Objective
To be flexible, determined, communicative, pleasant attitude, focused, capable
and committed. Versatile, strong client focus, able to multi-task, adjustable to
changing priorities and demands.
Experience Summary
Total 8+ years of experience in Legacy Applications using Mainframe Technology.
Excellent knowledge of mainframe technologies such as COBOL, VAGen, CICS,
DB2,IMS-DB/DC, JCL, VSAM,DB2 ,EZTrieve, Stored Procedures, POWER BUILDER,SAS and
mainframe tools like ChangeMan, Endevor, File-AID, File Manager ,Xpeditor,
CA-Intertest, SPUFI, QMF, SDF,PLATINUM ,CA7,JOBTRAC etc.
Worked on the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) projects comprising
of requirement capture, analysis, estimation, designing, coding, testing, rollout
and support.
Strong experience in application development & testing using SEI-CMM level 5
standards.
Strong experience in Technical and Functional requirement Documentataion.
Good domain knowledge of Medicare,Financial, Educational Measurement Possess
Services and Welfare (health and human) Services.
Excellent Inter-personal, Presentation, Communication & Leadership Skills.
Bachelor in Engineering.
Technical Skills:
Professional Experience:
Client : DHS, SALEM, OR Jan 2010-Apr 2010
Project : SPD (Seniors and People with Disability)
Position : Application Programmer/Analyst.
Environment : COBOL, CICS, DB2 8.0, EZTrieve JCL, VSAM, DB2
TSO/ISPF, MVS, XML
Tools : CA-Panvalet, File Aid, SPUFI, QMF, Abend-AID, MS Visio
Hardware : IBM 3090, z/OS.
Project Details: –
DHS is welfare system for the state of Oregon that automates: Eligibility
Determination, Benefit Calculation (EDBC), Benefit Issuance, Benefit Recovery,
Employment & Training for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF),
State Adult Cash Programs, food Stamps, Child Care, Foster Care, Adoption Subsidy
and Medical Assistanc and SPD Programs.
The system also interfaces with MMIS, Managed Care, Electronic Funds Transfer
(EFT), Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT). The system also provides an automated
facility for the administration of various public assistance programs and
supports the information needs at the office and State level. The system was
enhanced to deliver various stakeholder needs in the form of the Electronic
Reports rather than mainframe reports.
Roles & responsibilities:
Analysis of client’s requirement.
Modification and creation of the technical specification .
Coding of new programs using COBOL.
Data retrived from database using embedded queires (SQLs) in COBOL.
Making impact analysis,modifying existing programs & JCLs as per the
requirement.
Writing Ad-hoc queries (SPUFIs) for solving production problems and for
reporting purpose.
Unit/Integration test plan preparation, preparing test data and carry out Unit
and Integration testing.
Deploying the code using Deployment tool
Participate in weekly status meeting with client and manager.
Client : KPIT, OR, USA Mar 2008-Nov 2009
Project : Common Membership,MSP,EOC
Position : Senior Programmer/Analyst.
Environment : COBOL, CICS, DB2 8.0, EZTrieve JCL, VSAM, VA-Gen, DB2
Stored Procedures, TSO/ISPF, MVS,XML,JOB TRAC,JAVA
Tools : CA-Endevor, File Aid, SPUFI, QMF, Abend-AID,MS Visio
,JOBTRAC
Hardware : IBM 3090, z/OS.
Project Details: –
Kaiser Permanente is one of the top-10 Health care Insurance Company in the USA.
Common Membership System (CM) is one of the IT applications which maintain the
information about Kaiser Permanente members. CM is the membership administration
platform serving 5 different regions (Northwest, Ohio, Colorado, Georgia and
Hawaii) and is used for collecting profile/personal information from members,
processing and maintaining membership information and calculation of membership
benefits. The system also includes a billing component that interfaces with other
enterprise systems such as Claims Processing, Accounts Payable, Accounts
Receivable, Document Management and Printing Systems.
