Mainframes Solutions Architect/Manager

PADMANABAN GOVINDARAJ

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Mainframes Solutions Architect/Manager

Good 18.5 years experience in Informational Technologies having worked in capacity of developer through Solutions Architect for esteemed organizations.

Demonstrated Strong Technical Expertise in IBM Mainframes Technology having worked as Developer, Systems Analyst, Tech Lead through Technical Architect/Manager.

Demonstrated Strong Functional domain Expertise in Banking(Credit Cards-Acquiring & Issuing, VISA Fraud Detection System), Financial Services(Order-to-Cash/Order-to- Remittance(AP/AR/GL) Life cycle), Insurance(Membership Account Billing & Auto/Homeowners Policy Account Billing Life Cycle), Retail (Sub-Function: Merchandising & Logistics), HealthCare(Diagnostic Imaging Equipments(i.e, MRI, CT SCAN, X-RAY) Services Billing Life Cycle), Manufacturing, Public Services(FMS Claims Reimbursement System for New York City Agencies).

Demonstrated IT Architecture & Design Solution Consulting expertise in Application Development, Transformation (Legacy Migration & Modernization) & Managed Services areas on Multi-Domain(BFSI, Retail, HealthCare, Manufacturing, Public Services etc.)/Multi-Technology(Mainframes, SAS) platforms using Industry Standard Frameworks/Methodologies/Tools.

EUCATIONAL PROFILE

Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Science and Engineering), Bharathiyar University, India

(1986-1990)

Solutions Delivery Expertise

Solution Consulting Architectural design

Scope/requirements definition Application Transition

Analysis of business problems/needs Full lifecycle development

Client Engagement Conducted Technical Training

Negotiation, persuasion and Communication Decision making

Cross-functional teambuilding Leadership Coaching/Mentoring Technical Expertise

S/W SPECIALISATION : Data Architecture, Data Processing and Integration Design, Information Modeling, Data Modeling using Erwin, Business Intelligence

(BI) Analytics & Reporting using SAS v9.2(SAS/Base, SAS/SQL, SAS/ODS SAS/Access and SAS/Macro)

Architectural Solution Consulting using SOA/Web Services

(WSDL-SOAP)/BPM, AWS Cloud, AWS Cloud API Gateway, Microservices Architecture/DevOps/CI/CD pipeline, ESB, EAI, Oracle 8i/9i, Oracle SOA/OSB/BPM, Oracle 11g. Oracle E-Business Suite

(EBS) R12, Oracle Fusion Applications, Open Source-LAMP, IBM WebSph Micro Focus Migration/Modernization Tools (SEEC, Relativity, Revolve), Micro Focus Rehosting Tools – Micro Focus Enterprise Server, Enterprise Developer, Enterprise Analyser, Agile(Scrum, XP), UML/RUP. Mainframes - COBOLl370, VS COBOL II, OS-VS COBOL, PL/I Pascal/C/C++, Oracle 8i/9i, Java/J2EE

O/S : OS/390, MVS, DOS, UNIX, NOVELL NETWARE, WINDOWS H/W : MAINFRAMES - IBM 3090, ES 9000, 3270,

9672 R-35, 9672 R-44, PC XT & AT

OTHER S/W AND LANGUAGES KNOWN: DB2, CICS, JCL, SCL, EASYTRIEVE, TELON, VSAM, NATURAL, ADABAS, IMS DB/DC, TSO/FILE-AID/ISPF, ISPF Panels & Messages CHANGEMAN, ENDEAVOR, MQ Series, RESTful API, FILE

TRANSFER (NETEX, NDM), PLATINUM DB2 Tool, PANVALET Utilities, FILE-AID for IMS/DB2, INFOMAN, PANAPT, UCC7/CA-7, Princeton Softech Tool, XPEDITOR, SAR Outputs. COBOL, FORTRAN Organizations worked

Accenture Technology Centre – Third Party Payroll from Collabera Technologies Pvt. Ltd. – (Jan 2024 – May 2024)

Tech Mahindra Limited – Third Party Payroll from Buzzworks Business Services Pvt Limited - (July 2021 – March 2023)

