BHANU PRATAP

l Minneapolis, Minnesota l M: +1-952-***-**** l acqnla@r.postjobfree.com

Mainframes, Development and Analysis, LEGACY SYSTEM MODERNAIZATION

Results- driven professional with over 8 years of experience

Career Profile

Technically astute and solution-oriented IT professional with overall 8+ years’ experience including 4 years in Vendor Package Implementations including Legacy Applications Remediation and Integration activities. Expertise in analysis, design, development, installation, maintenance and administration of package based application system. Demonstrated capability in impact analysis and regression test planning, support and performance tuning, troubleshooting, data migration, cutover planning & production implementation.

Proven ability to design solutions, implement new processes and program, and manage information operations on a large scale. Solutions oriented professional with excellent skills of collaborating with multi-location project teams, interfacing with clients, and deploying technology to build successful solutions for clients. Possess comprehensive experience in IT technologies, such as analysing information system needs, evaluating end-user requirements, custom designing solutions, troubleshooting for the applications and presentations. An effective team leader with exceptional planning and execution skills coupled with a systematic approach and quick adaptability.

Core areas of expertise

Mainframes Development

SPUFI, QMF, NED, FILEAID

Process Oriented

Cobol, JCL, DB2, Easytrieve

Blueprinting, analysis & design

Leadership Acumen

Job scheduling – Control-M, CA7

Data migration

RFP related activities

Lawson - Accounts Payable

Code/SQL Performance Tuning

Installations and Troubleshooting

24x7 support

Work Collaborative

Liaison/Coordination

Cloning/ Patching

Regression Testing

Resource planning

Program & Project Management

Cutover planning with business,

package, technology and support

Selected value offered

Currently working on integrating a vendor package TAP (Accounts Payable) with existing Corp Finance applications and replace existing Lawson AP Match functionality.

Successfully implemented Pharmacy package PDX EPS in 1600+ stores in a short span of 12 months exceeding client/ project expectation.

Successfully remediated and integrated the existing Corp Finance Legacy applications spanning across different platforms and technologies with SAP GL, AP, AR, P2P, S2C, PS & FA modules.

Building reusable solution for organization to simplify Legacy systems analysis approach and new package implementation projects to reduce analysis and development effort.

Save dollars to client/Business by offering crispy solutions

Recognized by the client and senior leadership for analysing existing critical Mainframe batch processes and tuning resulting in 50-60% decrease in execution time.

Active and key contributor to Mainframe Development and Testing CoE of knowledge within organization.

Coordinated teamwork of 15 resources located across globe in multiple areas of expertise.

Achieved several appreciation tokens from clients’ Technology and Business team.

Working collaborates with all different stakeholders of the project.

Provided training and knowledge to offshore & nearshore teams.

Technical Skills

Operating Systems:

MVS OS 390, UNIX, Linux, Windows

Programming:

Cobol, JCL, Easytrieve, UNIX Shell Script, Windows batch script

Database:

DB2, Oracle, Store PROC

Tools/ Utilities:

FileAid, Expeditor, SPUFI, SOFTEC, Platinum, SQL Developer, ECC

Ticketing System:

HPSD, Service Now, CRM

Defect Tracking:

QC

Version Control:

Endevour, TFS

Monitoring Tool:

DynaTrace, SPLUNK

Methodology:

Waterfall, Agile (Scrum)

Professional Experience

TCS, Minneapolis SINCE FEB 2011

Developer and Technical Lead

RFP preparation for Accounts Payable Match

Forecast package implementation practice in the organization

Support delivery model activities

Leading a team of 12 resources and responsible for implementing Pharmacy PDX EPS package in 1600+

stores and providing L3 support post implementation

Managing application lifecycle applications rollout with activities including planning, budgeting, resources deployment and utilization and risk identification and mitigation

Engaging with customers/End users to determine their business requirements and liaising with senior management or client project team level, as required

Providing consulting expertise and identifying cost-effective solutions that best meet the customer need including the identification and documentation of fit for purpose solution options, delivery approaches and estimates

Planning and delivering complex implementations including inbound & outbound application integrations, application remediation, and applications decommission strategy, data migration, performance analysis and tuning, system health check etc.

