VIKRAM DINDI

Mainframe Support / Project Manager

Hyderabad, India

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E-Mail: aco4nx@r.postjobfree.com

Best time to call: Anytime

Skype Name: vikram.dindi

Availability: Ready to relocate immediately

Seeking a challenging role in IT industry to leverage the expertise and experience in Mainframe Support

and Project Management

PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS

A result oriented and Enthusiastic IT professional with more than 11 years of experience in Development,

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Delivery and supporting of Mainframe and Data warehouse technologies in Banking Domain

Currently associated with Bank of America Continuum India Pvt. Ltd as a Senior Manager

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Dexterous in mainframe production tools including COBOL, JCL, DB2, REXX, VM, NOMAD

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Acumen in Systems and dataflow analysis of enterprise applications with strong documentation skills

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Subject Matter Expertise (SME) consultant for Mainframe based MIS application migration to DWH

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technology

Excellent in Streamlining processes and improving product delivery while maintaining high quality

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Adept at Integrating technology into best business practices compliance to industry norms

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Successfully completed numerous projects within specifications, on time, and under budget by

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managing all aspects of project lifecycle and methodologies (SDLC, AGILE)

Possess strong communication skills and adaptable to new environment

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CORE COMPETENCIES

Project Management Process Improvement

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Enterprise ITIL Change Management

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Problem Management Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

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Risk Management Troubleshooting

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Incident Management IT Operations

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TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY

Operating System OS/390, Unix, z/VM

Environment IBM Mainframes

Database DB2, UDB, Oracle/SQL, NOMAD

Languages Cobol, JCL

DWH Skills Datastage, Informatica, Microstrategy (Intermediate level knowledge in DWH space)

Others VSAM, SAS, Easytrieve, REXX, Control-M, CA7, Maximo, Remedy

Version Control Endeavor, Changeman, Perforce, PPA (In-house tool)

EDUCATION

Master of Science (Information Systems), Andhra University, India – 2003

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Bachelor of Computer Applications, Andhra University, India – 2001

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CERTIFICATIONS

Project Management PMP certified – Sep 2013

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ITIL V3 Foundation certified – Jul 2011

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ACHIEVEMENTS

W on 2 Gold awards, 5 Silver awards, 4 Bronze awards at Bank of America and Received several

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performance awards

GLOBAL EXPOSURE

Possess global work exposure at multiple locations including US (for 6 months), UK (for 6 months)

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LANGUAGE

Fluent in English

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CAREER CONTOUR

Employer Designation Duration

Bank of America Continuum India Pvt. Ltd, India Lead Analyst / Senior Manager Aug 2008 –Till Date

Kanbay (a Capgemini Group Company), India Consultant Jan 2006 – Aug 2008

Cognizant Technology Solutions, India Programmer Analyst Jun 2004 – Dec 2005

Juno Online Services Development Pvt. Ltd, India Associate Oct 2003 – May 2004

MAJOR PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN

Project: GBS Application Support Duration: Jan 2014 – Till date

Role: Team Manager Employer: Bank of America Continuum India Pvt. Ltd

GBS (Global Banking System) application runs on the IBM Mainframe z/OS platform catering to Bank of

America’s International Wholesale banking business offering services in the areas of Capital Markets, Accounting,

Payments, and Credit products

Responsibilities:

• Managing a team of 20 resources across 5 locations – India (Hyderabad, Chennai, Gurgaon), UK

(Bromley) and Singapore.

• Accountable for end to end project management including Managing escalations, planning Support

deliverables, Risk, Compliance and Audit requirements,

• Liaising with stakeholders, viz. business partners, operations teams and other support groups

• Troubleshooting post implementation issues

• Presenting metrics to senior management and participating in monthly business data reviews

Project: GBS MIS Application Support Duration: Aug 2008 – Dec 2013

Role: Team Member Employer: Bank of America Continuum India Pvt. Ltd

GBS MIS is the International Data Store containing data from GBS (Global Banking System) as well as other

systems of record (SOR) covering all the major business applications used by the International units of Bank of

America. Management Information reporting predominantly occurs on the London VM/Nomad platform, a number

of static data maintenance functions are also present in the IMS z/OS platform. In general, the London

VM/Nomad platform acts as a data warehouse for GBS to which static and transaction data is downloaded daily

from the mainframe IMS z/OS platform domains (Capital Markets, Accounting, Payments, and Credit). GBS MIS

is used to produce regular and ad hoc reports for control, management, finance and regulatory purposes.

Responsibilities:

• Answered business queries and generated ad hoc business reports from NOMAD production database,

Test regions (NOMAD environment) build and maintenance; Production batch support (Level 2) on MVS

and VM platforms

• Participated in client interactions for business rules on data consolidation and migration

• Analyzed design and coding of legacy program interface in MVS and VM platforms

• Attended 5 weeks of Knowledge Transfer at Croydon, UK from the application SMEs

• Managed onsite assignment for 6 months at Croydon, UK for building Subject Matter Expertise

Environment : MVS, COBOL, JCL, VM, NOMAD, REXX

Project: Marts & FDR maintenance and Support Duration: Dec 2007 – Aug 2008

Role: Team Leader Employer: HSBC Client – Kanbay Inc

Day-to-day maintenance and support of the CCS Data mart and FDR systems including enhancements to the

existing system, incident resolution and bug fixing, Project Change Requests and catering to ad hoc client

reporting requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business requirements and created Production Incidents analysis and resolution documents

• Reviewed high level design and low level design documents of the project

• Monitored Mainframe & Datastage components, cases & scripts as well as developed implementation

plans

• Coordinated with the Marts & FDR maintenance and Support activities from Onsite and Offshore

Environment : MVS, COBOL, DB2, JCL, IBM Utilities, Datastage, UDB, Unix

Project: Marketing Analytics Originations Duration: Jul 2007 – Nov 2007

Release Role: Onsite Coordinator Employer: HSBC Client – Kanbay Inc

Description:

The Originations database is a complete system in itself designed to enable a business-facing decision-making

layer that will allow marketing analysts to employ wider array of tools, including Cognos ReportNet Framework, for

menu-driven query and adhoc. This data mart has been developed by HSBC to support all aspects of

comprehensive MIS analysis and other analysis needs of Marketing, Risk, and Finance. The mart has been

enhanced for addition of new fields and business requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Business requirements analysis, Query resolution and coordination with Client, Technical Specifications

preparation, Review of test cases & scripts, Review of Mainframe & Datastage components, Creation of

Implementation Plans. Have coordinated and implemented the project from Onsite (Salinas, CA, US).

Environment : MVS, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, Datastage, UDB, Unix

PREVIOUS PROJECTS

Project Employer Role Duration

Legacy Metris SAS Analytical Data Mart HSBC Client – Kanbay Inc Team Leader Dec 2006 – Jun 2007

Legacy Metris AR Datahouse Feed Oct 2006 – Nov 2006

Legacy Metris ATHNUM Assignment Jun 2006 – Sep 2006

EDW Release – 4 Team Member Jan 2006 – May 2006

DBOR Application maintenance Cognizant Technology Jun 2004 – Dec 2005

Solutions (FDMS)

Technical Support Juno Online Services Oct 2003 – May 2004

Development Pvt. Ltd

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