Mainframe Developer, Testing, Support. MVS

Bob Cohen

Phone: 816-***-****

Email: adjq9t@r.postjobfree.com

Technical Software:

HP Quality Center, TFS, TestRail, JIRA Stories, Rally Stories, SQL, MS SQL Server, CA Workload Automation (CAWA), WS-FTP, Win-SCP, Prisma, COBOL/COBOL II, DB2, CICS, MVS JCL, IDMS/ADSO, NATURAL, ADABAS, VSAM, FILEAID, Expeditor, SAS, IDCAMS, ISPF, NDM, SYNCSORT, Unitech, Endevor

Professional Experience:

YRC Freight 5/2016 – 11/2016

Advantage Tech Inc.

QA Analyst II:

In one project, using requirement stories in an agile environment, I wrote test stories in JIRA and attached them to their requirements. I then build test cases and test scripts for each test story using Test Rail and attached them to their corresponding test stories in JIRA. I generated defects in JIRA and maintained the defect/artifact lifecycle through closure. I was test team point of contact and provided a test team status for daily standup project meetings.

In another project, using TFS, I built requirements, test cases and test scripts, defects and running scripts in User Acceptance Testing. I was available to the user community schedule and followed through in all phases of testing, artifact maintenance, and defect resolution. I facilitated user stakeholder conference calls with a hosted conference room providing status discussions and minutes reporting.

Waddell & Reed 9/2015 – 12/2015

TekSystems Inc.

Quality Assurance:

I worked as a team member to test reporting and DB tables for Enterprise Delivery Solutions at Waddell & Reed. I have been assigned multiple projects using SQL Server Management Studio and PG Admin II as clients to access SQL tables. My duties have been to perform table setups to match testing scenarios and verify table updates and reporting. I have had quick turnaround testing requirements in a high visibility environment for short timeframe and high priority implementation windows. I have used HP Quality Center to enter my test cases and test scripts which I used to verify and document my testing. I entered defects through HP Quality Center and followed development fixes for retest and eventual resolution and closure of errors discovered in my testing.

Pearson Education, Iowa City, IA. 9/2011 – 7/2015

TekSystems Inc. 3/2011 – 9/20/11 Converted to Permanent.

Senior Quality Control:

I worked as a team member to test board of education standardized student tests. I supported two program teams for two states where each state tests students by subject and grade. To support an administration, I would execute finalized source code and verify data and reporting on a client server and mainframe platform.

I first used Quality Center to enter test cases and built step by step test scripts to match current seasonal testing. After building the test scripts based on requirement changes, I ran source code streams on the client server and mainframe. I then checked data files, paper, and PDF reports for matching required results. I also built regression test scripts to verify no functionality changes that should not be there.

All defects were recorded in Quality Center and assigned back to the development group. After defects were cleared by development, I re-ran the test cases to verify defects were then corrected. I also maintained testing artifacts and stored for audit tracking.

As a method to keep my COBOL and MVS JCL skills current, I wrote a set of utilities used by the test team to help perform activities.

1)Saved as comma delimited, one utility would use a spreadsheet of scanner submitted test data scenarios to convert to the format received from scanning and compare as expected result records to files received back from scanning.

2)Another utility would receive pre-described formatted records and convert to a double label line format. Then sent those labels to the printer for adhoc requests customized by state requirements.

Technologies: Client Server; CAWA, WinSCP, Prisma, UltraEdit, FTP

Mainframe; Fileaid ISPF MVS JCL

TekSystems Inc.

JP Morgan Chase Kansas City, MO 6/2010 – 10/2010

Senior Quality Control:

I developed test cases scripts in Quality Center from test requirements for user acceptance testing. Each test case would then tie back to a test requirement for a requirements matrix that could then verify no testing gaps as an end result. After building multiple test steps as a script, I then logged into JP Morgan Retirement Plan Services, 401K web pages to test the screens by modifying account information on their test platform. Resulting account changes would verify final pass of the script or I would produce a defect description in Quality Center.

I would run SQL queries to find current data matching test scenarios corresponding to the test cases in Quality Center

Technologies: WS-SQL, HP Quality Center

Professional Experience:

Sprint Nextel Corporation SMS

Senior Programmer/Tester SME 7/2004 – 10/2009

Sprint Print Center Olathe, KS

My responsibilities included the generation of detail test conditions that would match required functional change scenarios during unit testing. I would pull production data to match scenarios. That test plan would follow the project into end to end system testing which I would execute by cycle. Each DTC would tie back to a test requirement and be documented in a test plan matrix. I would execute the software by system cycle and verify for defects.

I used service desk at Sprint to receive production cycle errors to be corrected. I would produce the changes and update the service desk ticket for production control to resubmit the fix for production cycle completion.

I worked as an individual contributor to systematically convert a large MVS mainframe invoicing system to midrange for invoice print and mailing. I have had an aggressive and highly visible time line to complete this cost saving initiative. All deliverables have been met or exceeded. This process uses MVS JCL, Cobol, Connect Direct/NDM on the mainframe. The midrange uses AIX, Unix, and the IBM product ADF Automated Document Factory.

My daily responsibilities also include FTS2001 and Call Detail on CD and DVD, Bill Invoicing on paper, and Call Detail record transmission from mainframe to midrange server. I am responsible to ensure production runs smoothly from upstream feeds to shipment of customer media.

My responsibilities include working with client service representative to help brainstorm specific client needs. Utilizing statuses I frequently provided my management, I have been first level support to both client groups and production control. I have worked as technical lead with off shore contract personnel when the current workload and time line dictate the need for additional resources.

