Project Maintenance
Resume:
AJAY SIL
Flat-*A, 'Diamond Tower' (*th Floor),
*0B, D. H. Road, Barisha, Kolkata, 700 008
West Bengal; INDIA
Phone: (Mobile) +91-983*-**-****; (Residence): +91-033-****-****;
SUMMARY
Ajay is an experienced Mainframe Technical Consultant-cum-Developer with
various industry experience in IT/ITES areas. He is expert in Migration
jobs, mainly from Legacy platforms to UNIX with Java. He has a good and
long working experience in Domestic and International IT sector on various
platforms like IBM and ICL mainframes, Mini-Computers based on UNIX (IBM
6000 with AIX) & Linux Operating Systems. He has a very good working
experience on Systems Design & Code Development, Testing and Project
Execution of various commercial applications in Banking, Finance &
Accounts, Insurance, Manufacturing and Media.
Has Good Knowledge in the following areas
. Worked in Banking domain for a long time in international and domestic
banks as follows: (a) ING Bank, Netherlands; (b) Al Rajhi Banking &
Investment Corporation, Riyadh; (c) Commercial Bank of Dubai; (d) State
Bank of India; (e) United Bank of India; (f) Reserve Bank of India etc.
. Insurance Domain : LIC of India (Through WIPRO Infotech)
. Transport Domain : Mazda Motor of America & VOLVO, Japan (Through HCL
Infotech)
. Media Domain : Nielsen Media Research, Florida, USA
. Manufacturing Domain: MBCI, USA; CORUS Steel, UK and Century Plyboards of
India Ltd.
. Security Systems Organization : ADT Security Systems of USA
. He has developed commercial systems on IBM Z-Series mainframe platforms
using COBOL, CICS, PL/1, SAS, Easytrieve, JCL, IMS/DB and DB2 on IBM
S/390.
. He has also developed commercial systems on ICL Series 39 computers using
COBOL, IDMSX, TPMS, SCL and used Quick Build 4GL Tool.
. He has developed commercial systems using Micro Focus COBOL under Linux
environment
. Software project design, development and execution of various commercial
applications for domestic & international clients
. End-to-end responsibility and accountability for managing large and
complex customer engagements
. Client Interaction & Management of Issues and technical conflicts.
. Very good in team handling and people management
. Good in estimation of project's effort, budgeting and planning
. Development of Project Processes and Methodologies
. Good communication and leadership skills
Technical Experience
. Mainframe/Mid Range Environment: IBM Mainframes, mini computers and
computers with Unix/Linux and good in COBOL, Easytrieve, PL/1, SAS, C,
CICS and Basic languages. He has very good experience in DB2. Good
experience on SDLC. He is experienced on IMS/DB also.
. Estimation: Familiar with J2EE technologies and OOPS methodology. Done
Estimation using Use Cases Points & IFPUG methods.
. Net Working: Setting up Novell LAN & WAN within the factories from
Computer Department
. Testing Tools: FileAid, SilkTest, WinLoad, WinRunner, SmartTest, Rational
Suit of Tools
. Quality Management: Project Management (CMM/CMMi Level 5) & for Service
Lines following ITIL Methods (IT Service Management)
. Domain: Insurance, Banking, Financial & Accounting (F&A), Manufacturing,
Media
1. LAST ENGAGEMENT (15th April 2013 To 15th April 2014) :
Few days back Ajay was working for Interra IT Pvt. Ltd. at Kolkata as
Developer-cum-Tester. He was looking after development, enhancement and
testing activities on the IBM mainframe projects on day to day basis.
These were enhancement and migration projects with skill areas like
COBOL, CICS, CSP, DB2, VSAM and JCL. The client is in automobile sector
in USA, Canada & Mexico. He was engaged in the following three projects:
(a) Transportation Claim of Cars & Spare Parts; Development project with
COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM for Services Department
(b) Migration of CSP source code to Java & batch COBOL (COBOL stored
procedure under DB2) for vehicle system. The client had on-line Screens
and Programs in CSP.
