Arkady Barash

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Rockaway, NJ *****

(973) 627 - 4344

E-mail: ac50yb@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE: A Programmer Analyst offering 15+ years of experience in the

Mainframe environment. Skilled in high-volume work flow with

creative problem resolution capabilities. Strengths are in analysis, coding, troubleshooting and time management.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Mainframe:

COBOL, COBOL II, Enterprise COBOL (z/OS 390), BAL (ASSEMBLER), CICS,

DB2, DB2 SQL, MQ Series, DOS/VSE, VSE/ESA, DOS/JCL, MVS/JCL, IDCAMS,

OS UTILITES, TSO/ISPF-PDF, XPEDITER/TSO, INTERTEST, VIASOFT, ENDEVOR,

CA-Easytrieve Plus, AppWatch, RDZ(IBM)

Personal Computer:

WINDOWS XP/7, MS OFFICE (WORD, EXCEL, ACCESS), C, BASIC, Micro Focus COBOL

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

12/2012 – 5/2018 Express Scripts Inc., Franklin Lakes, New Jersey

Consultant with GalaxE Solutions.

Eligibility/DCRS/FRS

Participated in program conversion from COBOL 4 to COBOL 6,

including analyzing, modifying, testing and implementing batch and

CICS programs.

As member of team, involved in design, testing and implementation

for data conversion for Legacy Plan based on VSAM files into DCRS/FRS

based on DB2 tables for major client, utilizing COBOL, Easytrieve and

DB2 SQL.

Participating in detail level design, coding and unit testing of stored

DB2 procedures for mass update in application for Formulary Rules Station and Drug Coverage Rule Station. This will overcome single rule update restriction for future conversions. This project utilized COBOL and DB2 SQL.

Involved in modifying testing and implementation for Back end of one of

the WEB services to gather Prior Authorization for Specialty Step Management program and prescription override utilizing XML, COBOL and DB2 SQL.

As member of team was involved in design, coding, testing and implementation of Formulary Publication Tool, utilizing COBOL, DB2 SQL and JCL. This FPT will allow end user to request a Publication of covered drugs for a client as part of medical insurance coverage. This tool will gather necessary information across the system and pass results to requester via DB2 table using MQ as a communication tool.

Participating in various ADHOC reports and DB2 table correction jobs for Formulary rules station and Drug Control Rules station application utilizing COBOL, DB2 SQL and JCL.

12/2011 – 8/2012 UnitedHealth Group, Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Consultant with InSys Group, Inc.

Claims Highway

Involved in design, coding and testing of the data bridge to connect processing claims to their original source across applications by building cross-reference table, based on certain logged event type, supplied by Claims Highway and original source of claim, supplied by Unified Front End application, utilizing COBOL, DB2, SQL.

Participated in design, coding and testing of purging process for large

partitioned cross-reference table, including string of batch jobs, utilizing Enterprise COBOL, DB2, DB2 SQL, DB2 Utilities, JCL and PROC.

As a member of a team was responsible to identify and modify on-line and batch modules impacted by new UHG requirement to allow provider pass alphanumeric employee id. Created new batch job to change claim partition table ranges that is based on employee id. Responsibility included creating technical specifications, coding, utilizing COBOL, DB2 and SQL, unit test plans, testing on-line and batch modified modules using AppWatch application for MQ data manipulation.

Participated in Analysis of Claims Highway System to determine new methods in capture lost in purge process claims that made unable Auditing Report System to balance processed claims. As a result, designed new process made Audit Group available to reconcile and remove processed claims from their depository.

10/2009 – 4/2011 Bank of America/Merrill Lynch, Hopewell, New Jersey

Consultant with Princeton Information

Account Data and Services

Involved in reverse analysis and composition for business rules for

Merrill Lynch Domestic and International Accounts online processing

using COBOL, CICS, SPUFI and DB2

Involved in enhancement of various CICS/DB2 programs for online accounts processing, using COBOL, CICS, DB2, SPUFI and SQL

Participated in Bank of America/NFS Brokerage Accounts Integration into

the Merrill Lynch Brokerage Account Platform, using Enterprise COBOL,

CICS, DB2, Easytrieve

Participated in generation of various reports and

Data preparation for follow BOA/NFS conversion, using Easytrieve Plus,

Enterprise COBOL, JCL, DB2 Utilities and SQL

6/1999 – 3/2008 Merrill Lynch, Hopewell, New Jersey

Consultant with Superior Design International, Inc.