It also process MSP(Medicare Secondary Payer) individuals by looking into their
Part-D information and verifying the details which satisfies the criteria.
Roles & responsibilities:
Analysis of client’s requirement.
Coding of new programs using COBOL
Preparing of Online screens using VAGen.
Reports are generated using Eztrieve
SQL Queries used to retrieve and update data from DB2 database.
Making impact analysis ,modifying existing programs & JCLs as per the
requirement.
Coding Stored Procedures using Temp tables as per the client requirements.
Analyzing the criteria, doing impact analysis of tables to be impacted and
creating necessary data to create Triggers
Code walk-through and peer review of the artifacts.
Unit/Integration test plan preparation, preparing test data and carry out Unit
and Integration testing.
IDCAMS utility used to create /copy VSAM Files.
Deploying the code using Deployment tool.
translate requirements of low to moderate complexity to program specs
Participate in weekly status meeting with client and manager.
Client : DHHS, NewHampshire May 2006-Mar2008
Project : New HEIGHTS- EDBC, Bendex Modernization, Child Support
Position : Senior Programmer/Analyst.
Environment : COBOL, CICS, DB2 8.0, JCL, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, MVS,XML.
POWER BUILDER,CD(Connect Direct)
Tools : CA-Endevor, CA-Intertest, SPUFI, File Manager, Abend-AID &
MS Visio 2000
Hardware : IBM 3090, z/OS.
Project Details: –
New HEIGHTS is a large-scale, client/server, interactive welfare system for the
state of New Hampshire that automates: Client Registration (CR), Application
Entry (AE), Standard Filing Unit (SFU), Eligibility Determination, Benefit
Calculation (EDBC), Benefit Issuance, Benefit Recovery, Caseload Management,
Security Maintenance, Client Notices, Employment & Training for the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), State Adult Cash Programs, food Stamps,
Child Care, Foster Care, Adoption Subsidy and Medical Assistance Programs.
The system also interfaces with Child support, MMIS, Managed Care, Electronic
Funds Transfer (EFT), Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT), NADA and many federal
data exchanges. The system also provides an automated facility for the
administration of various public assistance programs and supports the information
needs at the office and State level. The system was enhanced to deliver various
stakeholder needs in the form of the Electronic Reports rather than mainframe
reports.
EDBC (Eligibility Determination & Benefit Calculation) subsystem determines if
the person is eligible for the programs of public assistance supported by New
HEIGHTS and calculates the level of benefits. The programs that New HEIGHTS
supports includes Financial Assistance, Child Care, Foster Care, Emergency
Assistance, Medical Assistance, Food Stamp, Medicaid, Refugee Assistance,
Pregnant Woman Assistance, Adoption Subsidy, disability assistance etc. CN
(Client Notices) generate notice and letters for the client at different change
events.
Roles & responsibilities:
Analysis of client’s requirement.
Modification and creation of the technical specification & BLDs (business logic
diagrams).
Coding of new programs using COBOL.
Data retrived from database using embedded queires (SQLs) in COBOL.
Making impact analysis,modifying existing programs & JCLs as per the
requirement.
Writing Ad-hoc queries (SPUFIs) for solving production problems and for
reporting purpose.
IDCAMS utility used to create /copy VSAM Files.
Code walk-through and peer review of the artifacts.
Unit/Integration test plan preparation, preparing test data and carry out Unit
and Integration testing.
Deploying the code using Deployment tool
Participate in weekly status meeting with client and manager.
Coordinate with Font Desk Representative to resolve any issues related to the
system.
CSX, Jacksonville, FL Jan 2006-Apr 2006
Project: Cobol-Enterprise cobol conversion
Environment: Cobol, IMS-DB/DC, DB2, CICS, Enterprise Cobol and MHTRAN
Description: This project deals with conversion of OS/VS Cobol and Cobol-II to
Enterprise Cobol using MHTRAN. The main purpose this conversion is, to prepare
compatible programs to support and to execute new version of CICS transaction
server and DB2.
