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Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidateCandidate's Name 27th 2023Street Address Q Drive NorthPHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEMarshall, MI Street Address -9421EMAIL AVAILABLE / EMAIL AVAILABLEOBJECTIVE :Seeking a mainframe applications development or validation testing position to make use of my experience and education, and providing professional service to the client.EXPERIENCE SUMMARY :Information Technology Professional with 17.9 years of experience involving full project life cycle :oRoughly 8.4 years experience as a Mainframe Applications Developer using MVS, TSO/ISPF, COBOL, VSAM, JCL, CICS, DB/2, PL/1, DL/1 (IMS/DB), Endeavor, Xpediter, Intertest, File Aid,oApproximately 3.5 years serving as a mainframe validation tester using MVS, TSO/ISPF, JCL, DB/2, Oracle, AIX, File Aid, HP Quality Center, and MKS Integrity Center.oThe remaining 6.0 years of experience being a validation tester evaluating web pages, web portals, Microstrategy Reports / Dashboards / Matrices, Infomatica PowerCenter Export/Transform/Load (ETL) scripts, Oracle Data Definition Language (DDL) scripts, and Oracle Data Manipulation Language (DML) scripts; using TOAD for Oracle, Oracle 9 through 11, MS-Sharepoint, & HP Quality Center to ensure they function correctly and follow requirements.Experienced in requirements gathering, analysis, design, development, implementation, testing, deployment and maintenance; while documenting throughout the process.Familiarity working in the insurance, healthcare, and government domains.Strong background in SDLC methodologies such as CMMI, Traditional Waterfall, and structured programming, and with Scrum Agile methodologies.Demonstrated ability to pick up new skills quickly.TECHNICAL SKILLS : {For detailed information, see page 5}Operating Systems :oMVS (including OS/390 & Z/OS), AIX, UNIX (Solaris), & Windows (XP, through 10)Languages :oCOBOL, JCL, CICS, SQL, PL/1, DL/1 (IMS/DB), REXX, Quickjob, & EasytrieveDatabases :oVSAM, IMS/DB, DB/2 UDB v7 & 8, Oracle (release 9, 10, & 11), DatacomUtilities :oTSO/ISPF, IBM JCL Utilities, PCOM, File Aid, Xpediter, Intertest, Endeavor, Version Merger, Panvalet, SPUFI, QMF, DCLGEN, Super-C, Microsoft Office Suite, HP Quality Center, DB-Visualizer, TOAD for Oracle, MKS Integrity Center, Infomatica Power Center (as tester), Microstrategy (as tester), Extream OpenText, MS-Sharepoint, JIRA, COMPAREX, SMART-TS, &CA-7.EDUCATION :Computer Science, Bachelorates of Science August 1985 August 1994Central Michigan University - Mount Pleasant, Michigan GPA 2.45/4.0Specialized in Databases and Software Engineering.Data Processing, Programmer Certification August 1984 May 1985Calhoun Area Technology Center Battle Creek, Michigan GPA 3.7/4.0Received training in Computer Programming, learning COBOL and RPG; and introductory coursework in Information Technology.EXPERIENCE DETAILED :Mainframe Developer June 2021 September 2023Tata Consultancy Services. Newark, DE PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEAs a Mainframe Developer with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS); I provide Z/OS mainframe analysis, programming (both new development and maintenance), and testing; as well as other technical services as contracted for our clients.Initially assigned to client Bank of America out of their Newark, DE office as part of their Fraud Prevention team; working that assignment involving COBOL, VSAM, DB/2 (SQL), JCL, Changeman, File-Aid, and Comparx in a Z/OS environment between June 2021 and October 2021.Started new contract assignment with client Citigroup out of their Irving, TX office involving a Hybrid-Agile environment using JIRA:From February 2022 through April 2022, worked as part of their Document Hub Management / Migration - Phase 2 project team as a Mainframe Developer using COBOL VSAM, File-Aid, JCL, and Changeman in a Z/OS environment.From April 2022 through August 2022, worked as an Analyst as part of the Datafeed project researching existing legacy applications which mostly involved COBOL, VSAM, File-Aid, and JCL on the mainframe as well as using SMART-TS to look up copybooks outside the mainframe to be documented; via. Master Datafeed and Output Metadata MS-Excel spreadsheets to be used by developers in their planned updates and migrations.From August 2022 to November 2022, served as a developer for the ADA-Statements project. Initially worked remediating COBOL copybooks, where I later continued working on remediating ExStream-OpenText scripts for PDF documents for statements to ensure their ADA compliance (visual and text-to-speach).From January 2023 to August 2023, worked as a Developer/Team Lead for the Embossing-CRS Cards Migration Project. Mostly provided support to primary Team Lead as able, and help coordinate efforts of TCS Offshore counterparts with onshore Citibank Clients. Performed Root Cause Analysis Batch COBOL programs in Z/OS and DB/2 DML Script executions in AIX on occasion.Senior Mainframe Applications Developer March 2020 - April 2020Apex Systems. St. Louis, MO PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEAs a Senior Mainframe Developer with Apex Systems; I would provide mainframe analysis, programming both new development and maintenance (using COBOL, CICS, and DB2 in a Z/OS environment) and testing services (using Xpediter) for client Edward Jones.Technology Analyst November 2018 - January 2020Infosys, Ltd. Richardson, TX PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEAs a Technology Analyst with Infosys, started by providing system analysis support for client Verizon. This involved taking notes, writing meeting minutes being subject to peer-review, and in some cases conducting Technical Exchange meetings; to document existing applications for reference in preparation for Infosys taking over application support duties. In February 2019, I suffered a stroke and was off work for roughly 3 months for treatment and rehabilitation.Also while working for Infosys, I took online training courses reviewing subjects such as Agile Development, CA-7, DB/2, PL/1, UNIX, ect.Returned to work late May 2019, and assigned to Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) in mid July 2019 to assist with preparations for the Extended-Run Certification Test of their Mini-DR system. This task involved modification of scripts to extract files from production on a daily and weekly basis to be transferred to Mini-DR, as well as files that expanded/extracted /installed said files into Mini DR. Part of the analysis involved examining COBOL and Assembler-370 copybooks. Also worked to create and unit test a date field conversion/update utility. This involved TSO/ISPF, JCL, REXX, File Aid, Super C, and Comparex in a Z/OS environment. In this position, I had exposure to working with an offshore team, providing information and working to coordinate activities. This project concluded in late September 2019.Mainframe Programmer 1 November 2016 November 2016Stepanini, LLC, Reading, Pennsylvania PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEAs a Mainframe Programmer, provided programming support for client Carpenter Industries. This involved writing programs in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, and CICS in a Z/OS environment to convert files to be usable by UNIX based systems as part of a migration from their legacy system to a client-server system acquired through a recent merger.Systems Integration / Test Engineer August 2016 November 2016Leidos Inc., Baltimore, Maryland PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEAs a Manual Validation Tester, provided testing support to client Center for Medicare/Medicade Services / National Data Warehouse (CMS/NDW) data warehousing of their Microstrategy Reports/Dashboards/Cubes, Infomatica application scripts, Oracle DML and DDL SQL scripts and NDW Web Portal. This involved analysis of the Requirements Specification Documents (RSD) and Low-Level Design documentation. The creation of test cases in HP Quality Center which was used to record test results and defects as well. Using TOAD for Oracle to create and execute of test SQL queries in Oracle. With the Web Portal, was performing Section-508 compliance testing, and using XML in testing to confirm pages were provide correct information, and behaving properly.Systems Integration / Test Engineer August 2011 August 2016Lockheed Martin IS&GS, Baltimore, Maryland PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEAs a Manual Validation Tester, provided testing support to client Center for Medicare/Medicade Services / National Data Warehouse (CMS/NDW) data warehousing of their Microstrategy Reports/Dashboards/Cubes, Infomatica application scripts, and Oracle DML and DDL SQL scripts. This involved analysis of the Requirements Specification Documents (RSD) and Low-Level Design documentation. The creation of test cases in HP Quality Center which was used to record test results and defects as well. Using TOAD for Oracle to create and execute of test SQL queries in Oracle.Computer System Analyst Programmer December 2010 August 2011Lockheed Martin IS&GS, Baltimore, Maryland PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEAs a Manual Validation Tester, provided testing support to client Center for Medicare/Medicade Services / National Data Warehouse (CMS/NDW) data warehousing of their Microstrategy Reports, Infomatica application scripts, and Oracle DML and DDL SQL scripts. Transferred from SSA-OSES from late December 2010 after contract renewal awarded to another company. This involved analysis of the Requirements Specification Documents (RSD) and Low-Level Design documentation. The creation of test cases in HP Quality Center which was used to record test results and defects as well. Using TOAD for Oracle to create and execute of test SQL queries in Oracle.Computer System Analyst Programmer - SSA/OSES July 2007 December 2010Lockheed Martin IS&GS, Baltimore, Maryland PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEAs a Manual Validation Tester, provided testing support for web-based as well as mainframe reporting applications for client SSA-OSES. This involved analysis