Nishant Haridev
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Mainframe Lead with Business Analyst Experience.
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PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
A proven, result driven and dynamic IT professional with nearly 8+ years
of Application & Operations .Experience in development life cycle, coding
& management. Domains like Finance, retail, healthcare . Presently
employed with IBM India Pvt Ltd, as Mainframe Lead with Business Analyst.
An extensive experience of client interaction during conceptual,
specification and effort estimation stages. Adept in enterprise level
product development from requirement analysis to system study, design code,
test, debug,document and deploy. A keen planner, strategist & implementer
with expertise in establishing & managing entire operations with key focus
on bottom line profitability by ensuring optimal utilization of resources.
Ability to oversee multiple complex projects concurrently with knowledge
and experience of diverse technologies. Expertise in ramping up projects
with competent cross-functional skills and on time execution.. Distinction
of successful completions of several projects with proven track record of
planning, strategising and implementing leading edge delivery models.
A leader with exemplary communication, relationship management, analytical
and organizational skills. An out-of-the-box thinker with a proven track
record of increasing revenues, streamlining workflow and creating a team
work environment to enhance productivity.
Career Highlights
< Core developer & support in module based engineering software product
development.
< Have immense experience in handling team, customers / clients offshore
and onshore
< SPOC of EDB client ( Norway ), Have worked with Work Permit across
Nordic zone.
< Demonstrated the success in managing the full product and software life
cycle management which have contributed in saving revenues for the
organization.
< Possess deep understanding of technologies in order to deliver the
projects in stipulated time frame.
< Strong hands-on experience with technologies like COBOL, OPC, MVS,JCL,
Assembler, CICS, DB2 on IBM S/390 Mainframe under the OS/390 Operating
System.
< Proven track record of delivering the project modules with the best
quality within the time constraint.
SKILL SET
Management Skills
< Engaging and coordinating business analysis sessions for understanding
client business processes and mapping them to required business
standards.
< Versatile to handle any project or any work ( profile ) at any given
time.
< Handling SLAs and other important policies with Client & customers.
< Suggesting appropriate as well as technology-based solutions for
enhancing functional efficiency of the organisation and achieving
business excellence.
< Maintaining high discipline, adhering to the norms, coordinating with
superiors for cross teams and innovative suggestions to improve
operational functioning.
< Identifying and implementing strategies for building team effectiveness
by promoting a spirit of cooperation between team members.
Functional Skills
< Designing, developing, testing, troubleshooting and debugging the
applications.
< Providing post-implementation, enhancement and maintenance support to
client for application.
< Performing manual testing for the software/application based on the test
plans and test cases.
< Engineering test cases design / strategies for design verification /
product validation.
< Conducting functional test & analysing the reported defects based on the
category.
Technical Skills:
Hardware platform : IBM S/390.
Operating System : OS/390.
Languages : VS COBOL II, JCL, SQL
Tools : EARS, BIW, SPUFI, CA Librarian, OPC
ORGANISATION EXPERIENCE
Nov '12 - Till Date IBM India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
Mainframe With Business Analyst
Project Handled:
Client : IBM ( Blue Harmony)
Role : Mainframe Lead ( Business Analyst )
Team Size : 14
Tools Used : QMF, SGN, RTR, OPC, SAS
Description : IBM India Private Limited is the Indian subsidiary of IBM.
IBM, is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation,
with headquarters in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and
markets computer hardware and software, an offers
infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging
from mainframe computers to nanotechnology.
Mainframe : JCL, CICS, COBOL, OPC, SQL
Accountabilities:
< Acting as the SPOC for Offshore Process, Mainframe Development activities
< Requirement gathering & analysis. Project lead
< Generating Weekly, Bi-weekly and Month end reports.
< Involved in management discussion process, Flow charts, Task run
< Discussing the design flow with Development team, UAT .
< Handling the escalation process for any offshore / Onshore.
< Team handling (developers, testers) . time Management
< Documentation and developing Process oriented strategies.
< Making changes to the existing documents / flow chart if needed.
< Monitoring the entire team and day to day activities.
Dec'08 - Till Sept '12 EDB ( Norway ) a SPAN InfoTech Company,
Bangalore Senior Software Lead
Project Handled:
Client : Moller, Dnbnor,Telenor
Role : Business Analyst / Software Eng
Team Size : Eight
Tools Used : JCL, COBOL, CICS, Assembler,Control-M, OPS, CICS, OPC,
Service centre, Tmon, etc.
Description : EDB is one of the largest IT groups in the Nordic
countries, with over 40 years' experience of serving leading Nordic
businesses. The company delivers solutions that cover the entire range of
business-critical IT services from application services and industry-
specific solutions through to IT operating services and network solutions.
EDB's ambition is help its customers create added value both by cutting IT
costs and realizing the potential that new opportunities offer.
Accountabilities:
< Acting as the SPOC for onshore process and mentoring all the offshore
processes.
< Preparing flow charts, task plans, and documentation and run books.
