SUMMARY:

• An Engineering graduate with 9 years industry experience in complete project life cycle: Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Deployment, and Production support of IBM Mainframe and Web application projects.
• Strong experience in Mainframe technologies - COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS DB/DC, WMQ, Sort utilities, MFS, SPUFI, Rexx, SAS. Worked on both Endevor and Changeman configuration tools
• Experience working in various domains such as Financial, Insurance, Manufacturing and logistics.
• Good experience with relational databases DB2, Oracle.
• Created many tools of process improvements through IBM utilities (Syncsort, ICEtool for report and reducing manual process).
• Experience in design and development using CICS Transaction Server, WebSphere MQ, Web services and otherMainframeinterfacing Techniques like Connect direct(NDM) andFTP
• Created and modified Resource Definition Online (RDO), Program control tables (PCT), Program ProcessingTables (PPT) definitions in support of application requirements for Integration, and production.
• Experience in Change Management request, Build & Release Implementation.
• Experience in Agile Methodologies like Sprint Planning, Daily Stand ups. Involved in the estimate planning, design discussions and scrum meetings for the project.
• Experience in leading a module, working with clients to gather requirements, scheduling/allocating/monitoring work among the team and being responsible for the successful delivery of the entire project/sub-project(s).
• Ability to multi-task work across different applications.
• A keen communicator, Goal-oriented team player with excellent logic and analytical abilities, having a flair forInteracting with cross-cultural teams.
• Have worked in Multi-Vendor, distributed geographic and Onshore-Offshore model.
• Ability to work independently as well as within a team environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OS: MVS-OS/390, z/OS, MS-DOS, Windows XP/2K,Windows-7,UNIX

Database: DB2, IMSDB, ORACLE 11g/10g/9i/8i, MS Access

Languages: COBOL, JCL, PL/1,C, HTML, SQL, Java Script, XML, Process Definition Language(PDL-specific to Ingenium frontend coding ), REXX,Assembler,SAS

Hardware: IBM MAINFRAMES, Z-Series Mainfame,Windows PC

Products: Ingenium v6.2, 6.3, 6.5(with Pathfinder v3.1)-Policy Administration & Wealth Management Product, Fast Pack Ingenium 6.1, Ingenium Web Services, Lotus Notes

Other Utilities: TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, QMF, BMC, XPEDITER, CHANGEMAN,CICS, CICS WEB Services, File-Aid, CA-7, VSAM, IBM Tools, Endeavor, Serena PVCS Version Manager (PVCS VM), Confidential compare,Fault Analyzer, MQ Series(WMQ), RACF, Control-M, NDM,FTP,SYNCSORT, Omegaman, Easytrieve

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Michigan

Technologies: IBM Mainframe, COBOL, CICS, CICS WEB SERVICES, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMSDB, SQL, TSO/SPUFIXPEDITER, CLIST, PL/1, CHANGEMAN, Control - M, File-Aid, CA-7, IBM Debug Tool, File managerEndevor, SAS, REXX, Omegaman, SYNCSORT, NDM, FTP, MQ Series (WMQ), EasytrieveFault Analyzer, ABEND-Aid, RACF, XML

Responsibilities:

• Worked on new requests that involved new online programs that coordinates with front end and retrieves data from DB2.
• Maintenance and support of CICS applications and Performance tuning of CICS application programs.
• Involved in production support activities. Ensured the batch cycle gets completed in time. Also, fixed the issues within the time mentioned in Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Modified existing COBOL/IMSDB modules to include new functionalities and create/modify COBOL/DB2 programs
• Developed new CICS web services with mainframe service as a service provider. Analysis of existing system/new requirement and converting them into CICS web services for high performance and integration of mainframe services with distributed systems.
• As SME provided system support to customers in various types of application issues and help business users with their technical queries
• Used SPUFI for SQL queries and fixes.
• Used CA-7 to view job details and monitored it for performance during integration testing.
• Developed the application programs, which uses VSAM files and accessed the files thru File-Aid.
• Involved in the analysis of Job abends and provide optimal and permanent solution to the recurring job abends.
• Responsible for Version control, movement of code and components from deployment area to integration system and production system using changeman and Endevor.
• Worked with many JCL utilities like SYNCSORT,ICETOOL,IEBGENER, IDCAMS etc. and create/modifyJCL/PROCs for running the COBOL-DB2 programs
• Debugged and tested the applications thru Expeditor and IBM debug tool
• Perform Unit testing and regression testing and get the Unit test results approved from businessAnalysts.
• Worked on SAS with responsibilities includes analyzing data and creating report as per clientRequirement.
• Created DB2 LOAD and UNLOAD Jobs in a MVS/ISPF/TSO Mainframe Environment to movedata from production to lower environment
• Involved in the Yearly maintenance process like managing inventory for all parts, Calendar update, Annual access Review in RACF, update and control testing for SOX application.
• Perform Disaster Recovery test annually and create a backup plan for data/datasets/DB2
• Creating SQLs and Stored Procedures on DB2 to perform updates on large volumes of data per business requirement.
• Participated in weekly status meetings and contributed views in project proceedings with client team

