IGOR GONCHAR H: 845-***-****

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New City, NY p73vn9@r.postjobfree.com

A dedicated IT Professional with over 20 years of Extensive experience in large systems environments (mainframe, internet, client/server applications) with 24x7 service and support. Skilled in project and system management, quality assurance, applications design, logical data base design, physical data base design, performance analysis and fine tuning.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

IBM 3090, 4381, 3033, 3032; CICS Command Level, FTP, DB2, DB2/UDB, SQL/DS, DB2/2, QMF, ISPF, DB2 Utilities, INTERTEST, SDF, EDF, COBOL, COBOL II, COBOL LE, COBOL3, OS/MVS, OS/JCL, OS Utilities, VSAM, SYNCSORT, VERIFY, ENDEAVOR, MVS/ESA, CHANGEMAN, PANVALET, CA-LIBRARIAN, IBM DB2, DB2/390, IBM z/OS, , EASYTRIEVE PLUS, SPUFI, FILEAID, XPEDITER, APS, MS DOS, SQL Server, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, DB2 on z/OS, SQL, DB2 Access Paths, SQL performance tuning, DB2 Stored Procedures, File Manager, Debugger.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

STONE RIVER, Cedar Rapids, IA 2011-Present

Application Architect

• Responsible for the development and implementation of new financial products and new services for the IRS; SRS; RRS; APACS product for insurance companies.

• The development of new products spanned on-line CICS and batch environments.

• Enhancements to the new requirements for YE IRS software system included impact analysis of the changes, re-engineering of code structure and implementation of necessary changes and enhancements to the corresponding parts of the IRS applications.

• Coordinated technical tasks in development and infrastructure within the core and extended team, refined operating processes with IT staff and the customer / user, managed deployment activities, documented the environment/support and operations procedures.

• On an on-going basis, provided detailed status in the form of MS Project (for the details needed by the people doing the work) and MS PowerPoint for the customer and senior management.

• Development was done in COBOL / CICS using VSAM as data storage, mainframe environments and Java Programming(some Java experience), Assembler.

• Performed coding, testing and production support. Modules’ testing was done in Test and QA environments. Cobol, Job Control Language, Procs, Parms, File Manager, debugger.

MEDCO HEALTH, Franklin Lake, NJ 1997 – 2011

Application Architect

• Performed modification and enhancement of the Integrated Drug File, include design, code, analyze, configure, unit test, and maintain applications. With full competency, devises or modifies procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results. Designs, codes, tests, debugs, and documents those programs, full systems development life cycle (SDLC) - CMMI Level 3. Competent to work at the highest technical level of all phases of applications programming activities.

• Development was done in COBOL / CICS using VSAM as data storage and batch COBOL / VSAM /DB2 mainframe environments with someone, Easytrieve , DB2 on z/OS, SQL, DB2 Access Paths, SQL performance tuning, DB2 Stored Procedures, Cobol: Structured Cobol programming, Embedded SQL in Cobol, Job Control Language, Procs, Parms, File Manager, debugger.

• Writing business specification, program specifications, test plans, on-call support for production.

• Promoted modules in ENDEAVOR from Test to Integration to QA environment with the subsequent migration to Production environment.

• Ability to work both independently and on a team.

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HERTZ, Park Ridge, NJ 1996 – 1997

Project Leader / Data Base Administrator / Senior Application Developer

• As a project leader, efficiently worked in business and system analysis, project design, development and implementation of the Quantum View Data Base and Quantum View Notify Systems.

• Coordinated technical tasks in development and infrastructure within the core and extended team, refined operating processes with IT staff and the user, managed deployment activities, documented the environment/support and operations procedures.

• On an on-going basis, provided detailed status in the form of MS Project (for the details needed by the people doing the work) and MS PowerPoint for the customer and senior management.

• Worked with the development team to brainstorm on solutions, put together estimates and proposals, and directed the work of the development team.

• Successfully performed system analysis, programming design, coding and testing.

• Promoted modules from Test to Integration to QA environment with the subsequent migration to Production environment.

• Development was done in COBOL / CICS using VSAM as data storage, MQs as transitional data storage and batch / CICS - COBOL / VSAM / MQ mainframe environments.

• The system utilized Client Server technology with application developed in COBOL/CICS, data stored in DB2 database and shipped via MQ using MQ Series triggers. Performed coding, testing and production support. Modules’ testing was done in Test and Integration environments.

PAINEWEBBER, Weehawken, NJ 1995 – 1996

Project Leader / Application Architect

• Responsible for the development and implementation of new financial products and new services (PaineWebber Insight One Sm) for the Mutual Funds trading systems.

• The development of new products spanned on-line and batch environments.

• Enhancements to the trading system included impact analysis of the changes, re-engineering of code structure and implementation of necessary changes and enhancements to the corresponding parts of the Mutual Funds applications.

• Coordinated technical tasks in development and infrastructure within the core and extended team, refined operating processes with IT staff and the customer / user, managed deployment activities, documented the environment/support and operations procedures.

• On an on-going basis, provided detailed status in the form of MS Project (for the details needed by the people doing the work) and MS PowerPoint for the customer and senior management.

• Worked with the extended development team to brainstorm on, put together estimates and proposals, and directed the work of the development team.

• Applications were written in COBOL, accessing sequential files, VSAM files and DB2 tables. Coded & tested DB2 Stored Procedures, UDFs for Extract & Transform of data from DB2 databases. File transfer utilized FTP.

• On-line modules were defined and executed under CICS, accessing DB2 tables and VSAM files.

• Responsibilities include application analysis, user interface, code restructuring, managing of the consultants’ team.

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UPS, Mahwah, NJ 1990 – 1995

Application Architect

• For Corporate Accounting Department, performed design, development and implementation of Customer Resource Information System.

• Efficiently performed analysis, design, coding, testing, creating of documentation, and coordination of progress of the various steps of the project and system changes.

• Performed the development of the Billing System, including formats , PDF, CSV, or online where you can view your invoice information at the summary level or drill down to see package details.

• Create standard or custom reports to get the insight you need into your UPS shipping charges.

• The system utilized Client Server technology with front-end developed using MicroFocus COBOL/CICS in OS2 environment and DB2/CICS/COBOL as a back-end.

• This multi-platform system utilized Client Server technology with front-end developed using Power Builder, SYBASE SQL server on a UNIX platform as a database engine and DB2 on the mainframe as a data repository.

CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft .NET training Certification

EDUCATION

MS, Computer Science / Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic University, Leningrad Russia.

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