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contract senior mainframe consultant

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Chicago, IL
Posted:
May 15, 2023

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HORMOZ CHANGIZI 847-***-****

Email: acqcn0@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY:

Results Driven professional with extensive experience in IT industry. Background includes System

Analysis and Design, Mainframe application Design, Development, QA testing, Implementation, System

integration, mixed platform development, web design and development, SQL and Database development

and Technical- support. Applications include Marketing, Merchandising, Distribution, Insurance, Credit

Card, Finance, Supply-Chain, Accounting and Healthcare-RX, Claims processing Adjudication Systems.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages/Database:

COBOL LE, COBOL II, APS COBOL, CICS, BMS, EDI, CEMT, CECI, CEDA, CEDF, DB2, SQL,

Stored Procedures, IMS DB/DC, AS400 COBOL/RPG, CL/400, PL/1, IDMS, ADS/O, ORACLE,

ETL, UNIX, Micro Focus COBOL WB/Animator.

TRAINING: C#, VB.Net SQL SERVER, MYSQL, JAVA/J2EE, JSP, EJB, JAVASCRIPT, SERVLETS

JAVA BEANS, Python, HTML, XML.

OS and Hardware: IBM Mainframe, Z/OS, MVS/XA/ESA, AS400, OS Windows 7 10, JES2 3.

Development/Software Tools:

TSO/ISPF, DB2I, PLATINUM, QMF, SPUFI, JCL, VSAM, FILEAID, DYL/280, DYL/QUIKJOB,

EASYTRIEVE, FILE Manager, IDCAMS, ENDEVOR, PANVALET, CHANGEMAN, IOF/SDSF,

GENTRAN, RACF, ACF2, WEBSPHERE, MQ Series, SMARTEST, INTERTEST, XPEDITER,

FTP, SFTP, NDM, PVCS, IBM DEBUG, QA, Manual Testing, SHAREPOINT, Test Plan, Test

Results Documentation, SAP/ABAP, ESP, TWS, Control M, Visio, RUP, UML, SCLM, SDLC,

Agile/Scrum, MS WORD, MS EXCEL.

EDUCATION: University of Illinois at Chicago: B.S. Computer sciences.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

TRANSUNION. Jul. 2015 Present.

Senior Technical Analyst Mainframe Contractor, (Mainframe Migration to Open-Systems.)

VISTA Project, CRS- Customer Relations System. (Agile/Scrum), ETL:

Analyze Vista Data Warehouse and CRS Process Flows to document external interfaces,

utilizing AB-Initio graphical interface on UNIX.

Document all file layouts/formats and DB2-Tables for conversion to Oracle on UNIX.

Examine and Document all COBOL-DB2 program functions to be converted to AB-Initio.

Download and send Code/Copybooks to AB-Initio Institute for conversion.

Create functional specification for COBOL and EASYTRIEVE modules to be coded in AB-Initio.

Created JCL/PROC/DOC test members for each application and tested individual job streams,

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Update and run Cobol/DB2 programs Create Test-cases and Test-Results Documents.

Create VSAM Input, Output test files for DEV and QA to be loaded on Open-Systems.

Create Output files and Report samples to support QA-Testing and verification.

Provide Functional Specification for the COBOL/DB2 Modules coded directly in AB-Initio.

Resolved QA and production issues an resolve testing issues in converted COBOL code to

AB-Initio. Validate Data Warehouse process QA testing and test-results.

UNITED STATIONERS (ESSENDANT) (SEP. 2014 FEB. 2015.)

Senior Mainframe Contractor, Supply Chain, ETL Inventory Management systems

Buyer-Code Expansion Project:

Perform Functional Requirement Analysis, Z/OS Application Analysis and Design.

Examine and identify affected DB2 tables, Copybooks, COBOL and CICS program .

Create Change-Document for all affected programs, Message Handling and Storage.

Update JCL/PROC, CICS Screens. Create and Document Unit-Testing procedures.

Developed and tested batch (DB2/COBOL/VSAM) and online (CICS) applications.

Utilizing BMS, create new CICS Screen for Purchase-Order Header.

Design, developed new CICS/DB2 program for Purchase-Order Header Access/Update.

Code and test module, Create QA Test-Plan, Test-Results and Functional Documents

CVS/CAREMARK Corporation: Mar. 2013 Jun. 2014.

Mainframe contractor Analyst/Developer, QL Adjudication:

-QL Client Connect, Maintenance choice (Migration efforts):

Setup Direct Vendor-Client-Plan DB2 Table updates using SPUFI Batch.

Convert QL Clients for RX-Claim platform. Generated Client conversion data files.

Converted DB2 unload data fields to carry proper sign byte utilizing DFSORT.

Utilizing Batch-SPUFI, Run Update/Insert on DB2 tables for migration purposes.

Utilizing DFSORT, redesign DAI-Claims-History (RDT) process to extract and merge

pertinent data segments from various DB2 table unload files to create the file and send

(FTP) to AS400 Data Warehouse server.

Developed new and modified existing Cobol/400 applications on IBM AS/400, based on

functional specifications, utilizing PDM, CL400, test and Debug, support data for migration.

Design procedures to unload history from QL system to send to RXCLAIM for loading.

Developed new and modified existing COBOL/DB2 programs to reformat data for migration.

Conduct QA testing and validation, record test-results.

CVS/CAREMARK Corporation: OCT. 2012 Feb. 2013.

