MICHAEL GARFEIN

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Tempe, AZ 85282

973-***-**** adlkgw@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

I am a mainframe programmer analyst with extensive experience in production support, troubleshooting, and software development. I am familiar with the SDLC model and have made use of it in working with offshore development teams.

SKILLS

TSO/MVS, VSAM, CICS, DB2, PLATINUM, COBOL2, JCL, SYNCSORT, FILEAID, XPEDITOR, EZTRIEVE, PANVALET, INTERTEST, ENDEAVOR, MSOffice, CA7, some mainframe SAS, and some CHANGEMAN

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Edward Jones, Tempe,AZ 85284 04/13/2015 - Present

Senior Programmer

Program and System Analysis.

Researching, maintaining, and correcting program and system issues.

Work with Java front end to provide back end support for front end functionality.

Writing, debugging, and maintaining COBOL/DB2 code for CICS programs

Running SPUFIs to analyze data and test SQL

NetEffects, St. Louis, MO 63088/Tempe,AZ 85284 03/28/2013 - 04/13/2015

Contractor

Program and System Analysis for Edward Jones.

Worked on USNA 3.0 project creating new CTG programs

Researching, maintaining, and correcting program and system issues.

Work with Java front end to provide back end support for front end functionality.

Writing, debugging, and maintaining COBOL/DB2 code for CICS programs

Running SPUFIs to analyze data and test SQL

SAIC, Lousiville, KY 40220 06/25/2012 – 03/22/2013

Contractor

Note: I work for Teksystems as a subcontractor to SAIC before SAIC picked up my contract.

Program and System Analysis for HRC at Fort Knox.

Researching, analyzing and refining systems requirements.

Planning and designing systems architecture

Determining and designing applications architecture

Assuring software and systems quality and functionality

Ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles, and practices to the delivery of application software.

MICHAEL GARFEIN

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Continuum Health Partners, Secaucus NJ 05/01/2006 - 06/15/2012

Senior Programmer Analyst

Note: Continuum Health Partners outsourced to First Consulting Group which was bought by CSC in 2009 and Continuum Health Partners insourced the I.T. operations that same year.

Analyze and correct program issues.

Writing, debugging, and maintaining code for Batch and CICS programs using COBOL2 & EZTRIEVE, (for batch).

Support and maintain the Billing system including new enhancements.

Working with customers to test applications

Designing user interfaces

Hewitt Associates Bridgewater, NJ 11/16/2005 – 04/14/2006

Systems Analyst

Provides service specific expertise for Data, Foundation, and Systems Analysis

to create comprehensive analysis specifications.

Designs Test Plans (unit, integration, regression, acceptance).

MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, Montvale, NJ 1998 – 5/26/2005

Senior Programmer/analyst

Worked on production support and monthly releases for Eclipse group.

Translating systems requirements into applications prototypes.

Coordination and monitoring of coding overseas, (India).

Monitor QA testing and resolve any issues encountered during testing.

Troubleshooting of any production issues.

Worked on Major project to upgrade from VSAM to DB2 to new front end and batch processes.

Coded batch programs and jobs to process front end table entries to the back end table entries.

Worked with users to extensively QA initial implementation.

Worked with team to design enhancements

Supported Card Operations System.

Coded all new enhancements and programs.

Maintained on call support for Card operations.

Worked on major project to rewrite card operations system.

Created new COBOL II programs. Some programs required DB2 queries.

Updated CICS screens for new process.

Set up JCL, PROCs, and DOCs.

PRUDENTIAL, Roseland, NJ 1997 – 1998

Programmer/Analyst

Coded mainframe part of new front end managerial tool, (SPOC), to monitor sales force. This included setting up scheduling, JCL, and programming using COBOL2 with DB2.

Handled Ad Hoc requests for information and sent out reports using mainframe SAS.

Maintain and schedule new JCL for job streams.

Extensive work with DB2 programming and queries.

EDUCATION

Diploma, Programming, Chubb Institute, Parsippany, NJ 6/1997

B.A., English Literature, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ 1/1996

Certifications

Comptia Security+ CE certified 6/2012

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