Confidential

Technologies: IBM Mainframe, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2, SQL, TSO/SPUFI, XPEDITER, CLISTCHANGEMAN, Control - M, File-Aid, CA-7, REXX, SYNCSORT, Easytrieve, Fault AnalyzerABEND-Aid

Responsibilities:

• Involved in developing design document, use-case documents, test cases, test procedures and unit test strategy.
• Coordinate with the On-site team for the finalization and implementation of the Design.
• Coding and perform unit testing on the developed code.
• Defect logging, tracking and analysis.
• Support Development and deployment of the solution.
• Involved in Code Review and Peer Testing
• Extensively involved in development of the proposed solutions using COBOL, CICS, DB2 and JCL.

Confidential

Technologies: Fast pack Ingenium 6.1 product, COBOL, DB2, PDL, CICS, Ingenium, Scripting Language, HTMLPDL, UNIX, REXX

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the functional specification document, identify the missing requirements & raise the business clarifications.
• Perform unit testing on the developed code.
• Tracking the requirements through Requirements traceability matrix (RTM).
• Design/ Coding/ Testing of Ingenium Components such as P-Steps, S-Steps, Java Scripts, Flow files, Process drivers, Function drivers.
• Provide support during Testing. Fixing the defect with the optimal solution.
• Setting up data across different regions using DB Refresh tool.
• Giving Production support to jobs. ABEND fixing.
• Arranging meetings for Business requirements walkthrough, functional specification

Confidential

Technologies: Fast pack Ingenium 6.5 product, COBOL, DB2, CICS, Ingenium Scripting Language, HTML, PDL, UNIX, MQ Series, REXX, Control-M

Responsibilities:

• Handled over 8 different business processes like New Business, Policy Administration etc.
• Performed the unit testing on the developed code.
• Design/ Coding/ Testing of Ingenium Components such as P-Steps, S-Steps, Java Scripts, Flow files, Process drivers, Function drivers.
• Involved in the analysis of defects.
• Customize Ingenium modules to meet business requirements.
• Bug-fixing and defect resolution raised by Users at Production, UAT and system integration testing.
• Business requirements, transforming requirements into functional design specifications.
• Review of the work items delivered by offshore. Ensure defect free delivery to Customer.
• Participated in project discussions and weekly status meetings of the project proceedings with the onsite team

Confidential

Technologies: IBM Mainframe, COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, HTML, Ingenium Web services, CICS WEB Services

Responsibilities:

• Involved in the technical analysis for the new requirements provided by users
• Develop the POC (Proof of concept) for the transmission of the data between Ingenium &Life suite.
• Database Design for the new tables, alternate indices & customized IO Modules.
• Regression testing, Integration testing, User acceptance testing of Mainframe code using COBOL,DB2, JCL, VSAM, CICS, SQL, JCL utilities like sort, etc.
• Setup the Environments for QA’s and coordinate in testing.
• Design/ Coding/ Testing of Ingenium Components such as P-Steps, S-Steps, Java Scripts, Flow files, Process drivers, Function drivers.
• Provide support during System Testing and Integration Testing.
• Documented the flow of Application Programs to understand the system

Confidential, NY

Technologies: Ingenium 6.5 product, IBM Mainframe, COBOL, DB2, JCL, Ingenium Scripting LanguageHTML, Jscript, SPUFI, XPEDITER, CHANGEMAN, VSAM, CICS, SYNCSORT, PDL

Responsibilities:

• Coding/ Testing - unit testing & integration testing for adhoc requests & functional.
• Generating the IO Modules for the COBOL programs.
• Involved in the analysis of defects, fixing the defect with the optimal solution.
• Provided data fixes using SQL DB2 and SPUFI