Freelancer – (Apr 2010 – June 2021)

Mahindra Satyam Limited – (Nov 2008 –Mar 2010)

Global IT Center, GE Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd – (Apr 2005 – Sep 2008)

Electronic Data Systems (EDS) India Ltd. – (Sep 2000 – Mar-2005)

Covansys India Ltd (CSC Company). – (Jun 1999 – Aug 2000)

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – (Nov 1994 – Mar 1999) Professional Experience

Accenture Technology Centre – (Jan 2024 – May 2024) JOB POSITION Sr. Mainframe Architect

USS Tubular Legacy Systems Maintenance Project

CLIENT UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, Pittsburg, PA, USA ROLE Senior Mainframe Tech Lead

PERIOD January 2024 to 10th May 2024

TECHNOLOGY VMS, NATURAL, COBOL, DB2, IMS-DB, JCL, CHORE, IBM Host On Demand(HOD) Emulator, QMF, TSO, FILE-AID, HPSM, Consist ADS, PPM, RMS, Change Control Form Generator

RESPONSIBILITIES

Getting the Application Systems Knowledge Transition from Client SME as part of the Foundation & Learning(FL) Phase

Preparation of System Understanding Document(SuD) from the KT Recordings

Co-ordination with the Client SME on getting the Sign-off on SuD

Executing the Playback, Discovery & Simulation(D&S) & Demonstration(DEM) Sessions with Client SME as part of the Transition Phase.

Worked on the SRT(Service Readiness Tasks) assigned by the Client SME’s to arrive-out the Solution on the Problem Scenario of the Tubular Legacy Applications.

Successfully executed the Incident & Problem tickets assigned to Plant Systems – Tubular Legacy Assignment Group using the HP Service Manager Tool. DESCRIPTION

The UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION started its operation in 1901 headquartered in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. The USS Steel Business Segment Operations consists of the following entities:

1) Fairfield Tubular Operations, (Fairfield, Alabama) 2) Lorain Tubular Operations, (Lorain, Ohio)

3) Lone Star Tubular, (Lone Star, Texas)

4) Wheeling Machine Products, (Pine Bluff, Arkansas and Hughes Springs, Texas) 5) Offshore Operations, (Houston, Texas)

6) Tubular Processing, (Houston, Texas)

The Tubular Legacy Mainframe Applications are FTO Receiving, FTO Scheduling, PIPE Orders-DROID, FTO Production, FTO Shipping, PIPE Factory Planner Loads, PIPE FTO PI, PIPE LTO PI, PIPE QA MTR, PIPE QA Test Tracking. The Project deals with the Service Management (Incident, Problem & Change Control) of the above Applications adhering to the response & resolution SLA timelines. Tech Mahindra Limited – (July 2021- March 2023)

JOB POSITION Solutions Architect

FORD MPIM-CMMS Enhancements Project

CLIENT FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Detroit, MI, USA

ROLE Senior Mainframe Developer

PERIOD March 2022 to March 2023

TECHNOLOGY Z/OS, COBOL, DB2, IMS-DB/DC, JCL, CA-7, MQ Series, RESTful API, Data Studio 4.1.3 Client, IBM Host On Demand(HOD) Emulator RESPONSIBILITIES

System Requirements Study using Functional Spec Document Supplied by Client

Co-ordination with the Client SME on Functional Clarifications

Development of Changes to IMS Screen & Batch Reporting Modules of CMMS Application System

Analysis, Design & Development of MFS & Transaction Program of CMMS Screens DESCRIPTION

The CMMS (Common Material Management System) Application is one of the oldest Manufacturing IT System developed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY during 1980s having sub- systems MSR, HMRS, MVP, INV, RCV, eDDL etc.

