Jyothi Marobina

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SUMMARY:

Experience in handling projects in various roles as Programmer, Tech lead, onshore coordinator and Mentor. Developed many tools using scripting languages like REXX. Extensively worked on as COBOL, DB2, CICS, IMS, JCL, and TSO/ISPF. Programmer

Involved in Process & Quality activities and project management activities such as resource tracking & timeline tracking and delegation of work. A quick learner and possess good analytical, development and testing skills. Experience in reverse engineering COBOL and JCL based application and created system maintenance technical document.

Thorough Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), involved in various phases like Requirements gathering, Design, Technical programming for Development, Testing and Production support.

Experience working on projects implemented using Waterfall and agile methodology. Demonstrate knowledge of COBOL/CICS, JCL, GDG, VSAM, DB2 RDBMS, Control-M, Endeavor, Inter test, IBM OS/390 Mainframe, and TSO/ISPF, Agile Methodology, SharePoint, Rational.

Good experience on job scheduling tool CA-7 and FTP reporting. Good experience in FileNet reporting. Good experience on Version control tolls like Endeavor, Change man, ISPWA tool etc.

Conducted status meetings with client partners and ensured to always adhere to timelines while maintaining the quality of the deliverable.

Experience in Mainframe decommissions projects. I have been part of doing a reverse engineering of Large group applications on Mainframes to gather end-end flow

Developed the requirements for the decommission application to help the applications to be developed on the modern technologies.

Good experience in Production support to fix critical defects or issues meeting the defined SLA.

Experience with Service now so to track and log tickets for production and test incidents.

Good with creation of documents for production support reference and team building.

Highly appreciated by client for the application support of the legacy applications.

Solutions recommend part of the migration projects were considered as dollar saving alternative.

Good experience in working across teams and managing resource at onsite and offshore locations.

Developed Technical specifications as part project deliverables.

Expertise in using the version control tools and deploying the software on Mainframe and maintain code.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: COBOL, REXX, JCL, SQL

Database: DB2, SQL Server

Database tools: SPUFI, File AID for DB2, QMF, BMC

Tools/Technologies: CICS, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, IBM UTILITIES, DFSORT, SDF, STROBE, ABENDAID, DB2 Stored Procedures

Debuggers: Xpeditor, IBM debug tool for Z/OS.

Operating Systems: Windows, Z/OS, MS DOS

Code maintenance Tools: Endevor, ZMF, ISPWA.

Others: MS office Suite, HP Quality Center, HP ALM, XGEN Language, FileNet, TRMS, Service now, Facets.

Skills Matrix:

Skill Classification

Description

Experience

Self-Rating

Primary Skills

Cobol, JCL, DB2

12

5

Secondary Skills

Stored Procedures, EZTRIEVE,CICS, REXX, C

12

4.5

Databases

DB2

12

5

Tools Used

Endevor, Fileaid,,DB2 Utilities, SPUFI, QMF, BMC abend aid, CA-7, Change Man, ZMF ISPWA, Xpeditor, Service Now, FileNet, TRMS

12

5

Management Skills

Problem Solving & Debugging skills, Analytical skills, Technical solution development, programmer, Communication Skills, quick learner, hardworking. Experience in executing Project in Scrum, and Agile methodologies

Been both onsite and offshore lead

12

5

Domain knowledge

Health Care

12

4.5

Professional Experience:

CareFirst BCBS, Maryland Apr 2015 – Till Date.

Sr. IBM Mainframe Programmer.

Project Summary: Care-first Blue Web Program is supported by the ITS application which is the technical software, data formats, and procedures that allow Plans to access, send, receive and control claims information. ITS acts as backend for Blue Square application, it runs mainframe jobs for the input provided in the screen and process the particular claim Blue Access is accessed by personnel with various roles such as member, Provider, Employee and Super user. Based on the security roles and their privileges each one of them has a specific set of functions that can be carried out in the system.

Roles and Responsibilities in the project:

Actively used COBOL, DB2 and JCL to maintain day to day environment

Provided 24*7 critical application support in ALM (defects) and ServiceNow (Incident reporting)

Actively participate in Requirement gathering to understand the requirements.

Based on the problem statement come up with a solution which is time and cost effective.

Acted as an Onsite lead (Person of Contact) including managing of both day-day, project enhancements and production support activities.

Knowledge transfer sessions conducted to share the application end-end processes to offshore.

Documented every process involved in the project.

Design, code and modify moderately complex to difficult Programs to include X12 EDI Modules.

Automated many existing application process to support business validation.

Support development and testing team to understand the requirements and ensure they don’t miss any requirement

Provide support during and after deployment.

Played a Key role in Mainframe Decommission project. Reverse engineering of code was done to get the end-end flow of large group applications

Received “Certificate of Recognition” from the client for showing exceptional performance in the project.

Received “ Cheers peer to Peer award” for outstanding performance in the project.

Production support for the application to fix priority 1-5

Deploy code using the version control tools like ZMF, ISPWA and maintain code.

Cobol, DB2, VSAM, CICS, NDM, Changeman, ISPWA, FileAiD, QMF,Spufi, Oracle Databases, FileNet, FTP etc. were the primary technical skills used across the project development.

BCBS of Kansas, Topeka, Kansas Apr 2014 – Mar 2015.

Mainframe Programmer.

Project Summary: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas Blue Access System is an online service that allows the members to view their account information quickly and securely. With Blue Access, members can establish a Blue Access account, verify benefits including eligibility and deductible/coinsurance information, check medical/ behavioral health/ dental and prescription drug claims change their mailing or email address, order ID card, check their Explanation of Benefits, add new dependents, giving authorization to primary member and much more.

