Developer

Skill: Mainframe

• Extensive experience in the areas of OS-VS COBOL II, APS (Micro Focus)COBOL, DB2, VSAM, JCL, CICS with MQ and CICS Webservices on MVS/ESA/Z/OS platforms.

• Expertise in the Production support activities related to mainframe.

• Have in-depth knowledge on the criticality of the support and strong analytical skill to quickly resolve issues on time.

• Extensive knowledge on the process involved with the production support and on-time resolution of the tickets.

• Strong application-level systems analysis & design experience (full life cycle) to implement the Business requirements. Expertise in complete lifecycle Implementation of project.

• Good exposure on Hadoop ecosystems, HDFS, Sqoop, PIG, HIVE, MySQL, NoSQL, HBase, Flume, Oracle SQL developer.

• Proficient in analyzing and translating business requirements to technical requirements.

• Proficient in client facing roles. Successful in leading team through project life cycle with daily interaction with clients.

• Worked on Micro Focus and COBOL II code deployment and the version control tools like ENDEVOR, CHANGEMAN from user end prospective.

• Well versed in Unit, Integration, System and User Acceptance testing for the code.

• Proficient in using Tools like TSO/ISPF, FILE-AID, XPEDITER(Debugger), ENDEVOR & CHANGEMAN(Configuration management), CA-7, OPC, ZEKE(Job SCHEDULER), PLATINUM AND INSIGHT(DB2 tool), SPUFI, QMF , INTER-TEST, ALCHEMIST, GLADSTONE Conversion Tool, Relativity(ATZ) tool, Manage-Now, Heat call logging system tool, Service Now, JIRA.

• Extensive experience in SFTP, NDM(Connect:Direct), MQ series, FTP.

• Expert knowledge in XML parsers, API interfaces connecting through mainframe.

• Good experience on the application programming in IMS DB(PSB/DBD)/DC. Have had extensive experience working with databases DB2.

• Good experience in various Industry verticals like Property and Casualty Insurance, Banking and Annuity book of Business, Retail business (Kroger Co. and Target), State of Indiana(IES).

• Experienced in Agile and Waterfall Development process for diverse requirements.

• Leading team of size from 7 to 10 Developers for the full life cycle of the Project.

• Skilled in client needs assessment, risk analysis and client vendor relationships.

• Excellent communication skills, which include presentation, documentation.

• Experienced in Database administration activities which involved RDBM (DB2).

• Good Experience in extracting business rules from Mainframe applications written in COBOL,PL/I.

• Extensive experience working with Outlook, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Rational Portfolio Manager.

• Well-versed in the Client facing role which demands everyday interaction and co-ordination with offshore, onshore and multiple vendors.

• Motivated to take independent responsibility as well as to contribute to be a productive team member. Strong Team building and mentoring skills and excellent Team leadership capability.

• Strong Logical and Analytical Reasoning Skills, Excellent Management skills, Excellent Communication with good Listening, Presentation and Intrapersonal Skills.

• Process oriented individual with high emphasis on documentation and Reviews during the project life cycle.

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