This Project “FVA Changes for Plan Material PDO Changes” deals with the Enhancement to the sub-systems in terms of Display of the Ford Part Number along with the Partner Part Number in the IMS Green Screens/Reports/eDDL Screens to support FMC/VW Parts flow and validation. NCI CSA Improvements for CARM CBSA Changes Project CLIENT NISSAN CANADA INC, Toronto, ON, CA

ROLE Mainframe Technical Lead

PERIOD Nov. 2021 to Feb. 2022

TECHNOLOGY Z/OS, NATURAL v3.14, ADABAS v7.4.3, JCL, CA-7, NATURAL ONE ECLIPSE, RESTful API, Agile/SCRUM Tools - JIRA/Confluence RESPONSIBILITIES

System Requirements Study using Functional Spec Document Supplied by Client

Database Design

Development of Changes to existing CSA Application System

Development of RSF feed to Livingston

System Integration Testing – End to End

USER ACCEPTANCE TESTING

Production Implementation

DESCRIPTION

The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) Assessment and Revenue Management (CARM) Project is a multi-year initiative that will transform the collection of duties and taxes for goods imported into Canada. Through CARM, the CBSA will modernize and streamline the process of importing commercial goods. This Project deals with the performing NCI Customs Self Assessment (CSA) system changes for declaring duties and taxes for goods imported into Canada to CBSA using new platform CARM. This includes the interface changes to Livingston (Customs Broker) which is currently routing all the transactions from NCI CSA system to CBSA.

BNSF – SSI Decomp Engagement Project

CLIENT BNSF Railway, Houston, TX, USA.

ROLE Mainframe SME

PERIOD July 2021 to Oct.2021

TECHNOLOGY NATURAL, COBOL, DB2, JCL/PROCLIB, PRF, MICROSOFT EXCEL RESPONSIBILITIES

Finalizing the Inventory of Source Components

Downloading the Source Components from BNSF Mainframe

Elimination of Duplicate Components

Co-ordination with LCaaS Tools Group for BRE Reports/Missing Components Report/Call Chain Report

Decomposition(Reverse Engineering of Source Code into Pseudo/English Language Documentation) from BRE Reports

DESCRIPTION

This Project deals with the Modernization of the Standing Spotting Instructions(SSI) Application by Decomposing the Components (NATURAL Programs & Maps, COBOL Programs, JCL, PROCLIB, CTLPROC, PRF) into Pseudo Code Language(Functional Spec Document in English Narrative in MS Excel) using the Component-wise BRE Reports generated by the LCaaS Reverse Engineering Tool. The Decomp Document will be analyzed by the BNSF Business Analysts to derive-out the User Story/Used Case Documents which will be used as input to the Forward Engineering Team to develop the Application in Java Platform. The Scope of the Decomposition of SSI Application consists of 254 Components having 100 K Lines of Code (LOC) and the Project Effort is 20 Man months.

Freelancer – (Apr 2010 – June 2021)

ROLE

Solutions Architect – Freelancer

Responsibilities:

Solutioning, Architectural Design, Sizing/Estimation, Costing, Project Delivery Accomplishments

Successfully Trained on the Fusion Procurement Module in Supply Chain Management(SCM) of Oracle ERP Applications at Valforma Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Chennai.

Involved in the Solution Consulting & Delivery of IT Infrastructure Services using Virtualization(VMware) & Cloud Computing Technologies.

Involved in the Solution Consulting & Delivery of Enterprise Business Intelligence(BI) Projects with focus on Business Data Analytics & Reporting(using SAS 9.2).

Involved in the Solution Consulting & Delivery of Application Transformation Services

(i.e. Legacy Migration/Modernization into AWS Cloud using Microservices Architecture/DevOps/CI/CD pipeline) /Application Rehosting Services(using Micro Focus Rehosting Toolset)/Application Reengineering Services using IBM/Open Source Stack.

Mahindra Satyam Limited – (Nov 2008 –Mar 2010)

ROLE

Technical Solutions Consultant/Architect

RESPONSIBILITIES

Consulting in the field of Application Development, Migration, Modernization Solutions on Mainframes Technology platform

Preparation, Presentation and Demonstration of Technical Solutions for the Customer Requirements

Provide technical leadership within team (for PoC, Pilot project etc.) in support of new opportunities/projects

Technical Evaluation of Researched Solutions

Solution Documentation covering Functional Scope, Non-Functional Scope, Activities(Technical) in scope, Architectural Design, Sizing/Estimation, Costing, Deliverables and Out of Scope. Accomplishments

Successfully managed Technical Solution Delivery (utilizing SOA/Web Services(WSDL, SOAP), BPM, ESB, Open Source frameworks, RUP, Agile Development Methodologies) in the area of Application Migration/Modernization, for Insurance & Public Services Industry.

