Mainframe Developer Software Development

GANESH BALAJI

Mainframe Developer

************.**@*****.*** +1-469-***-**** Texas, USA

Over 13+ Years of Industry experience as a Mainframe Developer in Development, performance enhancements, Maintenance and support of legacy applications in Mainframe Technology

Experience in all phases of software development life cycle using Agile and Waterfall Methodologies, Business Analysis, Application design and development.

Strong analytical skills with ability to quickly understand business needs. Research-oriented, motivated, proactive, self-starter with strong technical, analytical and problem-solving skills.

Experience of working with customers, business managers and technical teams for securing

and executing concurrent projects.

Possess strong communication, analytical and management skills.

Mainframe - TSO, ISPF, COBOL, JCL, CICS,VSAM, DB2, CA7,Easytrieve, File-Aid, Endevor, Expeditor, IBM Debugger, File-Manager, RDz tool, Abend-aid, ISPW

Incident and CR management tools - JIRA, Remedy, Service now

Domain experience- Insurance, Mutual Funds &Investments

Mainframe Application Lead

State Auto Insurance:V6 Nov '14 – Jun 24

Developed and customized the PMS (Policy Management System CSC Series II) product based on the client’s need.

State Auto involves Rate and Regulatory changes which move to production on monthly basis that includes CCD, problem tickets, list requests

Took complete ownership of V6 application such as Task assignment, Project estimation, Impact analysis, JIIRA tracking, Incident management and tracking, Problem tickets, automation, peer review and Production deployments

Optimized Nightly batch cycle by decommissioning and merging jobs which helped to improve CPU utilization and reduced batch cycle run time by 8 hours

Analysed and fixed issues in premium processing business modules which helped in preventing loss of $278,000 annually

Automated the testing process using UI Path RPA which helped various test scenarios to be performed without any manual intervention on day to day work

Defect fix during various testing phases, Batch, On-Call support and abend resolution.

Work with stakeholders to identify and implement improvements to ways of working and engagement models

Environment:

IBM Mainframes, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, File-aid, Expeditor, abend-aid, ISPW

Mainframe Developer

UNUM Insurance: ADSO-IDMS to Cobol-DB2 conversion project Aug '14 - Nov '14

Conversion of legacy ADSO IDMS program to COBOL-DB2 programs.

Compiled and integrated them to its calling programs.

Performed unit testing to check their functionality.

Environment:

IBM mainframes, TSO/ISPF, ADSO, IDMS, COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, Expeditor, File-Aid, File Manager

Mainframe Developer

USAA : P&C Aug '12 - Jul '14

Enhancement for the existing system based on the New Business requests.

Responsible for analyzing the project requirements and understand requirement specifications.

For preparation of the highlevel and detailed design documents, implemented various technical standards and guidelines.

Performed unit, integration tests and support system testing of the application.

Provided support to the testing team for resolving various issues that are raised during the course of system testing phase.

Environment:

IBM Mainframes, PL/I, IMS, JCL, COBOL, CICS and DB2

Mainframe Developer

Oppenheimer Funds Inc Jul'10 -Aug '12

Analysis of the requirements for the maintenance request and new functionality request.

Preparation of the Low level and High-level design document for the tasks assigned.

Online & batch program execution, perform Unit Testing & defect fixing

Defect recording and tracking

Providing support for applications and fixing the production issues/defects.

Environment:

IBM mainframes, Coding in COBOL involving VSAM, CICS, File-Manager, Endevor, Expeditor

Bachelor of Technology in Information Technology, Anna University, Chennai in 2009.

Higher Secondary Course from Jaya Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Thirunindravur

in 2005 with 82%

Secondary School Leaving Certificate from SMRV Higher Secondary School, Nagercoil in 2002 with 87%

Certified Professional in Mainframe - CDAC, Trivandrum

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