Jacob Kaufman

New Brunswick, NJ *****

732-***-**** • ac74gs@r.postjobfree.com

Senior Mainframe Developer

Multitalented developer with proven experience leading highly technical teams

Dynamic IT professional adept at resolving complex programming issues. Proven ability in designing, developing, and sustaining applications that utilize COBOL, DB2, JCL, PROC'S, CICS, VSAM, and Easytrieve Plus. Equipped with a robust mainframe background. Skilled at analyzing and maintaining SQL databases. Proficient in Software Development Life Cycle and SOA integration.

Core Competencies:

Ability to manage multiple assignments

Technical Guidance

Application Development

Customer Support

Working knowledge of cross platform

Enterprise Implementations

Problem Analysis and Resolution

Software Testing/Troubleshooting

Team Management

Development experience within the financial/banking industry

Professional Experience

Israel Discount Bank, Tel-Aviv, Israel

Senior Mainframe Developer, 05/2005 – 10/2018

Worked within Anti Money Laundering (AML) team. Created and modified batch and online COBOL II/DB2 programs to align with user requirements. Managed productive projects with vast data to reduce job run time. Utilized XMLSPY for XML and XSD. Maintained daily flow of job duties to effectively process all information into AML system.

Key contribution:

Developed an automated system to report AML information to designated authority, relieving the need for human intervention. Transferred files using XML.

UPS, Ramsey, NJ

Senior Software Developer, 07/1998 – 03/2002

Collaborated with Human Resource department to install PeopleSoft HR 7.1. Provided coding and design. Analyzed writing program specifications, unit tests, stress tests, and integration tests. Delivered continuous installation and support and managed day-to-day technical issues.

Key Achievement:

Built interactive interface between PeopleSoft and outside vendors, while maintaining history for every change that was made by each user since the inception of the system.

Early Career Experience

Prudent Financial, Newark, NJ

Software Developer

Managed modifications related to COBOL II/DB2 programs. Provided full production support throughout daily, monthly, and special runs. Worked under the Prism Plus System and helped to enable enterprise asset reporting across source systems.

Key Contribution:

Created a system that provided flexibility to the user, allowed a change of mind, and granted a dynamic workflow on a daily basis.

Chemical Bank, New York, NY

Technical Officer

Delivered application support for the Voice Recognition Unit (VRU) system. Utilized COBOL II, DB2, and MDI to maintain and optimize the CD Maturity system. Arranged, analyzed, and amended new and existing technical reports.

Key Accomplishment:

Converted the CD Maturity system from an old slow program to COBOL DB2, decreasing the bank’s CPU time by more than 80%.

Mercedes Benz of North America, Montvale, NJ

Programmer Analyst

Managed all aspects of the Consignment subsystem. Designed, developed, coded, and tested batch and online IDMS programs.

Key Contribution:

Created an innovative consignment subsystem within IDMS fully integrated with Germany’s system, to track all vehicles and parts that were ordered in the US.

Sanofi Winthrop/Sterling Drugs, New York, NY

Programmer

Wrote program specifications for batch, online, and GUI applications. Created the second phase of Gupta’s hospital information system. Devised operation manuals and delivered on-going technical support. Developed structured programming codes that consistently aligned with coding standards.

Key Projects:

Worked with DB2/COBOL/CICS and designed a customer affiliation subsystem under the multi-million-dollar hospital information system.

Technical Proficiencies

Software:

COBOL II, DB2, SQL, VSAM, RDZ, TSO/ISPF, Easytrieve+, SYNCSORT, FILE-AID, QMF, SPUFI, ICETOOL, Xpediter, Control-M, CA7, DBA-XPERT, Comparex, CICS, Changeman, Intertest, Lotus Notes, VISIO, MS Word, Excel, ENDEVOR, RAD, SDLC/JIRA, XMLSpy

Hardware:

IBM 3090, IBM PC

Education and Credentials

Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering

Farleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ

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