As a Solution Lead part of the Large Deals team, worked on deals with varied complexity and size

(100-800 + FTE) in the area of Business transformation, ADM and total outsourcing. Global IT Center, GE Healthcare India Pvt. Ltd – (Apr 2005 – Sep 2008) MSA

Client: GE Healthcare, USA

ROLE IT Project Manager

Technology VS COBOL II, JCL, VSAM, IMS-DB, DB2, TSO/ISPF, PANVALET, FILE-AID for IMS/DB2, CA-Intertest for Online & Batch, Unicenter CA-7 Job Management, IBM Z Series, Windows 2000 and z/OS 1.4

RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical Delivery Management

Architectural design solutions for Services Legacy Applications

Vendor Management

Project Transition, Estimation, Capacity Planning and Budget Planning

Approve Design Specs and Code Reviews

Endure Schedule adherence, Project Plan Tracking and reporting

Drive Integration testing, Client consultation and UAT

Services Legacy Offshore Contact for NAVY Mainframe Environment Upgrades

Remediate Application for SOX and FDA Audit

Conducted Technical Training on Mainframe Technology areas to Team. DESCRIPTION

As IT Project Manager, managed the Transition & Global Application Support on Services Application MSA along with the Architectural design responsibilities on Services Legacy Applications at GE Healthcare. The Global helpdesk system is used to track issues in different applications at Healthcare. We have shown a constant improvement and 24 x 7 support in production environment. Lots of business related enhancement work was carried out on this system under my leadership. Maintenance Service Agreement (MSA) provides current information on service contract agreements in the field and gives marketing a tool for measuring pricing from the room level. MSA is an effective management tool used by several people at headquarters and the field. Electronic Data Systems (EDS) India Ltd. – (Sep 2000 – Mar-2005) 1. XEROX - Revenue Systems Maintenance Project

CLIENT XEROX Corporation, Rochester, NY, USA.

ROLE Project Manager

PERIOD Mar.2003 to Mar.2005

RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Transition, Project Planning and Monitoring, Project Estimation and scheduling, Technical Delivery of the EBS System for iGEN3 Multiple Meters Billing Project, Technical Training to Team, Conducting Quality Reviews for all Revenue Systems Deliverables, Production Support activities for Revenue Systems, Periodic status reporting to Onsite, Monthly Metrics collection, Issues Tracking and Closure. 2.CSAA - Enterprise Systems Maintenance Project

CLIENT California State Auto Association (CSAA), San Francisco, CA, USA. ROLE Project Manager

PERIOD Jan.200l to Feb.2003

RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Transition, Project Planning and Monitoring, Project Estimation and scheduling, Technical Delivery of the Enterprises System adhering to Quality Procedures & Standards, Functional Support on UBS (Universal Billing System) & POES (Premium Open Ended System) Applications as SME, Managed/Performed production support on Enterprises System, Periodic Onsite Communication, Issues tracking & closure, Conducted Technical Training to Team.

3. GM SPO - LE Conversion Project

CLIENT GM SPO (Service Parts Operations), Flint, MI, USA. ROLE Project Manager

PERIOD Oct.2000 to Jan.2001

RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Planning and Monitoring, Assigning conversion tasks to team members, Project Estimation And scheduling, Adherence to EDS GSMS(QMS) standards, Periodic Onsite Communication, Managing Delivery of Converted JCLs to Onsite for Order-l thru Order-9, Problem logging & tracking for closure. Covansys India Ltd (CSC Company). – (Jun 1999 – Aug 2000) S.No Project Name Period Client Responsibilities

1 CITIBANK – FEWS 2000

ENHANCEMENTS PROJECT

Jun.2000 to

Aug. 2000

Citi Bank Role : Module Lead

Study Functional & design

specifications for FEWS-2000

system, study Existing batch

programs for transaction processing,

Prepare of High-level & Technical

Specifications monitoring the tasks,

Development of Critical transaction

processing programs in batch,

Preparation of Unit test plan.

