Software Engineer Manager

Duane Landis

South Eastern PA 484-***-**** email : ************@*******.***

LinkedIn: http://ww.linkedin.com/in/duane-landis8b31a266

Professional Summary

●Senior Software Engineer & Senior Quality Assurance Analyst experience in designing, constructing, testing, implementing and maintaining healthcare, inventory and insurance claim solutions in mainframe environments.

●Implement Waterfall methodology Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile Scrum methodology in mainframe environments.

●Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills, passionate about solving client’s problems, enjoy interacting with users to resolve their issues.

Core Competencies

Proficiency in COBOL and DB2

Database analysis, design, programming and implementation

Communicate experience and expertise with team.

Mainframe CICS and Batch Development

Enterprise Application Development

Self motivated, strong problem solving skills.

HL7 Network Messaging

Unit, System and QA Testing

Define processes to accomplish objectives.

Technical Skills

Engineer – AccuRev, BookManager, COBOL, Comparex, CICS, DB2, DB2 Connect, DB2 DB explain, SQL, DB2 SQL Performance Analyzer/ DB2 Utilities Suite, Dfsort, HL7 I/O message processing, HTML, IBM Mainframe, IBM utilities, IOF, ISPF/TSO, JCL, Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications, Microsoft Access, OMEGAMON, Panvalet, PVCS, QMF, Rational ClearCase, Syncsort, Xpediter, VSAM

Quality Analyst – Abend-AID, Adpart, ADS, Accuchek, File Manager, File-AID, InterTest, JCL VERIFY, JIRA, Strobe, Xpediter

Professional Experience

Lowes Building supply and home improvement retailer

Customer Support Associate October 2017 to May 2019

Assist customers with all of their shopping needs including advising customers in the selection, demonstration, preparation and loading of merchandise resulting in increased sales in Hardware/Tools department by 10%.

Cerner Corporation Healthcare software provider with solutions at more than 27,500 facilities in over 35 countries.

Senior Quality Analyst / Senior Software Engineer February 2014 to July 2017

Serve as SMA (Subject Matter Expert) for EAD, a DB2 based healthcare enterprise-wide patient directory and Invision Software solutions in mainframe environment. Together providing an electronic medical record for over 70 enterprises serving over 500 facilities. Software is COBOL based, accessing DB2 in mainframe CICS and batch mode environments. HL7 network messaging provides the framework for communication between solutions.

Use Agile methods to meet Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services aggressive deadline to support ICD-10 medical codes.

Reduce project implementation time by streamlining processes related to program modification, documentation and implementation.

Automate test procedures using ADPART software. For Cerner software, automate or streamline existing manual test procedures to achieve a 5% reduction in reported defects by 600 healthcare clients. Execute automated and manual test procedures to assure quality.

Resolve 90% of client reported problems within one month of discovery by leading AGILE scrum discussions between development teams, subject matter experts, internal users, clients and client-facing teams

Support and address production online and batch issues within one hour of notification.

Using JIRA, assist in the tracking and resolution of defects identified by automated and manual test procedures.

Maintain appropriate versioned documentation associated with execution of test procedures.

Support development of test data plan for use in end-to-end System Integration Testing (SIT).

Collaborate with developers and analysts to implement test data requirements.

Support compliance and operational efficiency by identifying areas of process improvement.

Validate and approve release bundles for ongoing software releases.

Optimize software builds, coding practices, standards, processes and refactoring of services to ensure delivery of on time, quality software solutions.

Ensure all job control language updated within the quality environments so valid testing scenarios are applied.

Siemens Corporation Healthcare software provider serving hundreds of hospital systems.

Senior Software Engineer January 2001 to February 2014

Design, develop and deploy EAD and Invision mission critical software supporting an electronic patient repository and electronic medical record.

Design, develop and deploy I/O messaging software parsing batch and real-time HL7 standard messages into SQL statements to query and update a DB2 database. Change HL7 processing to support new messaging formats. Improve I/O throughput by 30% for HL7 messages.

Provide technical support to field personnel and clients installing HL7 and proprietary messaging interfaces.

Perform SDLC phases Design, Construct, Test, Release, Maintenance of DB2 based project to export patient repository and healthcare lifetime medical record to Decision Support System.

Streamline mainframe batch DB2 processing using stored procedures. Saving 2,000 CPU minutes per month.

Support and maintain a Microsoft Access application querying a mainframe DB2 database from a laptop. Using Microsoft VBA, replace Data Access Objects (DAO) with ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) in the application.

Successfully closed 95% of client reported issues within two months, resulting in increased client satisfaction.

Develop and manage COBOL conversion programs and JCL to export and import data between applications and vendors.

Research and evaluate emerging technology for inclusion in future releases.

Shared Medical Systems Malvern, PA

Senior Software Engineer June 1984 to January 2001

Develop statewide programs to bill insurance providers for patients’ healthcare costs, improving the collection of accounts receivables by five days. Prepare documentation for customer implementation of programs.

Direct the design, construction, implementation and system Q/A for enhancements to inventory application, improve reporting capabilities by adding alternate indexes to VSAM files.

Support the implementation of applications and releases in mainframe environments. Team with users, vendors, and staff to develop/modify system specifications.

Support on-site implementation of new software for Beta client. Train end users in application use.

Supply clients with oncall support during new software releases.

Troubleshoot and resolve client problems of various complexities such as code defects, application configurations, and networking.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Secondary Education/Earth Science, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA

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