Client Statements

Life Cycle development for Routing Software to create

different streams of Merrill Lynch Priority Statements based

on print criteria by supporting ExStream document composition

software, utilizing COBOL II, VSAM, DB2, ASSEMBLER (BAL) and JCL

Life Cycle development of various Routing Software to support

Custom Statement Formatter composition software,

including Merrill Lynch Priority Clients, Multi-Trade Confirmations

etc., utilizing COBOL II, VSAM and JCL

Participated in COBOL II to Enterprise COBOL (z/OS 390)

conversion as a part of ongoing assignments, including

impact analysis, inter-department coordination,

coding, testing and implementation

Involved in system and business analysis of Back-End print subsystem

to migrate the Merrill Lynch Priority Statement System from

MPS (Merrill Printing System) to CSF

Participated in analysis, coding and testing of various programs

for Rubicon (ML Direct) project

Life Cycle development of Fund File Maintenance subsystem

for Merrill Lynch to streamline and standardized the way funds were

handled throughout the Statement Processing System

Involved in development of platform to establish Internet-based

"virtual channel" for delivering financial services to customers,

utilizing COBOL II, CICS, ASSEMBLER (BAL) and VSAM

3/1998-4/1999 National Prescription Administrators, East Hanover, New Jersey

Consultant with RHI Consulting,

IT Department

Year 2000 conversion for various programs for NPA, Inc.,

including analysis, coding and testing, utilizing

OS/VS COBOL, CICS, DB2, IDMS, VSAM and JCL

OS/VS COBOL to Enterprise COBOL (Z/OS 390) conversion as

a part of Y2K conversion

Involved in analysis and modification of corporate common date

routines to handle future date, utilizing Assembler and COBOL

Participated in resolution of production problems and performance

enhancement

6/1997- 3/1998 Lucent Technologies, Newark, New Jersey

Consultant with Key Data Solutions, Inc.

IT Department

Impact analysis for various applications for date compliance under

Year 2000 conversion for Lucent Technologies

Participated in creating test strategy and methodology for system testing

of various applications for the Lucent Technologies Process System

Involved in writing test scripts for on-line system utilizing IMS, DB2

and CICS

9/1996 – 6/1997 Prudential Companies, New Jersey

Consultant with Computer Horizon Corp.

Analysis, coding and testing of various applications for date compliance

under Year 2000 Conversion for Prudential Companies

Involved in testing of on-line system, utilizing CICS and COBOL

Participated in customization DB2 Reporting subsystem by adding new

COBOL II/SQL and QMF reports, modifying and testing original system

reports

Full cycle development for new programs, including data extracting and

report writing for Agent Management System utilizing COBOL II, VSAM and

JCL

1/1995 – 9/1996 Financial Services, Inc., Glen Rock, New Jersey

Programmer (full time employee)

R&D Department - Mortgage Group

Designed, coded and tested new programs for creating on-line maintenance history for the Loan Servicing System utilizing COBOL II, VSAM and CICS

Supported and maintained the Loan Servicing System, including batch and

on-line programs utilizing COBOL, COBOL II, BAL, VSAM and CICS

Tested on-line modifications, corrected ABENDs and problems discovered

during testing

Participated in populating new fields in a VSAM file by reformatting

Input files into system's batch transactions and applying them to

the file in batch

Created JCL jobs and procedures for parallel testing and production cycles

EDUCATION:

1995 The CHUBB Institute, Jersey City, New Jersey

Diploma in Computer Programming

1981 The Georgian Polytechnic Institute, Georgia, USSR

BS in Computer Science

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