< Assembler related all tasks, tickets related to the same, escalation
process.
< Working on Cobol programs, making changes as per the requirements.
< Checking and resolving the Abends of Jobs in Control M and OPC.
< Monitoring Tmon and activities involved in it, Killing the Jobs or Task
if required.
< Running JCLs, dealing with the abends like Soc4, Soc7, Deadlock, Space
abends,FTP etc..
< Giving Commands, making CICS and other regions up or down using OPS.
< Using Syouth handler effectively for browsing the job log and analyzing.
Jun'08 - Sept'08 Convansys, CMMI - 5 level company, Bangalore
Software Engineer
Project Handled:
Title : FNF Development
Client : Fidelity, United States
Role : Team Leader
Team Size : Six
Tools Used : VS-COBOL-II, JCL, VSAM, DB, OPTIM,CICS, MAX, SELECT
Description : Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. (NYSE:FIS) is
a leading provider of core processing for
Financial institutions; card issuer and transaction processing, and related
information products and outsourcing. The project deals with working on
RSEC tool to update and look into the depth of the changes, enhancing the
VSAM files and browsing it using a tool called MAX (just like File-aid).
Accountabilities:
< Handling the clients directly and conducting coding & testing.
< Optim usage for DB2, Optim worshops & Seminars ( period of 2 months )
< Looking after the enhancement and maintaining the application.
< Providing technical support, carrying out documentation and monitoring
the products.
Feb'07 - Apr'08 Accenture, Bangalore
Software Engineer
Projects Handled:
Title : Enhancement and Production Support
Client : RSA (Royal & Sun Alliance), UK
Role : Team Leader
Team Size : Six
Tools Used : VS-COBOL-II, JCL, VSAM, DB2, EASYTRIEVE, EARS, and Other
Client Based Tools
Description : The project dealt with looking after the Motor Policy,
where famous motor vehicles like Ford and others are part of RSA. Providing
assistance to the client, by receiving constant support from Onsite Team
Members. The change requests were done according to the priority level.
Once the changes were done, a schedule was prepared using OPC (operation
and control).IBM Ops sitting on the other side (South Africa), helped to
put it from TEST to LIVE.
Accountabilities:
< Looked after Coding and Unit Testing, Assistance and KT for clients;
enhanced & maintained application, updated the changes in BIW.
< Scheduled the jobs and solved abends with respect to the priority level.
< Handled various situations in case of emergencies.
May'05 - Jan'07 U.F.T., Bangalore
Software Engineer
Projects Handled:
Title : BMI Healthcare System
Client : BMI Healthcare, UK
Role : Team Member
Team Size : Ten
Tools : VS-COBOL-II, JCL, DB2, CICS and VSAM
Description : The project dealt with major modules like aids department,
asthma department, cancer department, diabetes department etc. All the
modules handled the hospital management options like doctor's profile
management, staff's profile management and patient profile management. Here
patient is checked for new, old, inpatient or outpatient. Different types
of tests like blood test and other test were conducted on the patient. A
report from the entire test that had been conducted on the patient was
stored in the database.
Accountabilities:
< Administered the coding and unit testing and enhancement of online
screens in CICS.
< Maintained the application, provided technical support and carried out
documentation.
Title : State Farm Insurance System
Client : State Farm Insurance Bloomington, US
Role : Team Member
Team Size : Eight
Tools Used : VS-COBOL-II, JCL, DB2, CICS
Description : State Farm Insurance is health insurance system, processes
over 1.2 million policies in force. The bulk of the processing took place
in 10 zonal offices and the processing in the corporate were confined to
group medical insurance and certain report generations. The system was
divided into two sections policy and claims. The policy system aids in
insurance of new policies, maintaining the history of the policyholders and
the changes pertaining to policyholders. The claims system's functions are
to process the claims raised and print the checks and associated
explanation of benefits. The claims system also maintains the history of
claims. The primary language used for the system is COBOL. The system
utilized DB2 to manage and process the data.
Accountabilities:
< Reviewed the coding to ensure standards set by SFI.
< Carried out coding and unit testing of the new applications.
< Maintained the application and technical support & documentation.
SCHOLASTICS
M.B.A. (Information Technology) Manipal University, Manipal
2008
B.Tech. Manipal University, Manipal
2003
Professional Enhancements:
< Pursuing Phd from Madurai University
< PMI - 35 PDU course.
< Diploma in Software Management from APTECH.
TRAININGS ATTENDED
< Online training on ASDA, Data Security and Mail interaction.
< Classroom training on DB2 Advanced, ATS - Design Class and PD.
EXTRAMURAL ACTIVITIES
< Earned certificates as best painter and all school achievement Medal.
< Won several quiz, debate competition and badminton tournaments.
< Successfully won many State Level Dance competitions.
PERSONAL DOSSIER
Date of Birth : 19th February, 1981
Present Address : #2421, 8th Main, 22nd Cross, BSK-2nd Stage,
Bangalore-70.
Linguistic Ability : English, Hindi, Malayalam and Oriya.