of the Detailed Functional Requirements/Detailed System Specifications, the creation and execution of test cases, and the recording of test results and defects in HP Quality Center. In the case of mainframe reports, used JCL(Z/OS), DB/2 (with SPUFI, QMF, TOAD or DB-Visualizer), various IBM Utilities, File Aid (to read VSAM files), AIX, Oracle to execute both reports and database queries to confirm report output.Computer System Analyst Associate - SSA/ORSIS February 2006 July 2007Lockheed Martin IS&GS, Baltimore, Maryland PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEAs a Mainframe Applications / Maintenance Programmer/Analyst, provided support to client SSA-ORSIS for a variety of mainframe projects (both new development and maintenance). These assignments involved programming in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, and CICS in a IBM Z/OS (MVS) environment. Source code and binaries were maintained in CA-Endeavor which is a base-delta release management utility. Unit tested applications using either Xpeditor for batch jobs, or Intertest for CICS applications.Associate Programmer/Analyst - SSA/ORSIS April 2005 February 2006Global Commerce and Information, Fredericksburg, VA PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEAs above, served as a Mainframe Applications / Maintenance Programming subcontractor to Lockheed Martin, provided support to client SSA-ORSIS for a variety of mainframe projects (both new development and maintenance). These assignments involved programming in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 (learned on the job), and CICS in a IBM Z/OS (MVS) environment. Source code and binaries were maintained in CA-Endeavor which is a base-delta release management utility. Unit tested applications using either Xpeditor for batch jobs, or Intertest for CICS applications.Associate Programmer - Y2k Testing June 1998 June 1999Computer Task Group, Endicott, NY PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEContracted to Lockheed Martin Federal Systems to perform Y2K Unit testing for their clients Cummins Diesel Ltd. and US Food Service Inc of their 3rd party remediated mainframe applications. Used Xpediter for testing of COBOL, PL/1, IMS/DB, and Datacom based applications. Wrote JCL to create test scripts. Performed system testing of Quickjob applications using Version Merger to compare remediated against archived outputs. Processed Test Case Procedures (TCPs) from flat-files using in-house macros, downloading to a file-server accessible by my teammates. At least one occasion I assigned programs and associated TCPs to teammates while test lead was on vacation.Junior Programmer June 1997 December 1997Computer Task Group, Indianapolis, IN PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEInitially underwent Software Engineering Development Program training, including CICS-Command Level. After successfully concluding my training, my first assignment was a maintenance programmer for Netherlands Insurance Company, where I performed maintenance assignments as requested, conducted Quarterly Release testing using a ' in-house model-office' procedure via CA-7, and installed 3rd party rate tables as available. Afterwards, I was assigned to Conseco Insurance Company to perform a string literal conversion of a recently acquired system's COBOL source code which included compilation. Also performed analysis of JCL, associated PROCS, and associated programs modified; documenting my findings. Aided in creation of a Model Office test region.ACTIVITIES & AWARDSMember/Volunteer, Westminster Astronomical Society : 2006 - 2010Member, Star Trek Association of Towson : 2007 2011SSA Associate Commissioners Team Award for DSI-MI remediation project : August 21st 2007LM OSES Light-Hearted - Green Peer Award for Recycling efforts : July 2010SSA Associate Commissioners Team Award for the BMI reporting team : May 6th 2011LM CMS/NDW Peer Award : August 2nd 2011NETWORKING:LinkedIn Profile : https://LINKEDIN LINK AVAILABLEADDITIONAL INFORMATIONSkills:Language Academic WorkingExperience ExperienceCOBOL (370, II, III/LE) 3.0 Years 6.0 YearsJCL 7.5 YearsSQL(1) 6 Months 10.1 YearsPL/I 6 MonthsDL/I(2) 7 MonthsCICS Command Level 1.0 YearREXX 2 MonthsDatabases Academic WorkingExperience ExperienceVSAM 2.0 Years 5.0 YearsIMS/DB (2) 6 MonthsDatacom 4 MonthsDB/2 (1,3) Self Taught 4.5 YearsOracle 9.0 & 11.0 (1) 5.8 YearsComputer Systems Academic WorkingExperience ExperienceIBM TSO/MVS 8.2 YearsMainframes(OS/390 & Z/OS)IBM AIX 1.5 YearMS-Windows 7 2.0 Years 1.0 YearUnix 2.0 YearsUtilities Academic WorkingExperience ExperienceXpediter 2.8 YearsIBM Utilities 7.9 YearsCA-7 1 MonthFile-Aid 2.2 YearsVersion Merger 1 MonthPanvalet 1 MonthEndeavor 3.7 YearsSPUFI(3) Self Taught 4.2 YearsQMF(3) Self Taught 3.7 YearsInterTest 6 MonthsSuperC 5 MonthsComparex 2 MonthsMicrosoft Office 7.0 YearsMercury/HP - Quality Center 7.6 YearsDB-Visualizer 6 MonthsMKS Integrity Center 3.4 Years.TOAD for Oracle 5.3 YearsInfomatica PowerCenter (As tester) 3.0 YearsMicrostrategy (As tester) 5.0 YearsExStream OpenText 3 monthsSMART-TS 4 months |
