Velammal Sivagaminathan

Mobile: 602-***-****

Email : adctad@r.postjobfree.com

Location: Phoenix, AZ

Experience Summary

●Over 9 years of IT experience majorly in Mainframe technology, LINUX technology and AS400 technology with RPGLE.

●Involved in various roles and activities starting from requirement Analysis, Design and Development, testing and DevOps Support.

●Automated the process to load using Bash script and Python.

●Played key roles in application maintenance, Functional studies, testing and reviews.

●Expertise in monitoring, troubleshooting and fixing production issues alongside technical documentation using MS tools.

●Extensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) having thorough understanding of various phases like Requirements, Analysis/Design, Development and Deployment.

●Knowledge of Agile Practices.

●Experience on QC for software quality assurance, including requirements management, test management and application environments.

Educational Qualification

Title of the Degree

College/University

Year of Passing

Percentage

Bachelor of Science in mathematics

St Mary’s college, Tuticorin.

Manonmaniam Sundaranar University.

2006

74%

Masters in Computer Applications

Madurai Kamaraj University

2009

73%

Skillset

Operating systems

MVS/OS 390, zOS, AS/400, Linux, Windows 10

Technology

Mainframe, AS/400, Linux

Programming Languages

& Middleware

COBOL, JCL, EZTV, RPG/400, RPGLE, CL400, CLLE, MQ, BASH SCRIPT, PYTHON, Natural

Version Control Systems

ISPW, GITHUB

Database

IMS, DB2,ADABAS

Tools

SDA (Display files and Sub files), RLU, PDM, SEU for AS/400, ISPW, QMF, SPUFI, INSYNC, TRACE MASTER, SCLM, WORKBENCH, Control-M, DFSORT, Mercury Quality Center, HP ALM, JIRA, JERKINS, GITHUB, PUTTY - SSH, POWERSHELL, PYTHON, MS Office

Professional Experience

Project 1

Role

QA Tester (June 2019 – August 2019)

Organization

Axon Enterprise, Inc.

Client

Axon Enterprise, Inc.

Project

Axon Body camera 3

Project Description

Axon Enterprise, Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells conducted energy weapons (CEWs) worldwide. The company operates through two segments, TASER and Software and Sensors. The company also provides on-officer body cameras and Axon Fleet in-car video systems and Axon Evidence connected software network; Axon Records cloud-based records management system; Axon Signal enabled devices; and computer-aided dispatch software, as well as Axon docks, cartridges, and batteries.

Axon Body 3 isn't just a camera: it's a rugged communications beacon front-and-center on every call. Featuring enhanced low-light performance, reduced motion blur and an LTE connection that enables real-time features like live streaming, Body 3 empowers officers with more support in the moment

Roles and Responsibilities

●Analyzing & fixing the defects in the device which was raised during Black box testing.

●Creating test cases and testing the devices for the defects.

●Loading the firmware in devices as per the need.

●Automating the process to load and test the firmware in the device using Bash script and Python.

●Involved in extensive testing after new firmware release.

Environment

●Linux, PowerShell, Putty - SSH, GitHub, Jerkins, Splunk, Bash Script, Python, JIRA, C#.

Project 2

Role

QA Tester (Sep 2018 – Nov 2018)

Organization

ReqRoute Inc., CA, USA

Client

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Project

Healthcare - Centene corporation, USA

Project description

Centene Corporation is a large publicly-traded company and a multi-line managed care enterprise that serves as a major intermediary for both government-sponsored and privately insured health care programs.

Enrollment platform is the scope of allowing the customers to enroll themselves in the health care benefits with all self-servicing capabilities enabled.

Roles and Responsibilities

●Manage customer instances

●Involved in testing analysis and review of the data reports.

●Data mining activities for test data management

●Detection of bugs in the data accuracy.

●Fixing errors and documentation of the results.

●Technical documentation of issues, bugs in productions and review of best practices.

Environment

●HP ALM, UFT, JIRA, JCL, COBOL, MVS, MS office tools, javascript

Project 3

Role

MainFrame QA Tester (March 2013 – March 2015)

Organization

CSC India Private Limited, India

Client

UNUM, Chattanooga, TN,USA

Project

Group life – Policy administration

Project description

UNUM_Provident Insurance company, a hundred and Fifty-year-old Company, is a pioneer in providing insurance services having its head quarter in Portland, Maine. The company is number one in providing Long Term Disability (LTD) services and number two in Short Term Disability (STD), Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) and Long Term Care (LTC). Ranked as 208, in the Fortune 500 companies of US. UNUM is located in Portland, Maine and Provident is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

CCP is Common Customer Platform. CCP Admin is the policy administration system for group life

Policies.

