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Great Meadows NJ Street Address , PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLE, EMAIL AVAILABLE, Candidate's Name LinkedInSUMMARY20 years Mainframe Developer/Analyst experiences in Insurance/ retail Companies, 2 years Professional Application Designers and Mainframe Support Analyst in retail servicesExperience working in all phases of the application development life cycle including analysis, design, development, testing, implementation and production supportUse Cobol, JCL, VSAM, CICS, Endevor, changeman, SYNCSORT, File-Aid, Eztrieve, SQL, DB2, IMS and other mainframe applications on daily basis.Experience in software analysis & design, gathering business requirements specifications, technical design, test case and test plan.TECHNICAL SKILLSProgramming Languages: Cobol, Cobol II, JCL, SQL, Clist, CICS as TPMOperating Systems: MVS /OS390, z/OS, VSE Windows 10Database: IMS, DB2, VSAM, DB2 as RDBMSMainframe TSO, Endevor, ISPF, Xpediter, File-Aid, Eztrieve, SPUFI,Software/Tools: Platinum, FTP, ZEKE, Syncsort Control-M, changeman, CA7(ESP) SYNCSORT, CA-Scheduler AgilePROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEUPS(Stellar Consulting Solutions) June 2022_- Dec. 2023Role: Mainframe Support/Developer AnalystEnvironment: COBOL, SQL, DB2 JCL, SPUFI, Eztrieve SYNCSORT changeman, CA7(ESP), DB2 as RDBMS, CA-Scheduler, Control-M, FTPDescription: Work in Mainframe Support team to identify mainframe job issues, find root cause and resolve abendResponsibilities:Monitor and perform support for 800 batch jobs per day, 24 x7 in an MVS/JES2 environment.Level 1 support and resolution for all batch abends; COBOL, DB2, JCL and VSAM debugging skills required.Tracked all outages/incidents which adversely affect the stability of the mainframe. Notification and escalation of events delaying and/or having a major impact on the completion of batch critical path(s) and report delivery.Perform in-depth analysis of production problems, identifies root causes and recommends solutions to resolve application malfunctions and prevent recurrence.Ensure all incidents and changes are progressed efficiently and effectively to meet application service level.Update COBOL, DB2 programsDXC(Stop & Shop Quincy MA ) Aug. 2017 Apr 2022Role: Professional Application Designer/Developer(mainframe)Environment: COBOL, SQL, DB2 Store procedure, IMS, JCL, SPUFI, Eztrieve Isync Control-m, CICS SyncSort, IDCAMS, FTPDescription: Work in Ahold Merchandising Change team to update retail applications and support productionsResponsibilities:Create/enhance client application programs(COBOL,IMS,DB2,CICS)based on business requirementsWorked for 5 months at a major IMS project changing IMS DB/DC programs from using all IMS data bases to also access DB2 databases.Participate in architecture & design reviewsProgramming, conduct code reviews, and test software as neededFollow project plans and task schedules.Ownership of application components and ensure timely delivery of the sameCompWorks (Highmark Pittsburgh, PA) Aug. 2016 Jan. 2017_Role: System AnalystEnvironment: MVS, TSO, COBOL, SQL, DB2, JCL, SPUFI, File Aid, Xpediter,Description: Work in Health Insurance application production support, IDCAMSResponsibilities:Resolved production abend issuesMonitored Production JCLCommunicated with clients for JCL problemsUsing IDCAMS in JCL to DELETE, DEFINE, REPRO VSAM fileUsed ENDEVOR for program managementChubb Insurance, New Jersey Nov. 2009 Jun 2016Role: Programmer Developer/AnalystEnvironment: MVS, TSO, COBOL, SQL, DB2, JCL, IMS, SPUFI, File Aid, ZEKE, Xpediter, SyncsortDescription: Work in Auto Insurance migration project, this project migrate business information from IMS database to DB2 tablesMonitor and provide support to department production jobs, analyze all business processes and ensure compliance to all controlled processes according to business requirement. Assist other developers and provide the technical helpResponsibilities:Created pick off programs to identify the violation pattern in IMS segmentCreated the migration driver program to retrieve business data from IMS segments and insert them into DB2 tablesBuilt 15 DB2 programs with selecting and inserting functions for the migration.Using IDCAMS in JCL to DELETE, DEFINE, REPRO VSAM fileProcessed VSAM file in Cobol program (Read VSAM file and Create VSAM file)Converted VSAM file into DB2 dataUsed ENDEVOR for program managementChanged other related programs from IMS call to DB2 callCreated JCL and testing cases to test the above programsWorked in SWAT team of the department to help other developers in technical issuesProduction support to resolve IncidentsDefect analysis and investigationAccenture(Highmark, Pittsburgh, PA ) July 2006 July 2009Role: Mainframe Analyst/ConsultantEnvironment: IBM MVS, TSO, Cobol, DB2, JCL, IMS, CICS, Xpediter, Endevor, BlueDevel, M4IN, Dump Master, ClearQuest, SyncsortDescription: Work in Highmark Legacy Modernization project; develop a single set of reusable components, which will provide the foundation for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Modernize Healthcare Claims systems and processes.Responsibilities:Analyzed existing claim system, understanding the Overall functionality of the applicationCreated functional and detail design documents delivering new capabilitiesBuilt more than 100 new data access programs using COBOL, IMS, DB2, BlueDevel (OO COBOL ) methodology and more than 20 business components by adding new data access and new capabilitiesUsed ENDEVOR for program managementCreated test cases and test plan using the business/functional and technical requirements as inputTested all executable statements using Xpediter and documented the testing resultsParticipated in integration test, tracked and resolved defects using all testing tools and problem solving skillsHelped other team members in coding and testing by reviewing code, checking abend and resolving issuesAllstate Insurance, Northbrook, Illinois April 2001 June 2006Role: Mainframe Developer/AnalystEnvironment: IBM MVS, TSO, Cobol, DB2, JCL, IMS, Endevor, Smarttest, File-Aid, Eztrieve, QMF, SPUFI, Platinum, File-Aid, SyncsortDescription: Work on property and casualty new business and renewal application system in Allstate Audit team and create application programs to extract business data and reportsResponsibilities:Provided informal training to specialists and other professionals on the team.Participated in business analysis meeting to gather business requirements and developed program specificationsDesigned and developed mainframe application programs using COBOL, DB2, SQL, IMS and JCL to extract data for various business projectsModified online and batch programs for monthly and quarterly reports.Created test plans, conditions and data, conducted module and integration levels of testing according to process standards.Performed production support, troubleshooting, and maintenance.Acted as subject matter expert and helped other team members in coding and testing.Wrote reports using EasytrieveEDUCATIONBachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang China |