Environment: COBOL, VSAM, SYNCSORT, MVS JCL, FILEAID, NDM CONNECT DIRECT, IDCAMS, ISPF

Midwest Consulting Group

Site: Sprint Corporation 10/2002 - 7/2004

Partnership Management

Developed required changes

Receive requirements from the user community. Prepare design specification and receive sign-off from user and SME groups. Code, produce test data, system test, and receive sign-off for system test from users. Prepare and maintain time line with project deliverables. Attend status calls with user community and report activity during project phases. Point of contact for user community for requirement changes to deliverables. Facilitate walkthroughs for sign-off from subject mater experts in technical team and user sign-offs. Produce implementation package, user point of contact during (informal) warranty period. Informal point of contact for user community questions regarding system functionality and reporting.

Environment was COBOL, VSAM, SYNCSORT, MVS JCL, FILEAID, NDM, IDCAMS

Sprint Corporation 3/1997 - 3/2002

System Technical Lead

Facilities Management System (FMS), was a data store of Sprint equipment infrastructure. This was mostly housed in VSAM files accessed in CICS COBOL. Equipment path drawings containing Sprint Long Distance Division infrastructure of switch sites, the fiber connecting those sites, and port assignments of the switches housed in those sites were used by field engineers to determine circuit access by city pairs.

Sprint used the same approach as MCI in the development and signoff of design documentation. Responsibility to arrange a design walk through and facilitate that meeting with a group of subject matter experts (SMEs) within the development groups of FMS. Then another walk through of user groups sponsoring and impacted by the changes for the release to implement. Liaison between the user groups and development team. Followed the project from design documentation and signoff, through implementation and warranty. A separate team ran system tests using scripts developed during unit test planning. Developed the unit test plans and worked with the test team to incorporate the plans into end-to-end functionality test scripts also called Detailed Test Conditions (DTCs).

Environment was COBOL, CICS, VSAM, SYNCSORT, MVS JCL, FILEAID, NDM, IDCAMS

MCI Corporation 3/1993 - 3/1997

Systems Programmer

Assigned a project to increase the granularity of selecting a rate by a new structure of rate selection. Multiple criteria in determining the rate charged per call from call processing call detail records were incorporated to price calls per customer invoice. This required multiple tables and lookup of those tables to determine the new pricing of calls for invoice billing. Assigned to design, code, test and work through implementation and warranty period on that same project. Attend conference calls and be available to work with user groups who had specific needs in areas of the project. The user community was spread around the country so many decisions were made on conference calls where more than one user group had a stake. The objective was to find the best approach and be sure that all user groups had commitment to the final outcome. This was the responsibility of the development team by producing the design document. The final commitment of the user community was received by a design document signoff.

Also worked in production support for Toll Free Billing. Attended user status calls during production down issues. Provided level of effort to management and user community while assigned to fix production issues.

Environment was COBOL, VSAM, SYNCSORT, MVS JCL, FILEAID, IDCAMS, SAS, NDM, UNITECH

AMI Corporation 2/1992 - 3/1993

Senior Systems Programmer

USDA/FCIC

Team lead for a group of programmers with responsibility to verify correctness in program code and final testing. Performed liaison duties between the accounting team users and the development team writing IDMS ADSO dialogues. Responsibilities under AMI continued in the accounting department development of account receivable and accounts payable related system and its double transaction general ledger and testing. Was point of contact for the team to resolve user issues fast and coordinate any system change requests with the user groups when issues required analysis and additional work efforts.

Environment was COBOL, IDMS ADSO, VSAM, SYNCSORT, MVS JCL, FILEAID, NDM, IDCAMS

OAO Corporation 4/1991 - 2/1992

Senior Systems Programmer

USDA/FCIC

Hired as team leader at FCIC Finance Branch. Worked on converting the ledger system from Honeywell to IBM in batch. This task required research into the functioning of the Honeywell ledger and complete system testing of the new IBM ledger. Was also involved in the conversion of the complete Honeywell accounting system to be loaded on IBM. Made program and JCL changes to run the Honeywell version. Parallel testing of the two systems was done to complete system tests.

Environment was COBOL, MVS JCL, GCOS JCL, TOSC6, FILEAID, IDCAMS

OAO Corporation 4/1985 -4/1991

Administrative Programmer

USDA/FCIC/Marine Corp RMPS

Worked on the Honeywell system writing efficient code from user written specifications. Later joined the IBM IDMS team and wrote ADSO dialogues for the same user groups. Worked close with the accounting team and developed multiple update and reporting procedures on Honeywell and IBM.

Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC) had an initiative to move the complete Honeywell Sales system to IBM System 36. Was given the task of working with the Sales and Marketing user community to convert Honeywell COBOL to System 36 batch nightly runs. Responsibility was to convert Honeywell programs and JCL to OCL. Would then set data by contract balances and actuarial table data for parallel testing of that data. Ran the Honeywell side and ran the IBM System 36 OCL parallel to complete system tests.

In 1989, while working for OAO Corporation, was transferred as a promotion to the Marine Corp. Bannister Complex. Duties were to write CICS command level programs with Natural and ADABAS calls for new and existing procedures as part of the payroll RMPS system.

Environment was HONEYWELL GCOS 8 JCL, TOSC6, OCL, CICS, IDMS ADSO, Natural, Adabase.

Education:

A.A., Data Processing, Los Angeles Valley College, CA, 1984

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