CONTACT

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PHONE:

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ADDRESS:

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EDUCATION

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS UNIVERSITY

Memphis, TN

Bachelors of Arts Information Systems Management (May 1991)

ADDITIONAL SKILLS

COBOL, CICS, JCL, Db2/SQL, VSAM, IMS, Postgres, QA, Defect Management, BA

JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Vb, C++, Java

TSO, ISPF, Endeavor, Changeman, Panvalet, QMF, Xpeditor, SPUFI, SuperC, Syncsort

GitKraken, Git, Jira, TFS

MicroFocus Cobol, Fujitsu.Net for Cobol

Microsoft Tools (Excel, Word, Teams, Visual Studio)

Beyond Compare, Notepad++, Agent Ransack, FTP, pgAdmin, Remote Desktop Mgr

Payroll, HR, General Ledger, Benefits, Insurance, Carrier Access Billing, Accounts Payable, ACH, Finance

EXPERIENCE

Sr Programmer Analyst - Remote

PeopleStrategy, Edison, NJ/ Atlanta, Ga / Oct 2009 – Jan 2021

Client - UPS

Document HR/Payroll system for UPS as they transition to a new vendor.

Responsible for any changes to their Mainframe Cobol programs, copybooks, JCL and Procs that relate to their HR and Payroll systems. Including moving to production using Changeman.

Responsible for updating CICS screen when needed to add or remove data elements.

Responsible for maintaining multiple test environments.

Use JCL and Db2/SQL extracts to refresh test database from production for specific regions.

Worked with BA’s and users to validate new tax changes.

Client – Albany Medical Center

Responsible for running and validating payrolls on their z/OS Mainframe system while the core team converted them to Workday. This entailed changing and running Cobol Programs on their Mainframe using JCL and Procs.

Client – Peoplestrategy

Worked with BA’s in doing pre conversion data assessments of clients converting from old Fujitsu Cobol payroll system to new Java and Vue.js system. This included running Db2/SQL queries to validate old data vs new to ensure a match and then using SPLUNK to track our conversion processes and validate the microservices ran the correct jobs.

Lead programmer analyst working with Client Delivery Team to root out and resolve client reported issues 24 x 7. SLA for these issues was less than 8 hrs.

Maintained test data in all levels of QA databases (Unit, Integration and Regression) for multiple clients.

Worked with BA’s to come up with QA acceptance criteria to add to Epics and Stories for grooming and then validation.

Performed Unit, Integration and Regression testing to ensure code met the expected results without impacting existing processes.

Maintained Vb programs that converted text files to PDF using Microsoft Visual Studio and Git for version control.

Development representative on agile scrum teams, providing work estimate for the classification of tickets.

Built and maintained Postgres/SQL/Db2 queries for troubleshooting, debugging, data corrections, and reporting.

Supported bug fixes, software upgrades, packaging and delivery to multiple Cobol platforms including Mainframe, Fujitsu and Microfocus for upward of 20 clients.

Was integral part of the team that converted our Cobol payroll system using sequential vsam files to a new Db2/SQL microservice based system using Java 8.

Built Cobol for windows interfaces to maintain Tax tables for all Internal and external clients. This included building and maintaining the relational database schema in Postgres.

Sr Programmer Analyst

The Home Depot, Ga, Atlanta / May 2006 - Oct 2009

Responsible for support of z/OS Mainframe and maintenance of the US and Canadian Tesseract HRMS and payroll systems.

Recipient of the Homer Award for the development and implementation of the Tesseract Position Control Module, an HCM system allowing managers to track and report on staffing needs in their big box stores as well as corporate. This included interfacing with a proprietary sub system to provide EEO reporting.

Maintained the interface between a PeopleSoft HR and Tesseract HR/Payroll system.

Maintained the Tesseract Benefits enrollment system for US store associates only.

Supported all payroll interfaces including Benefit and 401k providers (Hewitt), ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Plan) and Kronos time keeping.

Programmer Analyst

ACS, Alpharetta, GA / Jan 2006 - May 2006

Responsible for CICS screen development and z/OS mainframe Cobol support for an Medical Insurance Claims processing system.

Sr. Programmer Analyst

Empagio, Atlanta, GA / Jul 1999 - Jan 2006

Client – Texas Utilities

Designed, developed, and implemented a Benefits Enrollment system using a mainframe Cobol based code integrated with an HTML/javascript interface with a Db2/SQL database.

Client – Bethlehem Steel

Supported Bethlehem Steel’s Tesseract Payroll/HR system. Duties included monthly software upgrades and managing interfaces to Dun & Bradstreet A/P system.

Developed and implemented a Position Control system for Bethlehem Steel which tracked over 10,000 employee movements throughout the corporate hierarchy.

Client - Empagio

Supported the Tesseract HR/Payroll system for 15 clients in an ASP hosted model.

Responsible for the payroll conversion of acquired businesses to The Home Depot's payroll system, requiring extensive data gathering from 3 separate and unique payroll systems and the integration into the standard payroll system for The Home Depot.

Maintained clients CICS screen updates.

Built a system to create HTML web pages using Cobol, Neon Shadow Web Server, javascript and CSS. This allowed us to build dynamic web pages via the mainframe.

Programmer Analyst

Metro Information Systems / Delta Airlines, Atlanta, GA / Jun 1997 - Jul 1999

Responsible for support of the Delta Airlines payroll system and reporting from a proprietary DB2 database.

Supported the daily operations and maintenance of the Delta Airlines Benefits Enrollment modules for both all staff and Pilots including internal CICS payroll/hr user screens.

Consultant

Metro Information Systems / Bellsouth, Birmingham, AL / May 1994 - Jun 1997

Responsible for development and implementation of changes to the Carrier Access Billing System.

Provided 24x7 production support responding to client reported issues and failures.

Responsible for upgrades to the Cobol/IMS databases.

Programmer

Federal Express, Memphis, TN / May 1991 - May 1994

Responsible for maintaining and supporting the Accounts Payable system and IMS/Cobol system.

Designed and built IMS screens to aid front line payroll reps in the entry of Accounts Payable data to interface with the Dunn and Bradstreet AP system.

REFERENCES

References available upon request.

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ROBERT GRANNIS

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