SUMMARY:

• Over 14 years of experience in Development, Enhancement, Maintenance, Support and Testing of Software Systems running on Legacy applications (IBM mainframes) with expertise in COBOL, CICS, DB2, ORACLE, NATURAL, ADABAS, IDMS, SAS, EASYTRIEVE, TOAD, SQL DEVELOPER, SQL, PL/SQL, ADS/O, DMLO, OLQM, ADSO, APS, IDDM, MAPC, IMS - DB, VSAM, JCL and others. Experience in Banking, Healthcare Insurance, Manufacturing and Transportation domain.
• Experience in design, development, testing, implementation, production support and maintenance for various IBM Mainframe applications.
• Expertise in OS/VS and Z/OS COBOL and Compilers.
• Expertise in designing and developing CICS Online functions, and batch systems under APS.
• Expertise in various databases like IDMS, DB2 and IMS-DB.
• Expertise in Programming languages like NATURAL and PL/1.
• Expertise in File Systems VSAM and ADABAS.
• Expertise in creation of Process flow diagrams, Technical specifications, and Analysis documents.
• Experience in development and testing of Software systems running on UNIX platforms with expertise in MF-COBOL.
• Monitoring of application schedules on MVS and distributed systems.
• Ability to follow RT documentation and rerun/recovery processing to correct job abend.
• Experience in Writing Test Cases, Debugging, and testing of Online Systems using Intertest and Batch systems using Xpediter.
• Experience in unit, integration and system testing.
• Experience in User Acceptance Testing Support.
• Involved in Development Review (code review) to ensure that the code functionality as per the business requirements and the standards are followed.
• Expertise in analyzing and resolving the production issues (Production Support).
• Creating the chains and jobs in SQL Developer.
• Schedule the jobs in TOAD and maintaining the scheduler.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills. Proven leadership ability and committed to excellence in professional services
• Adapt at multitasking across several assignments and strong organizational abilities

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: MVS/ESA, OS/390, UNIX, Windows NT, Windows 2000, andWindows XP, APS environment

Application: Microsoft Office suite - MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPointand Visi

Languages: VS COBOL-II, JCL, NATURAL, PL/1, SQL, MF-COBOL,SASOLTP:CICS, ADSO

Development Tools: ENDEAVOR, CHANGEMAN, X-PEDITOR, INTERTEST, CA7 SPUFI, QMF, GAFF, FILE-AID, DMLO, OLQM, CULPRITS, ISPF/TSO, ANIMATOR, BENTHIC, CVS, ADSO, IDDM, MAPC

Database: DB2, IDMS, IMS -DB, VSAM, Oracle, ADABAS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, EOHHS, MA

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Gathering from the client.
• Preparing Business Requirements Specification Document.
• Preparing analysis documentation of Reports/Programs in Mainframe Environment (COBOL/NATURAL) requested by Client.
• Preparing High-level and Low-level design documents.
• Design Process Flow Diagrams.
• Code changes to the Existing Jobs and Procs and also changes to the existing COBOL/NATURAL programs.
• Production Support During nightly Batch.
• Other similar professional responsibilities as needed.

Environment: NATURAL, COBOL, EASYTRIEVE, ADABAS, JCL, COBOL, VSAM, FILE-AID, TSO, ISPF,CICS.

Confidential, EOHHS, MA

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Gathering from the client.
• Preparing Business Requirements Specification Document.
• Preparing analysis documentation of Reports/Programs in Mainframe Environment (COBOL/NATURAL) requested by Client.
• Preparing High-level and Low-level design documents.
• Design Process Flow Diagrams.
• Code changes to the exsting batches.
• Provide the sample files/reports based on client request.
• Other similar professional responsibilities as needed.

Environment: NATURAL, ADABAS, JCL, COBOL, VSAM, FILE-AID, TSO, ISPF,CICS.

Confidential, DHHS, NH

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and scheduling the jobs using TOAD.
• Creating chains and jobs using SQL Developer.
• Setting the Rules and Dependencies using SQL Developer.
• Saving the files from batch run (Both input and output).
• Verifying all the output files are Ftp’d correctly.
• Preparing analysis documentation of Reports/Programs in Mainframe Environment (COBOL) requested by Client.
• Preparing the schedule based on client request.
• Running any special jobs in Dev and Prod requested by client.
• Provide the files based on client request.
• Other similar professional responsibilities as needed.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IDMS,ADSO,CICS,MVS,MAPC,IDDM,DMLO,OLQ.