2 VISA – VIS

ENHANCEMENTS

PROJECT

Mar.2000 to

May.2000

VISA International Inc.,

San Francisco, CA, USA.

Role : Team Member

Perform System analysis and Design

Designing Functional and Technical

Specifications as per Business

requirements, Ascertaining Quality

standards for the application

enhancements, Development of

Online Panels, Performing the Unit

and String tests, Technical review.

3 W.W. GRAINGER -

DISASTER RECOVERY

PROJECT

Jul'99 to

Feb2000

W.W. Grainger Inc.,

Chicago, IL, USA.

Role : Project Lead

Preliminary study on Disaster

Recovery Strategy and planning,

Interacting with the maintenance

teams to acquire the overview of

application, system analysis,

Preparation of Testing Strategy &

plan, study and analysis of system

interfaces.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) – (Nov 1994 – Mar 1999) S.No Project Name Period Cleint Responsiblities

1 AMS-FIMECH Development

Project

Feb'99 to

Mar'99

American Management

Systems Inc., New York,

USA.

Role : Team Member

Prepare -Detailed Technical Design

(LLD), UTP internal review

Construction/modification of

Programs, Checklist preparation for

Program Construction, Unit Testing,

quality reviews, Adherence to Client

& TCS Standards for Program

Construction.

2 DHC-DSD Y2K Project July'98 to Jan'99 DHC-Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota,

USA

Role : Project Leader

Project Planning and Monitoring,

Adapting Y2K Methodology,

Ensuring ISO standards

improvement, scheduling the tasks,

Onsite communication, Problem

logging.

3 Cummins Engines Y2K

Project

Feb. '98 to

Jun. '98

Cummins Engines

Company Limited,

Darlington, Durham,

UK

Columbus, INDIANA,

USA.

Role : Project Leader

Project Planning and Monitoring,

Follow ISO standards, Regression

Testing (RMG05), Desk-Checking &

Unit Testing for RMG12 & 15,

Quality Review & Testing of Tool

Specifications, new enhancements

for additional requirement.

4 DHC-Mervyn's Legacy

Systems Maintenance Project

Apr. '97 to

Jan. '98

MERVYN'S

CALIFORNIA,

HAYWARD, CA,

USA.

Role : Project Leader

Project Planning and Monitoring,

Execution of Problem

Requests/Service Requests,

ISO standards adherence,

offshore production support and

periodic Onsite communication.

5 YEAR 2000 PILOTS GROUP

PROJECT

Aug. '96 to

Mar. '97

Pilot Group Project Role : Module Lead / Project lead Project Planning and Monitoring,

Delivering Year 2000 Impact

Analysis Reports,

Problem Logging, Adapting Y2K

Methodology.

6 ACCOUNTS PAYABLE

SYSTEM IN GE-CBSI

Aug.'95 to

Jun.'96

GE-CBSI (Client

Business Services

Inc.), FORT MYERS,

FLORIDA, USA

Role : Module Lead

Performing requirement study and

systems specifications of the existing

system,

Interacting with client for

Requirements,

7 GIRO BANK VE2MVS

CONVERSION PROJECT

Jan.'95 to

Jul.'95

GIRO BANK, COPEN

HAGEN, DENMARK.

Role : Team Member / Module

Lead

SCL (System Command Language)

to JCL Conversion for all groups,

Manual changes in VS COBOL II,

Code Walkthrough and Review in

CICS 3.3.

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS

SOA Certified Architect Public Workshop by SOAACA – November 2011

Workshop on SOA, BPM & Cloud Computing – June 2010

Trained on Enterprise Architecture by John Zachman – March 2010

Trained and Certified on IT Architecture and Design Foundation – February 2010.

Trained and Certified on ITIL Foundation Level – April 2006.

Trained and Certified in various Trainings on Technical and Managerial areas in entire career.

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