Srinivasan Samraj

Email: acoplj@r.postjobfree.com

Ph #: 347-***-****

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

. Senior developer with 13+ years of IT Experience; Presently associated

with ERP & ERP Corp (IBM) as a senior developer - Initiation, execution &

delivery of projects end-to-end in Mainframes technologies

. Strong technical skills & experience in z/OS, TSO/ISPF, MVS, COBOL, DB2,

IMSDB, JCL, VSAM, FILE-AID, XPEDITOR, CICS, MQ Series CAPFRAME, ENDEVOR,

Teradata /QMF, CA7 and SPUFI

. Excellent Client-facing skills with 6+ years of experience with Insurance

and Health Care Clients in US (including WellPoint, CNA Insurance,

AllState Insurance)

. Strong Domain knowledge in Insurance, Health Care, Capital Market and

Banking.

EDUCATION

. Masters of Philosophy Management, Alagappa University, Tamilnadu, India

-2009

. Masters of Business Administration, Bharathiyar University, Tamilnadu,

India -2001

. Bachelor of Computer Sciences from Bharathiyar University. Tamilnadu,

India -1998

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Company Designation From To

ERP & ERP Corp (IBM) Developer May-2012 Till date

HCL technologies Developer Sept-2010 Apr-2012

Syntel Pvt Ltd developer Dec-2004 Aug-2010

Synova Innovative Programmer Analyst July-2004 Dec-2004

technologies(IBM)

Maxwell Info solution(EDS) Developer Nov-2001 April-2004

Technical Skills:

Languages COBOL, COBOL II, CICS, JCL

Database DB2, VSAM, IMSDB

Operating Systems MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/2/390, z/OS, DOS,WINDOWS 9X/XP/VISTA/7

Mainframe z/OS TSO/ISPF, GDG, File-Aid, Teradata/QMF, SPUFI, Xpediter,

ENDEVOR, SDSF, IDCAMS, File-DB2, IMSDB, Capframe, Changeman,

Intertest

Communications FTP, SFTP, MQ Series

Microsoft & other MS Project Plan, MS Office, VISIO, Lotus Notes, Sametime

application Tools

Domain Knowledge Healthcare, Banking, Insurance, Securities and

Telecommunication

Operating Systems MVS/XA, MVS/ESA, OS/2/390, z/OS, DOS,WINDOWS 9X/XP/VISTA/7

Certifications:

Insurance RPS & 401(k) plans certification program.

IBM HIPPA Fulfillment Program. (Health Insurance portability and

Accountability Act -1996)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Client: Wellpoint Blue cross Blue shield, Wallingford, CT.

May 12 - Present

Project: ACES Benefits

The ACES Benefit System (ABS) is a client server application that

provides Inquiry and Maintenance functionality for ACES Benefit data (CT,

ME & NH). It has a Windows based front-end written in Visual Basic running

on the desktop, and an IMS transaction based back-end, written in COBOL,

running on a mainframe. The method of communication between the two is MQ

Series

ABS system contains almost all the information regarding products sold and

serviced by Anthem for the states of Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire and

Virginia. The data stored here is used by a large number of applications

within ACES. Systems such as Customer Service (MCW), Enrollment and Billing

(E&B), Contract Services, E-Business, IVR and Data Warehouse use interfaces

into the system to access product information. External feeds are sent

to specialty business such as Dental, Prescription Drugs and Behavioral

Health, as well as to Benefit Document publishing system xPression.

Examples of information contained are co-pays, coinsurance percents,

adjudication rules, individual and family maximums & coverage levels.

Role: developer

Responsibilities:

. Involving in Requirement Analysis, estimation, preparing technical design

document, coding, Unit testing, system testing & implementing packages.

. Reviewed SDLC deliverables like BTRD, TDD, UTP & UTR and delivering to

client.

. Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, IMSDB and tools used

are File-Aid, File-DB2, MQ Series, Endevor for version control, Imsxpert

for debugging, SPUFI/ Teradata/ QMF.

. Coordinated with client for queries and responsible for delivery.

. Developed and prepared documentation for Design, testing and program.

. Extensively involved in application software analysis, architecture,

design, development, testing, implementation and quality assurance.