(c) Enhancement & development project for Parts Division using COBOL,
CICS, DB2, and VSAM
a) In Transportation Claims System, Ajay had developed five programs in
batch COBOL. At the backend the Relation Database was DB2. It was
about a month's project.
b) Migration Project:
After the above project Ajay was engaged in a Migration project. The CSP
source code was converted to Java for the front-end part and to Stored
Procedure in COBOL for the Validation and Business Rules and at the
backend, database was DB2. This was for a new unit in Mexico for Vehicle
Division. All the front-end screens have been developed in Java (from CSP
code of IBM) with some additional features at the frond-end side, as well
as, Stored Procedures have been developed in IBM VS II COBOL. Most of the
Business Rules have been kept in Stored Procedure. The Stored Procedures
were accessing the DB2 Tables. It was about two and half-a-months'
project.
(c) At last Ajay was engaged in a development and enhancement project for
the Parts Division, called 4M Project for Mexico Unit. The environment
was IBM M/F with COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM and JCL. He was doing development
work, writing source codes in COBOL & CICS, handling DB2 tables and
performing testing individually. This was a three months' project and was
over in October 2013.
Earlier Engagement with InterraIT: Period (1st Dec. 2010 to 28th Dec.
2011):
Previously, in the year 2010 - 2012 he was working in a maintenance
project. He was doing development, enhancement and testing work on IBM
mainframe based maintenance project with skill areas like COBOL, CICS,
DB2, IMS/DB, VSAM and JCL. The client was Master Brand Cabinet Inc.
(MBCI), based in USA and in Manufacturing vertical.
Ajay was doing development and enhancement activities, based on Tickets
and Project given by the client in a stipulated time limit. The programs
were based on COBOL, CICS under IMS/DB database and VSAM files. He was
also writing or modifying JCL as and when required. The client computer
was connected through VPN and accessing using CISCO software.
2. PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT on Finance Software (Jan. 2012 To March 2013):
Ajay was attached with OSSNA Inc., USA till March 2013. He was providing
maintenance support from India for improvement to Episys Banking Package
of SYMITAR, a division of Jack Henry & Associates. This software is used
in CREDIT UNIONS in USA. The package has been developed using POWERON
language, a collaborative environment for its Episys credit union clients
to exchange programming solutions that improve efficiency and
performance. . It is a very good & rich high-level language, mainly for
Finance Industry.
Episys is a client-centric system effectively supporting diverse credit
unions by integrating customizable core functionality with more than 50
complementary products and services. This best-of-suite product approach
empowers credit unions with integrated access to state-of-the-industry
business intelligence and profitability, retail delivery, electronic
funds transfer, Internet banking, risk management and security, and item
and document imaging solutions.
Episys is an Internet-integrated solution that deploys browser-based
technology, "drag and drop" transaction functionality, user-friendly
toolbars, HTML, Dialog Box, JavaScript, Graphics, Chart and wizard-based
assistance.
Symitar for years has enabled credit unions to customize Episys with
PowerOn, a customization tool that incorporates an advanced scripting
language and an intuitive interface that IT staff can use to develop
custom applications independent of the core code. Its new PowerOn
Marketplace now provides a centralized community resource, supported by
Symitar, for users to share, review, and adopts ideas and custom
programming solutions. It is open to all Episys users that currently
range from $10 million to $10 billion in assets.
PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT (18th May 2009 To 31st Oct. 2010) :
Before joining InterraIT in December, 2010, he was working for Metalogic
Systems Private Limited, Kolkata and was engaged in a Migration project
as Senior Technical Developer and was engaged in two Migration projects.
The first project was for LIC of India and the second one was for HCL
Technologies under Transport domain. The client was VOLVO, Japan.
(a) Second Migration Project:
He was engaged in a Migration project from May 2010 in Kolkata. It was a
platform migration of Hitachi mainframe to IBM mainframe for a Client in
Japan. Migration of Hitachi COBOL to IBM Z-Series COBOL, on-line programs
to CICS, Q programs to IBM Z-Series Batch COBOL and PDM database to DB2.
The target code was first generated by a Migration Tool and then the code
was manually refined (syntax checking, compilation in mainframe
environment) by us and finally we did testing in IBM Z-Series platform
(at HCL Technologies, Chennai). The project was over in six months. This
was outsourced by HCL Technologies, Chennai.
c) First Migration Project:
Previously (from May 2009 to end-April 2010) he was executing a Migration
project under Insurance domain (for LIC of India) outsourced by Wipro
Technologies at Electronics City, Bangalore. He was doing MF COBOL code
migration job and 'sql' code had been added for I-O handling (from flat
files to RDBMS) and testing. The Database was MySQL at the backend. The
Database concept added in this Migration project. All the MF COBOL
screens have been developed newly using Java Technology (jsp). So, the
old conventional system has been converted to a Web-based multi-tier
system for LIC.