Roles and Responsibilities

●Involved in analysis, test plan and test strategy of the modules.

●Test application, document results and report bugs found during testing.

●Execute test cases for Verification & Validation.

●Performed Functional, Integration and Regression testing in Mainframe application.

●Responsible for preparation of Test cycle/progress reports, analysis of defect metrics& implement improvement actions for next iterations.

●Involved in Defect Management, Defect Review and Defect Status Reporting.

●Documentation of bugs and production issues for better performance improvement.

●Allocation of work and mentoring of the team members.

Environment

ZOS, COBOL, IMS, Jcl, Insync, ISPW, QMF, SPUFI, MQ, DB2, DFSORT, Quality Center

Project 4

Role

Senior Developer (Apr 2008 – Feb 2013)

Organization

CSC India Private Limited, India

Client

UNUM, Chattanooga, TN,USA

Project

Group life – Policy administration

Project description

UNUM_Provident Insurance company, a hundred and Fifty-year-old Company, is a pioneer in providing insurance services having its head quarter in Portland, Maine. The company is number one in providing Long Term Disability (LTD) services and number two in Short Term Disability (STD), Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) and Long Term Care (LTC). Ranked as 208, in the Fortune 500 companies of US. UNUM is located in Portland, Maine and Provident is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

CCP is Common Customer Platform. CCP Admin is the policy administration system for group life

Policies.

Roles and Responsibilities

●Involved in analysis, design and development of the admin modules.

●Analyzing & fixing the defects in the production environment.

●Review of code, design and testing for the defects.

●Optimizing the IMS jobs.

● Perform tuning the Program.

●Creation and Generation of new regions.

●Created and Modified for the Cobol, JCl, IMS, DB2 for the projects.

Monitoring, bug fixing and reporting of the job performance in the batch

●Delivery ownership at offshore location.

●Weekly status reporting.

●Allocation of work and mentoring of the team members.

●Visited US location ( Chattanooga ) for a 2 months knowledge transfer Process

Environment

ZOS, MVS, COBOL, IMS, Easytrive, Jcl, Insync, ISPW, Tracemaster, Dump Master, QMF, SPUFI, MQ, DB2, CONTROL-M, DFSORT,ADABAS, Natural language.

Project 4

Role

Developer (Nov 2007 – Mar 2008)

Organization

CSC India Private Limited, India

Client

GART Sports, Colorado, USA

Project

TSA – Sports Authority

Project description

Gart Sports Company, headquartered in Englewood, Colorado is a largest full-line sporting goods retailer in the Western United States. Gart Sports operates around 181 sporting goods stores in 25 states. Their business is to provide their customers with an extensive selection of high quality, brand name merchandise at competitive prices with a high level of customer service.

JDA MMS is an AS/400 application written in RPG/400, CL/400 & few ILE programs. Basically, it is a modified version of the JDA package. The application has been in production for over 10 years. JDA MMS deals with the day-to-day operations of Gart retail business.

Roles and Responsibilities

●Involved in Enhancement / Development activities.

●Unit testing for various modules.

●Integration and job installations.

●Production implementation of the software modules.

Environment

AS400, RPG/400, RPGLE, CL400, CLLE, SQLRPGLE

Project 5

Role

Developer (Dec 2006 – Oct 2007)

Organization

CSC India Private Limited, India

Client

Mattel Europe, London, UK

Project

ISIS – Information System for International Subsidiaries

Project description

Mattel, Europe is a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of family products. Mattel has offices and facilities in more than 36 countries and markets its products in more than 150 nations throughout the world.

ISIS is the application that deals with the day-to-day operations of Mattel. It is an AS/400 application written in RPG IV, RPGLE, CL and CLLE. It takes care of the entire life cycle of Mattel, from Sales forecasts, planning, Order processing and till delivery of products to the customer.

Roles and Responsibilities

●Involved in Enhancement activities.

●Production support management

●Monitoring, bug fixing and reporting of the job performance

●Documentation

Environment

AS400, RPG/400, RPGLE, CL400, CLLE, SQLRPGLE, RPG/400

VISA Details: L2 EAD – Valid till Sep 2021

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