Senior Applications Developer Resume , Hartford, CT - Hire IT People

SUMMARY:

Seasoned programmer/analyst with a wealth of experience encompassing all phases of mainframe development.
Can lead or follow. Business applications include finance, insurance, healthcare, and retail.

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EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Hartford, CT

Senior Applications Developer

Responsibilities:

Develops and maintains applications for the Individual Claims Administration System (ICAS). The front end is written in COBOL/CICS/DB2 and is continually being enhanced. Batch processing is written in COBOL and QMF. JCL executes the batch jobs.
Flourishes in fast - paced environment with changing priorities. Handles 24X7 on-call support.
Uses Xpediter to resolve issues with complex programs.
Writes many forms of documentation: data dictionaries, system flow charts, technical specifications, and a wide variety of status reports.
Practices teamwork to utilize the experience of others to quickly resolve complex issues.
Completed coursework to gain ALMI (Associate, Life Management Institute) certification.
Designed, coded, tested, and implemented an enhancement to the VSAM security file used to control access to the ICAS system.

Confidential, Lincoln, RI

Consultant

Responsibilities:

Used Agile/Scrum to develop and maintain COBOL and Assembler batch/DB2 programs for the Billing Options system. Developed JCL to execute programs.
Developed test plans describing data entry on user interfaces and the resulting flow of data through batch jobs.
Extensive use of Xpediter to analyze financial reporting systems.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Systems Development Principal

Responsibilities:

Served as coordinator for the NEWMMIS Interface project which was part of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ initiative to migrate their Pharmacy Benefits Management program from mainframe to UNIX. Tasks included designing interfaces, coordinating resources, conducting meetings, writing specifications, coding (COBOL/DB2), testing, and implementation. 1.2 million people receive benefits from this program.
Developed system specifications from systems requirements.
Wrote numerous COBOL/DB2 programs and JCL procedures to support the Pharmacy Benefits Management programs of both Colorado and Massachusetts.

Confidential, Foxboro, MA

Consultant

Responsibilities:

Analyzed, coded, tested and implemented enhancements to COBOL/ADABAS/VSAM programs in support of a company merger.
Wrote overview document describing potential points of failure in company merger project which was used by team to correct program flaws throughout the agency system.

Confidential, Quincy, MA

Systems Officer

Responsibilities:

Managed team of 5 programmers in support of pricing systems on the mainframe. Programs were written in PL1 and CICS using Datacom and DB2 databases.
Spearheaded multi-team effort to implement time-flexible pricing, enabling the company to acquire several million dollars of new business in Europe.
Developed system specifications from system requirements.
Developed project review strategy to broaden business and technical expertise within the team.
Developed web pages, using HTML, Javascript, ASP and SQL, to support a price management application which linked securities with price sources.
Designed and developed procedures, coded in Perl and SQL, to update company databases with pricing information captured from client sites, eliminating the need for manual entry of information.

Confidential, Framingham, MA

Consultant

Responsibilities:

Authored specifications and COBOL code for 3 CICS/DB2 store ranking screens which controlled replenishment of merchandise.
Wrote specifications and COBOL code for enhancements to a batch product planning system which resulted in the conversion of IMS databases to DB2.