Blue Access is accessed by personnel with various roles such as member, Provider, Employee and Super user. Based on the security roles and their privileges each one of them has a specific set of functions that can be carried out in the system.

Roles and Responsibilities in the project:

Understand existing process, business and technology of the client system.

Primarily used COBOL, JCLs and CICS in maintaining day to day environment

Used CICS screens for enhancing data availability to users

Used DB2 tables for better tuning data to display screens

Actively participate in Requirement gathering to understand the requirements.

Based on the problem statement come up with a solution which is time and cost effective.

Preparation of system specifications based on existing functionality and new requirements.

Walkthrough system specifications with all the stakeholders so that everyone understands the requirements.

Support development and testing team to understand the requirements and ensure they don’t miss any requirement

Provide support during and after deployment. Version control tools like Endeavor were extensively used for code promotion and version control.

Extensively used the Cobol, DB2, VSAM, CICS, FileAid and Version control tools like changeman tools

United Health Group Sep 2012 – April 2014.

System Programmer

Project Summary: NDB (Network Data Base) is United Healthcare’s national provider database that contains data for both participating and non-participating provider information. Today, Provider demographic and contract information is maintained in multiple platforms, by multiple teams resulting in redundant and highly complex manual synchronization activities. NDB is the true source of data for the entire provider network. NDB Captures Demographic information (Name, DOB, place of service, ph. number, and address). For participating provider, it maintains Credentialing data, Contract details, Reimbursement details - Fee schedules, Facility rate tables, Capitation). NDB feeds demographic info to various interfacing systems – COSMOS, TOPS, IDT (interactive desk help).

Roles and Responsibilities in the project:

Actively participated in Requirement gathering, design, and development of various projects in NDB.

Extensively used Cobol, JCLs, CICS, VSAM, NDM, DB2 to maintain the day to day environment

Provided refactor and enhancements to existing Programs.

Involved in the preparation of the technical specification documents.

Deployed code in production and supported the post deployment issues.

Preparation of system specifications based on existing functionality and requirements.

Knowledge Transfer to the offshore team with business functionality and the new requirements

Responsible for code review and quality of deliverables.

Impart Healthcare domain and technical knowledge to the new joiners in the team

Sound knowledge in claim adjudication area.

Application support and documentation were highly appreciated by the client which made the issue resolution fast and easy.

DB2databases, Cobol, JCL, VSAM files, Endeavor, CICS screens, FileAid, SPUFI etc were the technical tools and skills used for the application development.

United Health Group, INDIA Apr 2008 – Apr 2012.

COSMOS Sr. Developer

Project Summary: COSMOS (Comprehensive On-line Software for Management and Operational Support) is the strategic platform for Optus, the technology arm of UHG, to administer membership and process claims. United Health Group uses COSMOS to manage and support millions of members and thousands of employers and providers. COSMOS processes employer group and member enrollment, physician and hospital claims, provider contracts and payments, explanations of benefits, and premium billing. COSMOS is the backbone application for most of the Medicare and Medicaid plans and is primarily based on IBM mainframe technology. The scope of the project is to maintain and enhance the future changes to the COSMOS suite of applications. This includes Application Development and Enhancement performed during each quarterly release of the various application changes made into COSMOS.

COSMOS Development:

The COSMOS ICD10 development activity includes modifying the components or programs in the current system to support the new ICD10 code format. Currently ICD9 is active and almost entire COSMOS Claim processing system programs are being remediated to accept ICD10 codes.

COSMOS Modernization:

The COSMOS modernization and Tricare initiatives expands the five functional fields identified. One of the five functional fields is for Tricare and rest four functional fields are for Modernization. The Tricare initiative includes Fee Schedule amount field expansion from 7 digits to 10 digits. The Modernization fields include Claims disallow / denial code from 3 digits to 4 digits, Review code from 3 digits to 5 digits, Claims Adjustment code from 3 digits to 4 digits, DRG Number from 3 digits to 5 digits. All the fields which fall under five functional label fields and the impacted programs are identified.

Cobol, CICS, DB2 was widely used technical skills in this project. Both batch and online modules were developed iteration basis. Field expansion has involved extensive application support to determine the impact of changing the length across the application including critical reports and CICS screens.

Production is the key requirement as COSMOS is a online portal for member, provider and employees.

Roles and Responsibilities in the project:

Performed various roles as Developer, Senior Developer and Team lead during the tenure of this project.

Worked on several critical projects like HIPAA 5010 Remediation, Conversion to ICD10 and various SPRF’s in COSMOS as a Sr. developer and Team lead.

Actively participated in Requirement gathering, design, and development of various projects in COSMOS.

Preparation of Technical specifications based on existing functionality and requirements.

Knowledge Transfer to the offshore team with business functionality and the new requirements

Worked closely with the front-end team for developing new CICS web services for server transactions.

Responsible for code review and quality deliverables. Perform Peer review and log any issues and track till it is closed.

Impart domain and technical knowledge to the new joiners in the team

Sound knowledge in claim adjudication

Endeavor was the primary version control tools used in code deployment and maintenance.

Part of the production support of the Cosmos application for all the 5 iterations developed.

Cobol, CICS, DB2, Oracle database, Endeavor, FileAiD, SPUFI, QMF etc. we’re used as primary technical skills.

EDUCATION:

Master of Computer Applications: Osmania University, India.

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