converting data from mainframe systems to UNIX box, to load the DB2 tables for Java programs.
• FTP the converted data from mainframe to UNIX box using the JCL.
• Prepare unit/system plans, test data.
• Convert the JCL's to Unix box instead of running on mainframe.
• Performed manual testing and UAT testing.
• Performed analysis and documentation of test results.
• FTP the programs thru JCL into the UNIX box.
• Data migration from mainframes to Java application DB2 to Oracle .
• CVS tortoise for check-in, check-out components and version control tool.

Environment: Micro Focus COBOL,DB2 SQL,JCL, Easytrieve, CICS, Gentran,QMF, SPUFI, Changeman, Expeditor, AFP, JHS, UNIX IBM AIX , SYNC SORT, Oracle, EDI,AQT, Shell Script, FTP, VSAM, JAVA, IBM Web Sphere and MQ Series, PL/SQL,OS/Z

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

• Translated requirements into detailed design document and coded the COBOL programs.
• Traced the job a bends and communicating with the operation team with a resolution.
• Medical, Vision client totals in the jobs.
• Monitoring the Batch jobs using CA-7 and also supporting VFS systems 24X7.
• Prepare the daily reports for claims like vendor fee reimbursement VFR , vendor claim Reimbursement VCR , hospital savings program HSP and interface.
• Created multiple one time use report COBOL programs as business users requested. Documented the productions bends along with the resolution and updated the existing documents as needed.
• Create packages and Check-out elements from endeavor.
• Wrote stored procedures.
• Performed UAT testing, analyzed and documented test results.
• Provided support for system testing and implementation.

Environment: COBOL II, DB2 SQL, JCL, QMF, SPUFI, Endeavor, CA-7, Expeditor, JHS and VSAM

Confidential

Senior Software Engineer

• Quick Lease Ford Order Maintenance is a system used to inquire the vehicle information and to assign a vehicle to particular order number. It performs the unassigned, changes and deletes information of particular order number. The system which is replacing this transaction from mainframe and enable with web using the MQ Series.
• Wrote new programs in COBOL, DB2 and CICS.
• Involved in meetings to gather information and requirements from the clients.
• Responsible for error code testing
• Analysis of the business requirements provided by the clients.
• Preparation of Program Specs and interact with customers.
• Used SQL to access data. Used QMF and SPUFI to validate test results and documented the test results using Microsoft Word. Set up after test walkthroughs.
• Conduct weekly walkthroughs on the application progress for meeting schedules and provided testing standing periodically to the higher management.

Environment: COBOL II, DB2 SQL, CICS, Panvelet, Expeditor, QMF, SYNC SORT,SPUFI,JAVA, MQ Series, IBM WebSphere and JCL.