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring the batch jobs which are running on MVS mainframe.
• Analysis of the business requirements.
• Preperation of Low level and High level design documents.
• Code changes to COBOL-IDMS and COBOL-DB2 Programs.
• Create JCLS based o requirements.
• Preperation of test cases and unit testing
• Preperation of test plan for SIT and UAT
• Perform System testing and User Accepting testing.
• Promote the changes to Prod.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IDMS,ADSO,CICS,MVS,MAPC,IDDM,DMLO,OLQ.

Confidential, NH

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of user requirements
• Preperation of Business Requirements Specification Document
• Preperation of functional/logical Design and prepare design documents
• Design Process flow diagrams
• Coding and Code Review
• Create extract and report programs for monthly report jobs.
• Preperation of test cases and unit testing
• Preperation of test plan for SIT and UAT
• System and Integration testing
• User Acceptance Testing

Environment: COBOL, JCL, IDMS,ADSO,CICS,VSE,CULPRITS,MAPC,IDDM,DMLO,OLQ.

Confidential, NH

Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of user requirements
• Preperation of Business Requirements Specification Document
• Involved in functional and logical design
• Coding and Code Review
• Unit testing
• System and Integration testing
• User Acceptance Testing

Environment: COBOL, JCL, IDMS,ADSO,CICS,VSE,CULPRITS,MAPC,IDDM,DMLO,OLQ.

Confidential

Connecticut Sr. Mainframe Developer and Onsite Co-ordinator

Responsibilities:

• Gathering technical specifications from analysts and checkout the components using ENDEAVOR.
• Involving in Requirement Analysis.
• Preparing and walk-through of design documents (both HLD and LLD).
• Modifying existing VS COBOL-II (both Batch and Online) Programs.
• Modify the JCL JOBS and PROC’s as per Client’s requirement.
• Preparation of UTP(Unit Test Plan)
• Involvement in Unit Testing by using XPEDITER with the test cases and fixing the bugs that are encountered in testing.
• Preparation of ITP(Integration Test Plan)
• Involvement in Integration Testing with the test cases and fixing the bugs that are encountered in testing.
• Communicating with offshore people and clarifying the Queries regarding fixed problems and for new added functionalities.
• Involves in Code Reviews.
• Involves in offshore Meetings.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SQL, TSO, APS, FILEAID, XPEDITER, ENDEAVOR, QMF, SPUFI.

Confidential, GA

Sr. Mainframe Developer

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring the batch jobs which are running on AZURE mainframe.
• Analyze the abended jobs and bug fixing.
• Analyze the Support Central/HPSD case raised by the user.
• Code changes in COBOL-IDMS and COBOL-IMS programs as per the case.
• Creating reports using CULPRITS.
• Internal Code Review and unit testing.
• Attending weekly status meeting with clients.
• Preparing minutes of meeting.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, IDMS, SAS, ADSO, IMS-DB, TSO, DMLO, OLQ, CULPRIT, CA-7.

Confidential

Sr.Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing requirement specification depending on SRS and user cases.
• Designed and developed Test Cases.
• Execute SQL queries by using QMF tool.
• Coding the program as per the standards provided by the client.
• Unit testing by using XPEDITER debugging tool.
• Internal Code Review.
• Involved in Integration Testing.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, SQL, TSO, VSAM, FILE-AID, QMF, XPEDITER.

Confidential

Sr.Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Analysis of the requirement.
• Preparation of analysis and Design document.
• Coding the program as per the standards provided by the client.
• Internal Code Review.
• Unit testing by using debugging tools INTERTEST and EXPEDITER.
• Involved in Integration Testing and system testing.

Environment: COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, SQL, TSO, VSAM, NATURAL, ADABAS, FILE-AID, SPUFI, GAFF, INTERTEST, X-PEDITER, CHANGEMAN.

Confidential, Saint Louis

Software Developer

Responsibilities:

• Running REXX tools to convert the JCL’s.
• Analysis of the requirement specification.
• Coding and code review.
• Generation of reports using SQL queries in SPUFI.
• Involved in integration and system testing.
• Involved in co-ordination of team, helping in technical aspects and analysis
• Peer review of the Code, design documents, test plans, Unit testing and test results.
• Involved in Quality Control Activities

Environment: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, SQL, TSO, SAS, FILE-AID, XPEDITER, CHANGEMAN, QMF.