Software Developer

Chaitanya Shankari

Ellicott City MD Phone: 410-***-****

E-Mail: ******.********@*****.***

Professional Summary:

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Involved in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) like analysis, planning, designing, coding, testing, deployment, support and maintenance.

Good experience in mainframe programming languages like JCL, COBOL and DB2.

Expertise in writing complex SQL queries

Involved in activities like Analysis of the requirements and Design of the high level components, Offshore team management, Estimation, Progress monitoring, Resource Planning and Conduct quality reviews of Design document, code and test plans.

Member of the VI team to identify the areas of chances of process improvements and implement the process improvements periodically to optimizing the process in terms of execution, quality, efficiency and standards.

Involved in creation and maintenance of the current state documentation of the existing applications.

Experience in project management activities like metrics, providing estimates (based on SMC and FP), configure management (CM) activities, status reporting etc.

More than one-year experience in guiding a team of 7-10 members.

Experience in preparation of high level and low-level technical specification documents based on BRD (business requirement document) and creating of unit test plans.

Generate reports for handling Ad-hoc requests, requested by Onsite and Business members.

Involved and conducted technical walkthrough’s and review meetings (Design, code and unit test plan) internally and with Client.

Strong Analytical and problem solving abilities.

Quick learner and excellent team player, ability to meet tight deadlines

Technical Skill Set:

Languages

COBOL, JCL, SQL, SIMSCRIPT, PL/SQL, SHELL SCRIPTING,JAVA

Database

DB2, ORACLE

Tools

FILE-AID, ENDEVOR, XPEDITOR, ABEND-AID, SPUFI, ISPF, MS-VISIO, IBM Utilities (IDCAMS, SORT,IEBGENER, IEBCOPY), SPUFI, QMF

Scheduling tools

ZEKE, CRONTAB

Education:

Masters Degree in Computer Science (Software Engineering track) with 3.87 GPA from Towson University in Dec 2016.

Relevant Coursework

oDatabase Management Systems, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Software Project Management Systems, Software Requirement Engineering.

Awards

“On the spot” award for identifying the eliminating the unnecessary replication of the critical client information

Received “Best VI (Value Innovation) Champion- 2012” award for reducing the batch job execution time from 1hour to 4 min.

Received “Pat on the Back” awards for rigorous testing and delivering defect free code.

Received special appreciations from Client for successfully completing a business critical development project within stringent timelines. This project also helped the client in improving revenue

Work Experience:

I worked as a Mainframe Developer for iGate Global solution for 5 years (2008-2013). Went back to school and graduated from Towson University with a Master’s degree in computer science (Software Engineering Track) with 3.87 GPA in Dec 2016.

Project Experience Summary:

PROJECT

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

CLIENT

RESPONSIBILITIES

DURATION

Client Data – No- Regrets

To validate and refresh the existing current state documentation of the application

Royal Bank of Canada

Technical Lead

Feb 2013 – Aug 2013

Client Data Management

To centralize the storage of client contact information

Royal Bank of Canada

Technical Lead

Sep 2012 – Apr 2013

Tax Compliance

To associate new business rules introduced as a part of tax compliance

Royal Bank of Canada

Technical Lead

Jul 2012 – Apr 2013

SRF Vendor Data Verification Process

To ensure the that client details on client database and vendor database are identical

Royal Bank of Canada

Sr. Mainframe Developer

Mar 2012 – July 2013

Same SRF on One Account

To provide ability to hold multiple visa cards within same visa account

Royal Bank of Canada

Sr. Mainframe Developer

Nov 2011– Apr 2012

Instant Client Open project

To automate process for opening personal products thru online

Royal Bank of Canada

Sr. Mainframe Developer

Feb 2011– May 2012

AML PDA/BDA Enhancements

To address gaps and ensure compliance with Canadian AML regulations

Royal Bank of Canada

Mainframe Developer

Aug 2010 – Jul 2011

ZORRO

Build open infrastructure for cards regardless of brands

Royal Bank of Canada

Mainframe Developer

May 2009 – July 2010

Missing Products

Identifying the products for receiving MPR

Royal Bank of Canada

Mainframe Developer

Dec 2008 – Apr 2009

Responsibilities:

Responsible for developing new and modifying existing modules using COBOL, DB2, JCL to accomplish the requirement.

Involved in creation of detail Project Plan (Start and End dates, Resource allocation, identifying dependencies, etc.) and track the project as the project progresses.

Responsible for creation of weekly status reports for the on going projects.

Responsible for preparing hierarchy flow charts by using VISIO tool.

Responsible for the versioning of the code by creating and moving modules using Endevor.

Responsible for creation and maintenance of Traceability matrix.

Responsible for conducting peer review for design, code and unit testing and ensure that all the observations are closely monitored and closed.

Involved in Root Cause Analysis sessions for all the defects encountered.

Responsible for performing impact analysis and providing estimates in case of any change requests.

Responsible for performing impact analysis for the requirement and creating Impact element report with the effected list of the elements (Programs, JOBS and other related elements like COBOL, Package, etc.).

Responsible for providing estimates for the requirements based on the SMC (Small Medium and Complex) and FP (Functional Points) methods.

Involved in creation of High-level technical specification document (based on the BRD and functional specifications) and detail technical specification document (based on the high-level design document and the existing functionality).

Involved in creation of Unit Test Plan and results documents.

Involved in identifying database changes and design the plan (dependencies and scripts including creation and rollback) for creating new tables or modifying the existing tables.

Organized Knowledge Transfer sessions for the juniors on the application.

Responsible for performing unit testing

Responsible for assisting QA members in setting up data for QA testing.

Based on the requirements of the project, performed system testing.

Identifying, Loading and Unloading Test data from Production to Test regions when required.

Conducted walkthrough’s (Design, Code, Unit Test Plan) and the review meetings, internally and with the Client.

Performed analysis of the existing application and prepared current state document for the application.

Involved in preparation of Implementation Plan document.

Involved in analysis of the existing business functionality to identify the areas of chances of process improvements.

Involved in process improvement to optimizing the process in terms of execution, quality, standards and efficiency.

Exposure in working onshore-offshore delivery model.

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