Cobol, Mainframe

MEENAKSHI GARG

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Highly seasoned and experienced Mainframe Developer with exceptional skills in all areas of software development and programming. Adept at troubleshooting and ensuring quality control at every stage of development process. Able to function independently or as part of a team.

8+ years of experience in every stage of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) involving Requirement Gathering, Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Deployment and Production Support.

Excellent understanding of client’s needs and requirements and possess necessary skills required to fulfill these requirements

Good knowledge of Banking and Investment Domain

Strong knowledge and experience in Mainframe technologies like COBOL, JCL, VSAM and Relational Database DB2 with SQL

Developed Web Services in CICS

Possess unique and combined knowledge of HOGAN® suite of products and MasterCard’s homegrown BILLING application

Worked on Tools like FILE-AID, CHANGEMAN, ENDEVOR, IBM DB2 Development Centre, SPUFI, QMF, and Quality Centre along with debugging tools such as Fault-Analyzer & XPEDITER.

Experience of Unisys Mainframes and ECL with tools such as DI, SIR and COBEDT

Strong skills including technical, analytical, problem solving and quick learner with good interpersonal and leadership skills

Able to take challenges, to work within tight deadlines, a self-motivator and ability to take responsibilities and initiatives in Project

Proficient in soft skills like Interpersonal skills, Team Interaction, Mentoring and Communication

SKILLS

Technical: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, SQL, CICS, HOGAN CAMS II, HOGAN CIS, ECL, Unisys Mainframes, Informatica, Easytrieve, REXX, Stored Procedures, IBM Utilities

Tools: File-Aid, SPUFI, QMF, Batch Scheduler TWS, Endevor, Changeman, Xpediter, Fault-Analyzer, Abend-Aid, IBM DB2 Development Centre, COBEDT, DI, SIR, Quality Centre, JIRA, ICETOOL, SORT, DFSORT, SELCOPY

AWARDS & CERTIFICATIONS:

Certified in ‘Financial Markets’ by NSE-NCFM.

Certified in ‘Equity Derivatives’ by NSE-NCFM.

Certified in ‘DB2 9 Fundamentals’ by IBM.

Certified in ‘Basics of Banking’ by IIBF.

Awarded with ‘Kudos Award’ in Mar 2017 by CFT

Awarded with ‘On Spot Award’ in Mar 2016 by CSC

Awarded with ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ in Mar 2014 by CSC

Awarded with ‘Service and Commitment’ award in March 2012 by TCS

Awarded with ‘On the Spot’ award in Feb 2011 by TCS

JOB DUTIES

Working on different phases of Software development life cycle (SDLC), like business requirement analysis, System design, coding and testing.

Gathering and understanding requirements from Business. Liaise with Business for any issues, clarifications and proposing system design.

Converting the requirements into Design documents, provide solutions and implement the chosen solution.

Debugging of existing applications to identify design gaps and to support existing applications.

Coordinating and conducting the Functional Unit Testing and User Acceptance Testing phase for the applications.

Coordinating with offshore team and onsite client coordinator for new client requests and implementing them.

Designing, coding and Unit testing modules using Mainframe and Hogan Platforms.

Monitoring and resolving batch jobs running in Production and UAT regions

Quality management by effective reviews and process compliance ensuring quality deliverables.

Training and mentoring new recruits in team.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

CeleritiFinTech Services (CFT), India April 2016 – Feb 2018

Client : Barclays ILP Mortgage

Position: Product Developer

Client : MasterCard

Position: Product Developer

Additional Job Duties in CFT:

Designer/Developer for Barclays Hogan System

Involved in modifying the system to support Negative Interest rate on mortgages

Migrated programs written in SELCOPY to equivalent COBOL/JCL modules.

Working on production tickets and Supporting Batch job abends

Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), India April 2013 – March 2016

Client : MasterCard

Position: Product Developer

Additional Job Duties in CSC:

Designer/Developer for HOGAN® CAMS II (Cards and Merchant System) and HOGAN® CIS (Customer Information System) along with MasterCard’s BILLING Application components built on IBM Mainframe platform.

Involved in performance optimization of different programs built for Cards transaction posting and reporting.

As defect prevention (D.P) coordinator, ensured monthly tracking and reporting of defects and promoted defect free deliveries by the team.

Did the Root cause analysis of recurring issues in CAMS II TM product and IPS billing systems and proposed solutions

Worked on production tickets / service requests and involved in production support activities.

Tata Consultancy Services Limited, India March 2009 – March 2013

Client: Lloyds Banking Group

Systems Engineer / CBS Integration

Client: MSSB

Assistant Systems Engineer / Document Management

Client: Morgan Stanley Smith Barney

Assistant Systems Engineer / Account Linking

Additional Job Duties in TCS:

Developed various Cobol/CICS/DB2 modules to link Wealth Accounts of family members for sending combined statements.

Built programs to identify various Documents and Approvals required while opening a new account and to monitor them at different stages of their Lifecycle.

Monitored the Document management service logs and analyzed issues if any.

Handled Ad-hoc activities like Report generation, Job or Transaction monitoring and to check for Application readiness at the Start/End of the Business day.

FORMAL EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering - ECE

SLIET/Punjab Technical University

Diploma - ECE

Government Polytechnic/Punjab State Board of Technical Education & Industrial Training

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