AMRUTA TOPHAKHANE

*** ******** ** *** #*, Bloomington, IL- 61701

acgvi3@r.postjobfree.com

716-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Seeking an opportunity where I can utilize my full potential, expertise and knowledge in Mainframe Technology and allow me to gain additional skills and experience.

KEY SKILLS

? Having 4 years of Software Development experience in Mainframe technology

? Working as Onsite Coordinator for iGate Corporation

? Design, development and maintenance using mainframe technologies PL/1, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2.

? 4+ years of experience in Insurance domain

? Excellent capability to explore, learn and understand newer business domains and technology

? Excellent analytical and debugging skills

? Experience in work environments requiring direct Customer interaction

? Have cleared Level 1 certification on Insurance domain and Level1 certifications in Mainframe with DB2 in iGATE

? Performing roles and duties of Onsite coordinator for the development Projects

? Tools/Methodologies used in projects - Xpediter, RDZ, File-AID, File Manager, REXX, CLIST,

IBM Utilities, DFSORT, SAS, RMS, HPSM, BLDISS, BLDDOC, ROUTE, SCO Tool, SIA

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Employer : iGATE Corporation, Pune, India

Title : Senior Software Engineer, Aug 2010 - Present

Key Roles:

Onsite Co-ordinator Feb 2013 ? Present

? Gathering information from client for the development or enhancements requirements

? Detailed analysis of the requirements and creation of the component specifications

? Calculate estimation in hours for the project

? Prepare Schedule plan for each phase of the project

? Coordinating with offshore team to explain the requirements and help them in their tasks

? Review the deliverables sent by offshore

? Creation of the test data

? Perform unit testing, integration testing and system testing

? Execute test cases in Testlink

? Documentation of the test results

? Provide the test results to the Business Analyst and Business Partners for sign off

Senior Software Engineer Mar 2012 ? Feb 2013

? Served as team lead in three-person team.

? Detailed analysis of the specification documents

? Calculate the estimation required for the effort

? Communicating with OSC regarding estimation, queries and similar tasks.

? Distribution of the work among the team members

? Coding for the development/enhancement requirements using JCL, PL1, COBOL, VSAM, DB2

? Help team members in their work and initial review

? Unit testing, Integration testing

? Executing test cases in test link and documentation of the rest result

? Rework on the comments sent by OSCs

Software Engineer Nov 2010 ? Mar 2012

? Detailed analysis of the specification documents

? Creating low level design documents

? Coding using PL1, COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM

? Self-review for the code

? Rework for the review comments sent by tem lead

? Perform Unit testing

? Documentation of the test results

PROJECT EXPERIENCE

Project: Agency Compensation, Nov 2012 ?Present

Client: Large Auto Insurance Company, USA

Environment: z/OS Mainframe

Responsibilities:

o Working as an onsite coordinator in corporate consolidation area in team agency compensation

o Gathering information from client for the development requirements

o Creating component specification for the requirements

o Developing code in mainframe using JCL, PL1, COBOL, VSAM, DB2

o Working with Business Analyst to decide the structure of various reports, information to be printed on the reports which will be used for reviews and balancing

o Working with offshore team to explain the requirements and review their work

o Performing Unit Testing, Integration Testing and System Testing

o Documenting the test results and submit to the client

o Get the sign off from client

Project: BIS - Financial Reporting, Nov 2010 ? Oct 2012

Client: Large Auto Insurance Company, USA

Environment: z/OS Mainframe

Responsibilities:

o Worked in External Reporting Unit in BIS - Financial Reporting

o Responsible for development, maintenance and support for over 300 applications that generate statistical data and statistical reports for all statistical agencies and state insurance departments

o Development, maintenance work was done using PL1, JCL, COBOL, DB2, VSAM

o Worked on HP service manager modules such as Incident management, Request Management, Problem management and Change management

o Responsible for owning the production incidents and requests as per ownership defined in ROUTE database, analyzing and resolving the production problem

EDUCATION

Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India, 2006 ? 2010

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering

SOFTWARE SKILLS

? Languages: PL1, COBOL, JCL

? Tools: FILEAID, File manager, Xpeditor, RDZ, DFSORT, RMS, SAS, HPSM, RMS, Test Link, CLIST, REXX

? Database:- DB2, VSAM

? Operating Systems:- z/OS, Windows

OTHER CERTIFICATIONS

? L1 certification in Mainframes (CICS and DB2) in iGATE Corporation, Aug 2010 ? Oct 2010

? L1 certification in Insurance in iGATE Corporation, Nov 2012 ? Dec 2012

ACHIEVEMENTS

? ?Pat On The Back? award for Q1 2012 for Market Conduct Release work in iGATE Corporation

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