Career Objective:

A position as a COBOL IBM Mainframe Developer in IT industry where I can offer my skills (Credits Cards, Utilities, COBOL CICS, EZTRIEVE, DB2, SQL, VSAM, JCL, PROCS, CHANGEMAN TSO Endeavor) in building and maintaining software based on clients' needs and specifications.

Summary of Qualification:

Extensive 20 years of experience of IBM Mainframe Development with focus on gathering System Requirements, Analyzing the requirements, Design Documentation, Coding, Testing, and Production Implementation. Agile Scrum COBOL/CICS/EZTRIEVE/VSAM/DB2 SQL/JCL Programmer

11 years working as COBOL Developer in the Insurance Industry, including a former full time Nationwide Employee

8 years - US Army Veteran whose primary mission was to sacrifice my life in order to "provide necessary force and capability to protect and support the National Security and interests of the United States of America.

Onsite coordinator who monitors and oversee the deliverables of the application technical team offsite

Developing program logic for new applications or analyzes and modifies logic in existing applications.

Performance tuning and testing of mainframe code, troubleshooting performance problems, preparing code for deployment

and finishing all vital Waterfall SDLC documentation.

Writing code, programs, tests, and analyzes new application software.

Working on online and batch applications that support credit & debit card processing.

Writing and modifies COBOL programs to process data to fund and bill merchants & clear to associations.

Unit testing program changes using IDMS, DB2, JCL, PROCs and test VSAM and flat files.

Providing recommendations towards the development of new code or reuse of existing code.

Interacting with Product Managers, Project Managers, GIO (Global Infrastructure Operations) resources and Client/Partner IT

resources to collaborate on projects.

Consulting with users, to determine software or system functional specifications.

Attending meeting and conference calls to review the business requirements document.

Designing and developing computer systems or programs, based on user defined requirements.

Creating high level and detailed design documents that support credit & debit card processing projects.

Adhering to established standards and consults with senior managers on technology solutions.

Responsible for assigning resources and delegating tasks to meet project deliverables.

Will be part of the on-call rotation to handle issues that could occur with the application such as job abends.

Experience with the Waterfall Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Technical Skills:

Platform: Agile scrum teams

OS:

MVS/ESA, OS/370, 0S/390, Z/VSE, Windows

Programming Language:

COBOL, COBOL II, MicroFocus Cobol, CICS, JCL, Easytrieve

Tools:

MS office Products, File-Aid, CAPanvalet library TSO, Xpediter, Changeman, Rosco, ZEKE, Bim Edit, Quality Center iebgener iebcompr iefbr14 idcams

Databases:

DB2, SQL, VSAM, Endevor

Education:

1997 - Associate of Science, Computer Science, Columbus State Community College

2011 - 2013 Former Student, Interdisciplinary Studies – Legal and Computer studies, Capital University

Professional Experience:

INFOSYS 5/2019 – 8/2020

Client - Fiserv, Omaha, Nebraska

Senior Lead Cobol JCL Developer

Created header and trailer records to merchant files using JCL(s) and Procs

Experience in MasterCard, Visa, Discover, American Express and Diner's International merchant acquiring systems

Analyzing Procs, JCL(s)s, and Programs to identify input file names and copybooks

Onshore offshore IT support model

Supporting On call responsibilities

Utilize COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, DB2, IBM Legacy mainframe, IBM Utilities iebgener, TSO/ISPF, Endevor, Intertest, File-Master, CA-7, Infoman, CA Clarity, and Microsoft Visio tools. First Data Resources

TCS/TATA consulting 06/2017 – 5/2019

Client – NiSource Utilities, Columbus, Ohio

Senior Lead Cobol Developer

Performing the SDLC functionality - Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Operation and Support of NiSource and all their companies in a IBM 390 z/OS Mainframe environments using all COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, CMS, TSO, and on-call.

Onshore coordinator for offshore assignments,

Responsible providing production support to the NiSource Mainframe Applications

Review and complete assigned tickets within established Service Level Agreement (SLA).

GTS Government Solutions 12/2015 to 11/2016

Client - HVHC/Davis Vision, Latham New York

COBOL EASYTRIVE CICS Software Engineer

CTM Address Update - add provider address to the batch report using EASYTRIEVE, JCL, BIM EDIT

Responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of all CICS applications using CICS, DB2, JCL

Diagnosis fix - eliminate spaces within a table using COBOL EASYTRIEVE, JCL, BIM EDIT

Initializing fields on the online screen using CICS, BIM EDIT

Creating Reports using COBOL EASYTRIEVE, JCL, BIM EDIT

Two to three projects assigned weekly with seven days to move into model office and into Production, using EASYTRIEVE, COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, DB2, BIM EDIT ENDEAVOR. SDLC iebgener iebcompr iefbr14 idcams

International Programming Systems 3/2014 to 5/2015

Client - Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, Waco Texas

IBM Mainframe COBOL DB2 SQL CICS VSAM CHANGEMAN TSO Developer

Working with distributed agile scrum teams in a IBM Rational Team Concert environment

Six Month Legacy Screen Conversion Project – 20 Programs CICS DB2 codes changes

Code Compare Pilot Project - create Cobol EASYTRIEVE Program to access, insert and update DB2