Preparing technical presentations for Engineering and Detailed Design Review Board meetings

Acting as a subject matter expert for Corp Finance technical solution development team and judiciously managing client communications, business and technical interactions

Coordinating batch monitoring, DBAs, data transforming and systems support personnel in elevating and automating successful code to production along with off hours production support.

Designing/testing new extensions, data build utilities, data loading processes and gearing the activities for establishment and enforcement of coding standards/ practices

Designing and blue print procedures, tables, views, configuration files and functions; implementing best practices to maintain optimal performance.

TCS, CHENNAI Nov 2006 – JAN 2011

Offshore Developer and Technical Lead

Preparing business requirement document and high level design documents

Analysis of existing applications for the changes required, impact analysis of interfacing applications, downstream flow analysis.

Low level design document preparation, job/data flow diagram creation, job component list and traceability matrix creation and maintenance

Unit testing and UTR preparation, system integration testing, regression testing and end to end testing of the application, UAT support

Cutover planning and implementation, back out strategy planning and backup/recovery strategies

Warranty support and application performance monitoring, performance tuning of long running jobs.

Troubleshoot the application issues faced by clients/ developers and prepared and sent health check and performance reports to clients.

Prominent Projects

Project: Target – AP Match; Client: Target; Role: Tech Architect; Location: Minneapolis, MN; Duration: Since Nov 2014; Environment & Technology: Package Implementation, Lawson AP, SAP AP, Legacy interfacing applications, Linux, MVS OS 390, Mainframe, SQL Developer, Oracle 11i, DB2, Store PROC, Unix Shell scripts, Java, Control-M, CA7, ReportView, Splunk

Project: Target – PDX EPS; Client: Target; Role: L3 Support & Onsite Coordinator; Location: Minneapolis, MN; Duration: Sep 2013 – Oct 2014; Environment & Technology: Package Implementation, PDX EPS, PDX Classic, ECC, Legacy interfacing applications, Linux, MVS OS 390, Mainframe, SQL Developer, Oracle 11i, DB2, Unix Shell scripts, Splunk, Service Now

Project: Target – Tririga TCPM; Client: Target; Role: Tech Lead & Implementation Lead; Location: Minneapolis, MN; Duration: Jun 2014 – Aug 2014; Environment & Technology: Package Implementation, IBM Tririga, Legacy interfacing applications, Unix, SQL Developer, Oracle 11i, Unix Shell scripts, Control-M, Service Now

oSuccessfully completed the cutover planning & implementation in 3 weeks against planned time of 2 months

Project: Target - SAP Domestic ISPA; Client: Target; Role: Tech Lead & Implementation Lead; Location: Minneapolis, MN; Duration: Sep 2011 – May 2013; Environment & Technology: Package Implementation, SAP S2C, SAP P2P, SAP PS, SAP FA, Legacy application remediation & integrations, Unix, MVS OS 390, Mainframe, SQL Developer, Oracle 11i, DB2, Unix Shell scripts, Datastage, Control-M, CA7

Project: Target - TGT$100; Client: Target; Role: Tech Lead; Location: Minneapolis, MN; Duration: Feb 2010 – Aug 2011; Environment & Technology: Package Implementation, Lawson, SAP GL, AP, SAP AR, Legacy application remediation & integrations, Unix, MVS OS 390, Mainframe, SQL Developer, Oracle 11i, DB2, Store PROC, Unix Shell scripts, Datastage, Control-M, CA7

Project: Target – Corp Finance Development; Client: Target; Role: Developer & Tech Lead; Location: Chennai, India; Duration: Nov 2006 – Jan 2010; Environment & Technology: Mainframes, Cobol, JCL, Easytrieve, DB2, Unix, SQL Developer, Oracle 11i, Unix Shell scripts, Windows Batch scripts, Control-M, CA7

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication,

Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, 2006

Certifications

SCRUM Master Accredited Certification (International Scrum Institute)

ISTQB (International Software Testing Qualification Board) Certification

IBM Certified Database Associate - DB2 Universal Database V8.1 Family – Test 700

IBM Certified Application Developer - DB2 Universal Database V8.1 Family – Test 703

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