PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• A highly qualified systems analyst/mainframe developer with over twenty - five years of analysis, design, programming and testing experience in teh Life Insurance, Financial, Manufacturing, and HealthCare Industries.
• Technical expertise combined with a strong work ethic and excellent problem solving/debugging skills provide teh foundation for producing quality deliverables in a very timely manner. Primary areas of expertise are Confidential Mainframe, COBOL, SAS, DB2, JCL, and CICS.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

COMPUTER SOFTWARE: COBOL, SAS, DB2, CICS, IMS, JCL, VSAM, SOL CORP INGENIUM, SQL Server, Oracle, FIS OMNI Suite, Omni Scripting, SQL*PLUS, AQT, MS Access/VBA, Unix Shell Scripting, Windows .bat scripting, TSO/ISPF, QMF, File-Aid, XPEDITOR, Endeavor, PVCS/VM, SmartTest, MS Office Suite, Micro Focus COBOL IDE, VSLICK

COMPUTER HARDWARE/OPERATING SYSTEMS: Confidential Mainframe, UNIX, MS Windows

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Enfield CT

Developer

Responsibilities:

• Provided technical support to Pension Risk Transfer administration team by managing client issues and facilitating resolutions with other team members. Responsibilities included programming of brand-new custom Omni scripts and debugging and enhancement of existing Omni script programming.
• Ensured teh quality of incoming participant d Confidential, supporting on-going plan administration, troubleshooting and correcting set-up errors and adding new code for existing plan builds.

Confidential, Bloomfield CT

Mainframe Lead Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Mainframe Lead responsible for leading a team of developers supporting Confidential 's Financial Accounting systems. Provided 24/7 support for incident, problem and request management.
• Main responsibilities were to provide support for break fix solutions and small enhancements for mainframe COBOL accounting expense/earnings systems and SAS accounting reports in teh UNIX environment. Other responsibilities included d Confidential research, d Confidential analysis and ad-hoc requests using SQL tools like QMF, SPUFI and Toad.

Confidential, CT

Senior Systems Analyst/Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Senior systems analyst responsible for analysis, design and application development and customization of Sol corp INGENIUM Life Insurance policy administration system.
• Utilized established SDLC methodologies to produce detailed technical specifications and unit test plans. Produced highly reliable code for complex policy administration system changes and enhancements. Technologies utilized in this role were COBOL II, DB2/SQL, JCL, TSO/ISPF, CICS, Java scripting, XML, AQT.
• Also served as teh team lead for policy administration production support team managing day to day support and incident management for 24/7 on-call support. Managed incidents and effectively communicated with users, application owner and senior stakeholders across all areas. Provided guidance, leadership, and expertise to team members.

Confidential, Bloomfield, CT

Senior Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Senior application developer responsible for analysis, design, coding, testing and documenting large system enhancements and development initiatives for HEDIS (Health Plan Employer D Confidential Information Set) as proposed by NCQA. Evaluated impact of teh proposed changes to teh application environment and recommended actions to maintain stability and efficiency of teh production environment. Technologies utilized in this role were SAS, DB2/SQL, JCL, QMF, TSO and UNIX.

Confidential, CT

Senior Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead programmer analyst in teh development, enhancement and support of teh Corporate Premium Reporting System. Involved in all software development phases using established SDLC methodologies.
• Responsible for teh day to day support of teh system from generating SAS and DB2/SQL ad-hoc reports to handling system abends and client questions and issues. Technologies utilized in this role were SAS, COBOLII, DB2, JCL and QMF.

Confidential

Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Member of teh D Confidential Warehouse team responsible for design, development and enhancement of software products and full-scale applications using SAS, Oracle, and SQL.
• Provided ad-hoc and regulatory extracts and reports from Oracle D Confidential Warehouse and SAS SPDS d Confidential mart. Administered, maintained and enhanced corporate SAS/SPDS d Confidential mart and Oracle D Confidential Warehouse.

Confidential, Bloomfield, CT

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in teh full project life cycle development of a brand-new Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account system. Interfaced with business users to develop business system design documents and technical specifications.
• Member of a team to design logical d Confidential models and DB2 application tables. Designed, developed and tested COBOL/DB2 programs for FSA and HSA claim reimbursement processing.

Confidential, CT

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Designed, analyzed and coded new COBOL/DB2 conversion programs and new SAS reports. Performed business and system analysis, integration testing, and acceptance testing for claims processing system integration project.
• Also enhanced MS Access report download d Confidential bases by creating new user-friendly forms and reports.

Confidential, CT

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Served as a consultant programmer/analyst at Blue Cross/ Confidential of Connecticut in teh conversion of teh Enrollment and Billing system from IMS d Confidential bases to DB2 tables. Performed system analysis, system design and programming for health benefit and interface systems.
• For teh first phase of teh project, analyzed current IMS systems and produced detailed program specifications to interface with DB2 in addition to IMS. Programmed detailed program specifications using COBOLII, IMS (DB/DC), DB2 and JCL using structured coding techniques.
• Provided continuing support for systems by interfacing with teh user community and analyzing and developing specifications for new system requirements.

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided managerial reports using SAS and accessing d Confidential in various d Confidential bases, including DB2, PARADOX, and EXCEL. Designed and coded D Confidential Access Facility User Tracking system, a menu-driven system written in REXX and CMS. Teh system tracked and maintained user profiles of teh D Confidential Access Facility.

Confidential, CT

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Served as a programmer/analyst at Confidential intra-company accounts payable utilizing, PL/me, IMS, JCL and REXX in full life cycle development.
• Enhanced, modified and supported existing account payable business applications using structured coding techniques.