. Taken care of project planning, assigning tasks and monitoring

activities.

. Prepared, monitored and Contributed in Effort / schedule metrics review

meeting with senior management.

. Improved the application performance by enhancing existing DB2 SQL

queries.

Client: Citicorp North America Inc, Jersey City, NJ.

Sep 10 - April 12

Project: US Custody

US custody handles all the online trade initiated by users till the trade

gets settled. Astra Interface is the critical application that receives and

processes all incoming trade messages. It provides multi-currency, multi-

branch architecture, for a consistent product set to all clients, having a

global presence in over 70 markets. Full Direct and Global Custody

capability with SWIFT ISO 15022 compliant covering Settlements; Instruction

Processing; Validation & Market Matching; Confirmations; Trade life Cycle;

Statements & Messaging; Corporate Actions; Income; Reporting; and full

static data maintenance.

Role: Developer

Responsibilities:

. Involving in Requirement Analysis, estimation, preparing technical design

document, supporting and guiding team in coding, Unit testing, system

testing & implementing packages.

. Reviewed SDLC deliverables like FRD, TDD, UTP & UTR and delivering to

client.

. Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2 and tools used are

File-Aid, File-DB2, MQ Series, Changeman for version control, Intertest

for debugging, SPUFI.

. Coordinated with client for queries and responsible for delivery.

. Developed and prepared documentation for Design, testing and program.

. Extensively involved in application software analysis, architecture,

design, development, testing, implementation and quality assurance.

. Taken care of project planning, assigning tasks and monitoring activities

with Microsoft Project Plan and PMsmart application.

. Prepared, monitored and Contributed in Effort / schedule metrics review

meeting with senior management.

. Improved the application performance by enhancing existing DB2 SQL

queries.

Client: John Hancock - Syntel, Chennai, India

Mar 09 - Aug 10

Project: JHRPS - Mainframes

JH Retirement Planning Services (JH RPS)

JH RPS provides retirement planning services for corporate houses with less

than 500 employees through an unbundled mode of service for both allocated

and unallocated lines of business. JH RPS has been in the management of

qualified retirement plan market since 1980.

Business request related to generation of reports & extracts, supporting &

maintaining the Record keeping system Apollo with minor enhancements.

Role: developer

Responsibilities Undertaken:

. Improved the application performance using SQL Dependency caching.

. Implemented Design and Run time error handling.

. Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2 and tools used are

File-Aid, File-DB2, Endevor, Xpeditor and SPUFI.

. Send the task status report to the onsite manager by weekly.

. Single point of contact between customer and offshore team members.

. Provided code review and confirm existing coding standard.

. Supported existing code and make necessary changes.

. Created unit test for Business layer components.

. Requirement Analysis & Task Estimation.

. Reviewed SDLC deliverables like DFS, DD, UTP & UTR.

. Managed ME team's Task & queries checklist to Onsite Co-ordinator &

Client.

. Involved in planning, assigning and coordinating all ME tasks.

Client: C.N.A, Chicago, IL.

Jun 08 - Feb 09

Project: HR & Finance

CNA, second largest commercial insurance provider in the United States is

using the HR & Finance systems.

The HR & Finance process all the financial transactions take place in

C.N.A, also takes care of accounts balancing & Report generation for all

the downstream systems & Third parties.

Role: Developer

Responsibilities:

. Participate actively in all phases of the project including estimations,

planning and analysis, design, development, testing and implementation.

. Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 and tools used are

File-Aid, Endevor, Xpeditor, SPUFI.

. Provided code review and confirm existing coding standard.

. Supported existing code and make necessary changes.

. Onsite - Coordination, Providing the Business solutions to the customer.

. Check and review the Detail Design Document, UTP test cases / and

executing the test cases.

. Involving in the Requirement, Design & Defect review meetings.

. Keep track of the new requirements from the project.

. Send the task status report to the onsite manager by weekly.

. Single point of contact between customer and offshore team members

. Engaged in production support and bug fixing on the development in the

supplement drops.

. Development & execution of Unit Tests.

Client: Allstate, Chicago, IL

Mar 07 - May

08

Project: ACT

Encompass ACT claims system is the claims division of the Allstate

Insurance. It has More than 1.2 million customers in 42 states. It is

available through more than 2,800 independent insurance agents having more

than 2,300 employees. There are more than $1.7 billion in personal

insurance written premium. They are one of the largest personal insurance

brands in America.