Auto Renewal Driver 25 years of age and membership required functionality CICS and COBOL DB2 Project

Region Compare Project - create JCL jobs that would upload VSAM data to DB2 regions for compare

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IBM Michigan Delivery Center 5/2012 to 7/2013 Client - Amica Insurance, Lansing Michigan

IBM Mainframe COBOL Software Engineer

Working with distributed agile scrum teams in a IBM Rational Team Concert environment

Supporting the LOV Repository Database (User Subsystem) which provides the translation between legacy codes and “user friendly” test for UDE fields which is based upon combinations of constraints (i.e. Line of Business, State, Policy Form, Miscellaneous Vehicle Type, Policy Effective Date, Policy Expiration Date using

SDLC, COBOL,EASYTRIEVE EXPEDITOR, ASSEMBLER, VSAM, TSO, ENDEVOR, JCL, CHANGEMAN and DB2

Halcyon Solutions, Inc. Columbus, Ohio 12/2011 to 1/2012

Huntington Bank -

IBM Mainframe COBOL Developer

Supporting Orbit Acaps, Orbit Bureau link, and Orbit Strata vendor packages for the CICSPlex environment to work functionally and renaming over 150 COBOL program names, renaming over 50 Copybooks and LCT, Supporting Orbit Acaps, Oribit Bureau link, and Orbit Strata vendor packages for the CICSPlex environment to work functionally and renaming over 150 COBOL program names, renaming over 50 Copybooks and LCT.IBM Utilities iebgener iebcompr iefbr14 idcams7

CDI Corporation 8/2008 to 1/2009

Client - IBM/Duke Energy, Cincinnati, Ohio

IBM Mainframe COBOL DB2 SQL, VSAM CHANGEMAN Developer

Creating a Sale of Bankruptcy Accounts Receivable Report program of accounts being sold and sent for distribution.

Gas Meter Change Project – expanding the gas field from six bytes to nine bytes in all programs, copybooks, and DB2 tables.

Performing the SDLC functionality - Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Operation and Support of Duke. Energy Applications with IBM Developers Team in the IBM z/OS Mainframe, IBM 390 Mainframe environments using all projects.

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Fifth Third Bank, Cincinnati, Ohio 12/2006 to 6/2007

IBM Mainframe COBOL DB2 XML Developer

Created programs that will produce a XML file from DB2 tables used in the ordering of equipment used in POS Portal. The XML file will be sent to a POS Portal team located in California which would automated the ordering of per phial, printers, and cables using SDLC, COBOL, VSAM, TSO, EXPEDITOR, JCL, ROSCOE and DB2

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Nationwide Insurance, Columbus Ohio 8/2005 to 10/2006

IBM Mainframe COBOL Information Developer

Created reports for the Quality Assurance Teams. Uploading Agent applications using AL3- Accord into the Mainframe environment. Fixing defects report to Quality Center. Maintenance of the Billing Systems using, COBOL, DB2, CHANGEMAN, XPEDITOR, and JCL

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Florida Farm Bureau Insurance, Gainesville, Florida 4/2005 to 7/2005

IBM Mainframe COBOL Systems Analyst

Created Participant codes and Key lines for outgoing Declaration pages according to the

USPS Publications 8 booklet. Create two new fields for the Online Utility Screen.

Modify and upgrade Micro Focus, Cobol, COBOL, CICS, JCL, and Sequential file Application code according to software change requests

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Covansys 9/2003 to 3/2005

Client - GMAC Insurance, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

IBM Mainframe COBOL Senior Developer

As a senior Consultant for a Property/Casualty Insurance corporation, was involved in an effort to enhance and support the PMS (Policy Management Systems) software package daily on call support.

Onshore coordinator for offshore assignments, DMV Submission coordinator, Print Cycle coordinator, Polk Update coordinator, System Test coordinator, GTAM Updates coordinator, DOS Disk coordinator, Rate-file submission coordinator. Provided daily on-call support.

Responsible for the maintenance of the Billing Systems, COBOL batch maintenance, unit testing, system testing, and debugging using Time Sharing Option (TSO/ISPF), XPEDITER, JCL, Policy Management System (PMS), VSAM, IDCAMS, File Master, Change Man, Document Direct and File-Aid, System Analysis and Programming Development life cycle 80% Batch, 20% CICS.

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Computer Horizons Corporation 06/2003 to 08/2003

Client - Westfield, Insurance, Independence, Ohio

IBM Mainframe COBOL Programmer

As a senior programmer/analyst for a Property/Casualty Insurance corporation, I was responsible for COBOL batch maintenance, creation of new batch programs, unit testing and debugging using Time Sharing Option (TSO/ISPF), XPEDITER, JCL, Universal Billing System, Policy Management System (PMS), VSAM, IDCAMS, File Master, and File-Aid, System analysis and Programming Development life cycle. 100% Batch

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Grange Insurance, Columbus, Ohio 11/1997 to 12/2002

IBM Mainframe CICS Applications Developer/ Analyst

CICS online maintenance, Universal Billing System maintenance the creation of new online screens, COBOL batch maintenance, creation of new batch programs, unit testing, system testing, and debugging using Condor, Time Sharing Option (TSO/ISPF), XPEDITER, JCL, Policy Management System (PMS), VSAM,

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