Senior Mainframe contractor Analyst/Developer, QL Adjudication:

-Batch- ECOE. Benefit enhancements. (Lead Technical Analyst, contractor)

Utilizing (ETL, COBOL/DB2/JCL/PROC, HPNS Router, NDM, FTP, redesign "Mock"-

adjudicated claims System on QL, RX-Claim. Allow only QL platform to exchange claim and

response data with I-Benefits system, through HPNS Router and receive Responses.

Enhanced ECOE single-record process to allowing the claims for some clients to be

collected and submitted in Batch mode for savings calculation process.

Established NDM Direct Connect process with Vendors and conducted live testing.

Used MQ-Series Messaging to Retrieve/Send messages from Local Queues Utilizing MQ-

Put and MQ-GET functions for Batch and Online process.

Conduct QA testing and validation, record test-results.

CVS/CAREMARK Corporation: May. 2012 Sep. 2012.

Mainframe contractor Analyst/Developer, QL Adjudication:

-Enterprise Adjustments EAS: HIPAA Project.

Performed Functional Requirement Analysis. Create Architecture Design DOC. (AADD)

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Modify and tested (COBOL/DB2) Z/OS applications.

Add new fields to existing data segments. Add new editing to validate field values, changed,

or removed. Updated and tested COBOL/DB2 Stored Procedure programs.

Apply changes for new HIPAA data returned from platforms to EAS.

Map new reject codes to EAS status values.

Created JCL/PROC/DOC members for each application.

Utilized MQ-Series PUT/GET functions to supply communications between applications.

Conduct QA testing and record test-results and upload to SHAREPOINT.

CVS/CAREMARK Corporation: Jul. 2010 Apr. 2012.

Mainframe contractor Analyst/Developer, QL Adjudication:

- HIPAA Project. Claims Adjudication CICS.

Update and expand COMMAREA. Add New Claim segments, new fields to existing

segments. Add new editing to validate field values, changed, or removed. (D0 standards)

Modify and tested online (CICS/DB2/COBOL) applications. Used IBM-BDEBUG/DTCN to

trap and debug programs. Used P013 stub transaction to utilize different claim types.

Build and return all necessary "Response" segments within COMMAREA.

Add various new fields for pricing sub-project for QL adjudication and Point of Sale.

Utilized MQ-Series PUT/GET functions to supply communications between applications.

Develop new COBOL (Check-digit routine) into QL engine to validate route of Admin-code.

Convert Input EDI Transaction segments to internal file layouts.

Modify CICS/COBOL/DB2 programs to handle new settlement-code setting, Create

Architecture Design Documents. (AADD)

Developed new Stored Procedures utilizing COBL/DB2 as Backend to JAVA Frontend

screens, Modified Linkage to provide Drug-Pricing data for JAVA Screens.

Modified DB2/CICS called modules to pass requested data to the JAVA screens.

Conduct QA testing and validation, record test-results.

CVS/CAREMARK Corporation: Jun. 2009 Jun. 2010.

Mainframe Lead Technical Analyst/Developer contractor, QL Adjudication:

-Rx-Number Expansion Project

Perform Functional Requirement, Application Analysis and Design.

Define Requirements across All Areas batch COBOL and Online CICS.

Identify and document all affected DB2 tables, COBOL/CICS program modules. Create

Architecture Design Documents. (AADD)

Identify change requirements and create Z/OS Architecture Design Documents (AADD).

Created JCL/PROC/DOC members for each application. Updated all Copybooks.

Designed, developed and tested common Functions. Document Unit Testing procedures.

Code and test individual modules, Create Test-Plan Documents. Uploaded all test

documents to SHAREPOINT folders.

Applied Modifications to MQ-Series/COBOL LE/DB2/CICS programs.

Participate in Implementation Phase.

CVS/CAREMARK Corporation: Mar. 2005 Dec. 2008.

Senior Mainframe Contractor, Pharmacy services Eligibility, (ETL, COBOL, CICS, DB2, EDI)

Designed, developed Z/OS mainframe COBOL/DB2 programs and Stored Procedure.

Modified existing COBOL/DB2/CICS programs to accommodate new CMS rules and

regulations for Medicare-D program.

Convert Input EDI, GENTRAN files into internal file layouts utilizing batch EDI JCL.

For Health Advocacy project created several new COBOL-LE/DB2 programs to process

pending requests and send files to processing vendors.

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Designed several new COBOL/DB2/CICS programs for the new partner (CVS/Arizona) to

implement new Medicare-D rules.

Added new fields to CICS screens and updated functionality to support the new fields.

Identified existing duplicate-IDs and created procedures to merge the participants.

Conduct QA testing and validation, record test-Plan and test-results.

BALI Group: June 2004 Dec. 2004.

Senior QA, Developer. (JAVA, DB2, JavaScript, ETL, JDBC, JSP, MS SQL, HTML, XML)

Developed, modified variety of JAVA/DB2 retail, financial and reporting applications.

Provided full functional and system development and code enhancements. Populated

database tables with test data and perform manual QA testing and validation.

Design, develop and executed test case scenario, test scripts, Documented the test results

utilizing customized forms.

Research programming code and best practices for reuse; create JDBC/ODBC database

connections, creating prepared statements and format data utilizing HTML tables; develop

test plans, populate database tables with test data and perform manual QA testing and

validation.



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