Role: Developer

Responsibilities:

. Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS DB and tools used

are IMSXPERT, File-Aid, Endevor, Xpeditor and SPUFI.

. Provide code review and confirm existing coding standard.

. Support existing code and make necessary changes.

. Onsite - Coordination, Providing the Business solutions to the customer.

. Onsite - Coordination of projects from Requirement gathering, Impact

analysis, providing estimation, designing, coordinating with offshore

team to complete DCUT.

. Check and review the Detail Design Document, UTP test cases / and

executing the test cases.

. Taken Responsibility in System testing, Integration testing and UAT.

. Implementing project in production.

. Check and review the Detail Design Document, UTP test cases / and

executing the test cases.

. Involving in the Requirement, Design & Defect review meetings.

. Keep track of the new requirements from the project.

Client: C.N.A, Chicago, IL.

Jun 05 - Feb 07

Project: ACT

CNA, second largest commercial insurance provider in the United States, ACT

Automated claims Transaction is a very significant application that takes

care of all the financial payment for the claims.

The ACT processes all the Claims creation financial transactions in C.N.A,

payments to the Insured and also takes care of accounts balancing & Report

generation for all its downstream systems & Third parties.

Role: Developer

Responsibilities:

. Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS DB and tools used

are IMSXPERT, File-Aid, Endevor, Xpeditor, SPUFI

. Provide code review and confirm existing coding standard.

. Support existing code and make necessary changes.

. Onsite - Coordination, Providing the Business solutions to the customer.

. Check and review the Detail Design Document, UTP test cases / and

executing the test cases.

. Involving in the Requirement, Design & Defect review meetings.

. Taken Responsibility in Estimation, tracking tasks from Requirement till

delivering on time with quality.

. Single point of contact between customer and offshore team members

. Creating unit test for Business layer components.

Client: Deutsche bank- Syntel, Chennai, India

Jan 05 - May 05

Project: DTAZV file processing

Deutsche bank is one of the nation's largest banking services in Germany.

DTAZV file processing is the critical system built to edit and process data

for giving the quality of data to the system.

Role: Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

. Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 and tools used are

File-Aid, Endevor, Xpeditor, SPUFI.

. Supported existing code and make necessary changes.

. Prepared the Detail Design Document, UTP test cases / and executing the

test cases.

. Involved in the Requirement, Design & Defect review meetings.

. Taken Responsibility in Estimation, tracking tasks from Requirement till

delivering on time with quality.

. Developed work estimates and delivery commitments

. Prepared Unit Test Plans and test results.

. Involved in CIT, Integration testing support, production deployment.

. Software Development Scope and Feasibility of a Defect or Change Request.

Client: Telstra, Australia

July 04 - Dec 04

Project: AXIS

Telstra is a noted Tele communication service provider in Australia. Axis

is the prominent application in Telstra Telecom which handles landline

service for Telstra. It handles from the new request creation and till the

completion of the request.

Role: Programmer Analyst

Responsibilities:

. Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 and tools used are

File-Aid, Endevor, Xpeditor, SPUFI

. Support existing code and make necessary changes.

. Prepared the Detail Design Document, UTP test cases / and executing the

test cases.

. Involved in the Requirement, Design & Defect review meetings.

. Taken Responsibility in Estimation, tracking tasks from Requirement till

delivering on time with quality.

. Developed work estimates and delivery commitments.

. Prepared Unit Test Plans and test results.

. Involved in CIT, Integration testing support, production deployment.

. Software Development Scope and Feasibility of a Defect or Change Request.

Client: EDS, Chennai - Maxwell

Nov 01 - Apr 04

Project: NACOS

NACOS is internal project for EDS, where it maintains all Employee details.

It handles from the new request when a new employee joins and till the

employee quits the company the records are maintained in the system

Role: Developer

Responsibilities:

. Worked in the environment of COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 and tools used are

File-Aid, Endevor, Xpeditor, SPUFI

. Prepared the Detail Design Document, UTP test cases / and executing the

test cases

. Prepared Unit Test Plans and test results

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