Project Management Information Technology

MAULTON POWERS JR.

******@*********.***

Oak Ridge, NJ 07438 973-***-****

SUMMARY

IT Mainframe Development Professional with expertise in Project Leadership, Program Analysis, Design, and Implementation. Experience in multiple industries, including Financial, Brokerage, and Shipping and Logistics. Excellent experience in COBOL, DB2/SQL, DB2 Stored Procedures/CICS, MQ Series, and IBM Mainframe systems. Proficient in requirements analysis, software design, implementation and testing, deployment, support, documentation, and maintenance. Outstanding technical and analytical skills, with extensive knowledge of COBOL/VSAM/CICS etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: COBOLII, DB2/SQL, CICS, DB2 Stored Procedures, VSAM, MVS/JCL, IBM MQ Series, HTML5, CSS3, Java, JavaScript and jQuery.

Platforms: Mainframe, Web, Windows Server, Frontend/Backend Servers.

Databases: DB2, SQL Server, Oracle.

Tools: ICETOOLS, Cisco Jabber, Microsoft Lync/Skype, Microsoft Office Suite, IBM/TSO Utilities, QMF, SPUFI, TraceMaster, Xpeditor, DB2 Tools, DB2 Interactive, Eclipse JDK, Macro4/INSYNC, IDCAMS, Endevor, Changeman, TWS (Tivoli Workload Scheduler), OPC, Jobtrac, ESP, Service Now

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Communications Arts/Technology from Ramapo College - Mahwah, NJ

CERTIFICATIONS

Masters Certificate Program in Project Management from Stevens Institute of Technology - Hoboken, NJ.

Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification - ID# 1700304 from Project Management Institute (PMI).

Web Development Certificate from Morris County Community College – Randolph, NJ.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

UPS Information Technology – Parsippany, NJ June 2020 – February 2024

Software Development Engineer II (Sr.)

Intermediate Application Developer

Serve as subject matter expert for Accounts Receivables (AR) and Accounts Receivable and Collections (ARCS) invoice and payment transactions within the Billing applications.

Experience with requirements gathering, design, sizing and estimating RFPs, coding, testing, and implementation of components within the Billing functional areas.

Technical environment included TSO, COBOL, DB2, DB2 Stored Procedures, CICS, MQ Series, JCL, VSAM, File-Aid, IBM Utilities, Xpediter, Changeman, Savers, ESP job scheduling, etc.

Analyzes, designs, codes, tests, and documents moderate to highly complex application programs to ensure optimal performance and compliance.

Creates technical documentation to communicate and update project teams and stakeholders.

Performs applications maintenance and support functions to assist with problem resolution.

General Dynamics Information Technology – Oak Ridge, NJ June 2018 – March 2020

Senior Programmer Analyst

Consultant/Sr. Programmer Analyst

Designed, developed, and supported the CMS’s Healthcare Integrated General Ledger Accounting System (HIGLAS).

Technical environment included Mainframe COBOL, JCL tools, DB2, CICS online and batch programs, TSO/ISPF, VSAM, File-Aid, IBM Utilities, Endevor, Xpeditor, etc.

Responsible for full Application Development life cycle activities (analysis, technical requirements development, design, coding, testing, implementation and support of applications software, etc.)

Independently tests and verifies the results from simple to complex functions and develops ways to independently verify the test results.

Verifies that changes meet the functional and technical specifications and proves that they do not adversely affect downstream systems.

United Parcel Service I.T - Mahwah, NJ October 2017 – March 2018

Consultant/Senior Application Developer, CDS Enterprise Business Intelligence Division

Designed, developed, and supported the Master Reconciler (MRC) application. This application captures all UPS scanned packages from drop off until delivery.

Technical environment included TSO, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, File-Aid, IBM Utilities, Changeman, DB2, Savers, and ESP job scheduling.

Responsible for full Application Development life cycle activities (analysis, technical requirements development, design, coding, testing, implementation and support of applications software, etc.)

Participates in component and data architecture design, technology planning, and test planning / execution in support of Applications Development (AD) initiatives to meet business requirements

Responsible for reading business requirements, developing code and working with the production support team to work through any issues and tickets, with a large offshore presence.

UnitedHealth Group/OPTUM Technology - Basking Ridge, NJ December 2016 – June 2017

Application Development Consultant

Designed, developed, and supported the UnitedHealth Group’s Claims Adjudication healthcare application. This application streamlines the claims processing function through automation.

Technical environment included COBOL, DB2, CICS, MQ Series, VSAM, JCL, SAS, Service Now, and OPC job scheduling, with a large offshore presence.

Responsible for the Support and development for a Customer Data Delivery project dealing with a large reporting application. This application is reporting all of the data from a large member portal so the other groups are able to access and work with the data. Extracted files are send to clients via FTP or email for billing purposes.

Automatic Data Processing (ADP) - Florham Park, NJ August 2007 – August 2016

Lead Application Developer/ Scrum Master - Retirement Services Division

Senior COBOL Developer - Retirement Services Division

ADP completely embraced Agile/Scrum methodology implementation for all future development effort beginning July 2014.

Used mainframe Jobtrac job Scheduling.

Development and support with strong COBOLII/, DB2, CICS, DB2 Stored procedures, JCL, etc.

Participated in and led teams of developers, quality assurance testers, and business analysts as Scrum Master. Facilitated all Agile/Scrum ceremonies for 2 agile teams collaborating with Product Owner.

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