Quality Assurance Control
Resume:
SREEDHAR GUNDA
Chantilly, VA - 20152
Phone: 571-***-**** ***************@*****.***
About 20 years of Software professional experience. Areas of expertise include technical skills like Systems Analysis, Design, Development, and Quality Assurance (Quality Control, Formal Walkthroughs & Reviews). System Development Life Cycle Methods and Standards, Change and Source Management, and Time Management have been acquired over several projects.
Professional Experience
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Hardware IBM ES-9000, IBM 3090, IBM PCs and Compatibles
Operating System z/OS, MVS/ESA, VM/CMS, WINDOWS 9x, Windows NT, UNIX
Languages COBOL, JCL, HTML, Python, Java
Databases DB2, IDMS, IMS, VSAM, MySQL, MSSQL
Online TSO, ISPF/PDF, CICS,
Utilities FILE-AID, XPEDITOR, CHANGEMAN, ABENDAID,
SAS, ENDEAVOR, EASYTRIEVE, REXX.
EDUCATION
MS, Andhra University, India.
BS, Nagarjuna University, India.
1.MindTree Consulting Ltd (Bangalore, INDIA) Principal Consultant (Jun 2016 - Nov 2023)
ENVIRONMENT: Mainframes (COBOL, VSAM, DB2, JCL, TSO/ISPF, REXX, SAS, ENDEVOR ).
Volvo NA.- Maintenance and support of Mainframe Applications
Involved in understanding the existing system process and providing a suggestion for redesigning the existing process and finding an opportunity for Performance tuning in jobs.
Involved in Performance Tuning and Enhancement.
Documented test plans, test cases, test scripts, and validations based on design specifications for unit testing, system testing, and functional testing, and prepared test data for testing, error handling, and analysis.
Coordinating with Release Management, Data Management, and Configuration Management.
Responsible for applying retrofit to every platform that is currently under release and migrating all new changes through the pipeline.
Region preparation before each testing phase.
Migration of components/schedule changes to production
Continuous enhancement and optimization of the batch execution
Finding the root cause for every failure and fixing the job.
2.Wipro Technologies (Bangalore, INDIA) Technical Lead (Sep 2012 – May 2016)
ENVIRONMENT: COBOL-II, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, CA7, FILE-AID, ABEND-AID.
Albertsons Inc.- Maintenance and support of Mainframe Applications
Involved in Analyzing the existing mainframe programs and creating the Requirement documents.
Performed Mainframe coding using COBOL/DB2, JCL
Used CA7 Scheduler to schedule and execute the jobs based on the calendar schedule.
Used SDSF/SAR to run and monitor the status of the jobs.
Responsible for reviewing functional specifications and preparing technical design framework for ETL. Interacted extensively with client/onsite team to resolve technical and infrastructural issues.
Review LLD & HLD documents as per the requirements specification documents.
Interacted with Business Partners to understand the business requirements, Analyze and design the integration Approach.
Coordinating with Release Management, Data Management and Configuration Management.
Conduct the Weekly Status meetings with onshore and offshore Teams.
Participate in the Disaster recovery process.
3.First Health Services Corp (Richmond, VA) Technical Consultant (Jan 2011 - May 2012)
ENVIRONMENT: COBOL-II, JCL, DB2, VSAM, FILE-AID, EASYTRIEVE
Involved in analysis, Design, and Enhancement of existing applications that are taking more CPU time in run time and provided the solution to minimize the CPU time.
Estimated resource requirements and provided support for project planning/scheduling and team lead activities.
Participating in the analysis of user requirements for purposes of completing functional specifications
Preparing the Gap analysis and crosswalk of changes needed.
Developing and documenting test cases and determining application test scenarios.
Performing design/code walk-throughs and obtaining appropriate signoffs
Providing Support for Version control and Production Migration.
4. Affiliated Computer Services (Cheyenne, WY) Technical Consultant (Feb 2010 –Dec 2010)
ENVIRONMENT: COBOL-II, JCL, CICS, VSAM, EXPEDITOR and FILE-AID
Responsible for providing technical guidance to the team members.
Involved in the Design, Development, and Implementation of the Buy-in subsystem.
Actively involved in gap analysis of Preprocessor, Recipient, and Provider Subsystems.
Involved in Enhancement and modifications to Recipient, Provider, and QC Focus Review Online and Batch Programs followed by Unit testing of functional and Business requirements.
Also involved in the enhancement of Claims Adjudication Processing.
Greatly involved in understanding the new design requirements related to the Claims subsystem and implementing them for the Claims Adjudication Batch cycle.
5.Prudential Retirement Services (Scranton, PA) Programmer Analyst (Jun 2006 – Dec 2009)
ENVIRONMENT: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2, CHANGEMAN, EXPEDITOR.
401K record-keeping System.
Involved in analyzing the existing mainframe programs and creating the Requirement documents.
Involved in Analysis, Design, Development, and implementation of Programs based on Business requirements.
Responsible for providing technical guidance to the team members.
Working with the Business area to get the Requirements. Consulting the System Analysts to gather technical information.
Coordinated between team members. Involved in the Development of an Online Subsystem.
Also involved in the enhancement of several other programs.
6.SYNTEL (MUMBAI, INDIA) Sr. System Engineer (Jan 2004 - Apr 2006)
ENVIRONMENT: CICS, DB2, COBOL-II, MF COBOL, JCL, VSAM, ENDEAVOR
CLIENTS: American International Group, USA & Northwest Airlines, Inc. USA
Maintenance & Support:
Studied and analyzed the client’s requirements and specifications.
Developed batch programs to suit the client's requirements for easy maintenance and usage.
Conducted unit tests and integration tests using test data and documented the results ably supported by reports.
Monitored production of weekly and monthly jobs, and documentation was carried out in a phased manner.
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