Responsibilities:
Preparing inventory of Cobol programs that needs to be changed.
Preparing necessary documents for conversion and testing of Products along
within the group.
Preparation of Program specifications.
Preparation of Test plans and execution.
Used MHTRAN to convert the Cobol programs as per Enterprise Cobol
compatibility.
Preparation of equivalent routines and keywords, which are compatible to
Enterprise Cobol.
Defect logging.
Version controller management.
Implementation and Post implementation responsibilities.
DBS-Singapore Jan 2004-Sep2005
Project: CAS (CURRENT ACCOUNT SYSTEM)
Environment: Cobol, DB2, CICS, Xpeditor, Changeman, Eztrieve, Jcl, Vsam,
File-Aid, Sync Sort, Super-C, SDF, Visio, MQ Series,CA-7
Description: Current Account System is the heart of DBS. There are 3 types of
accounts are there in CAS, one is Current, automatic and PosB. Data comes from
the different systems to the CAS. So, it has to be processed by applying the
Business logic, processed data to be send to respected systems and reports are
generated as per the requirement. Files are generated during batch run, and kept
for next day, data to be sending to other systems using connect direct method and
kept on EOS for end user availability.
Responsibilites:
Spearheaded the implementation of Products along within the group.
Conducted business and technical analysis, interaction with clients as well as
with end-users
New programs are coded using COBOL.
New screens are developed using CICS BMS Macros and SDF Tool.
Data to be retrieved/modified using SQLs in Batch/ Online programs.
Reports are generated using Eztrieve/COBOL.
IDCAMS utility used to create /copy VSAM Files.
Used MQ Series to send the data to third party for further process.
Preparation of Design and Program specifications.
Preparation of Test plans.
Preparation of Test descriptions and execution.
Data validation and Data modification done using Various File-Aid utilities.
Used various CICS techniques like CEDF, CEBR , CEMT to verify the proper
population of data and files.
Processed data transferred to other systems by Connect Direct method.
Job scheduling done by INFOMAN,CA-7
CHANGEMAN is used as version controller and to Deploy the code into Higher
level.
Performed Pre implementation test by conducting simulation test.
Cognizant Technology Solutions- May-2002 to Dec 2003
Project: Historical Ratings Data (H R D)
Environment: Cobol, Xpeditor, Changeman, Jcl, Vsam, DB-2, File-Aid, Sync Sort,
Super-C,MICROFOCUS COBOL
Description:
It collects various categories of data (basic, infrastructure, managerial,
financial performance, share market, legal and personnel) about almost all
companies in Europe. Companies or individuals requiring information about a
company, approach D&B. D&B registers this client by assigning a unique code
(DUNS) and starts providing relevant information.
Responsibilities:
Preparation of Program specifications.
Preparation of Test plans and executions.
Developed COBOL code as per the requirement.
IDCAMS utility used to create /copy VSAM Files.
Analyze and did the impact analysis of code dependencies and enhancements.
Data validated using File-Aid utilities
Extensively used SYNCSORT for the Data process
Tata Consultancy Services - Mar 2001 - Apr 2002
MNBS (Modernized New Business System)
Environment: Cobol, Xpeditor, Changeman, Jcl, Vsam, File-Aid, Sync Sort,
Super-C
Description:
Modernized New Business System is a support division in Prudential that assists
the various businesses unites with system enhancements. The main functions within
this system are Underwriting, Express Commissions and Policy Output. The
underwriting process includes acquiring client information, evaluating the risk
of the applicant, ordering of medical exams for the prospective customer,
verifying medical and credit history, etc. The underwriting role becomes the key
to whether the application for insurance is accepted or rejected.
Responsibilities:
Analyze the code dependencies and enhancements.
Data validated and modified using File-Aid utilities.
Extensively used SYNCSORT for the Data process |