The system was quite huge. In the old system, there were about 7000 MF
Cobol source code, 3500 flat files and reports and about 23,000 Cobol
Copybooks, Flat-files layouts etc. Most of the flat files have been
converted to RDBMS tables using MySQL software. In future, these tables
would be changed to Oracle.
The project was completed in twelve months. It was a 'Great Challenging
Job' for us. The job was assigned to Wipro by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan
Singh in 2008-2009.
3. PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT (11th Feb. 2008 To 30th April 2009):
Before joing Metalogic Systems in May 2009, Ajay was working for Tata
Consultancy Services Limited, Kolkata as Senior Technical Consultant on
ICL Mainframe platform.
He was working for Corus Steel, UK for their Application Development and
Maintenance Project at Kolkata based off-shore centre. Corus was using
ICL Fujitsu Computers and Open VME Operating System at their Long Steel
Manufacturing Units in Rothereham, South Yorkshire. The applications were
based on COBOL, Application Manager, TPS (online system from Gresham,
UK), QuickBuild (Application Master, Program Master, Report Master, Query
Master and DDS systems) and SCL. The files were on various flat files, as
well as Database based on IDMSX. He was in UK at the beginning for
Knowledge Transfer and other on-site activities.
He had conducted various training programmes for the Team members, Team
Leads etc. At present TCS are doing Maintenance activities from Kolkata
for support and enhancement activities.
4. PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT (11th Nov. 2006 To 10th Feb. 2008):
Before joining TCS, he was working for Globsyn Technologies Limited,
Kolkata. He was also doing development and testing work.
He was developing design documents, coding in COBOL, CICS, DB2, IMS/DB
and JCL and performing testing of commercial applications of a project
for US based client ADT Security System Inc. on IBM Z-Series through VPN
connection. GTL was maintaining their various applications based on IBM
mainframe, AS/400 etc. There were two big applications - ADMIN and CARMS.
These applications were covering Order booking, Sales, Costing,
Invoicing, General Ledger, Accounts Receivable, Commission calculation
etc. He did development and enhancement work on monthly basis with
milestone dates of releases. He developed and enhanced modules for
release by month end to Production environment. He was also giving on-
call support from office, as well as from residence on IBM mainframe
platform. He used to receive small technical errors & queries from
various users on batch jobs and CICS.
. Ajay was doing Design, Coding, Development, Testing of application
programs from India through VPN connection on IBM main frame platform
. He was using IMS/DB very extensively with COBOL and CICS
. Performing Compilation, Production Turnover, Compare of source and
data, sort, Merge, File & table creation and maintenance
. Also used to receive small technical errors & queries from various
users on batch jobs and CICS on-line usage areas. He is preparing
technical solutions & replies and forwarding to them
. On-call Support for 24 X 7 production support and response time is 45
minutes
. Helping other team members in Testing and Debugging.
. Using tools like INSync, SPUFI and utilities DFSORT, IDCAMS, Compare,
etc.
. Using CA7 scheduler
. Looking after timely development and delivery of clients' deliverables
for his work package
. Client Interaction & Management of Issues. Organizing and attending
Client's meeting.
. Following CMMi Level 5 and ISO 9001:2000 quality processes and
methodologies
. Responsible for clients' satisfaction and managing their expectations
5. ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION:
a) Ajay did PG Course on 'Computer Science & Application' from Indian
Statistical Institute, Kolkata. About six month's full-time course for
Research Scholars and sponsored EDP Executives. The Computer Science
Unit of ISI was equipped with in-house mainframe computer and accessible
for students round the clock.
b) He did M. Sc. in Physics with specialization in Radio-Physics &
Electronics from Kolkata and secured first class. Secured above 75% marks
in Radio-Physics and Electronics Papers.
c) He joined as Sr. Research Fellow in the Electronics & Tele-
communications Engineering Department of Jadavpur University after Post
Graduation and worked for about 1.5 years.
d) He had attended various courses on Computer languages, DBMS, Analysis &
Design, Quality Management, Systems, Domains, Management and Leadership.
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