Cobol Programmer

Kinfe Z. Manna

Princeton, NJ Phone: 609-***-**** Email: ***********@*****.***

Professional Summary

Self-starter, quick learner with excellent understanding of system lifecycle development, data to business and overall system to system relationships. Works independently, execution oriented, strives in meeting deadlines while maximizing efficiency and minimizing errors and associated risks. Understands user requirements and needs. Maintains open lines of communication with management, users and team members to ensure that the correct and accurate product is delivered. Over 20 years of experience as a legacy IT programmer contributing superior programming skills. Very good understanding of the production process.

Technical qualifications

● Proficient in COBOL, CICS, IMS, Easytrieve and DYL 280 programming languages

● Coded, modified COBOL programs in Medicaid Eligibility System, Social Security Income verification system, Long term care system for State of NJ

● Efficient use of Debug, inter-test and abend-aid tools

● Years of experience in accessing, updating, creating data in IMS Database, VSAM and flat files

● Used File-aid, Xpediter for many years

● Extensive use of IBM FTP, Connect Direct file transfer tools

● Efficient use of JCL to run test and production jobs using triggers and conditions in activating or deactivating steps within multiple steps within a JCL

● Proficient in using ICETOOL, SORT, DFSORT utilities

● Years of experience in scheduling, monitoring, resolving production abends and other errors

● Use of VISIO to demonstrate system flow and document projects

● Many years of experience in using UCC7 to monitor production jobs, familiar with CA7

Kinfe Z. Manna

● Familiar with CA-ACF2 security

Programming languages, Utilities and other tools

● COBOL, CICS, Easytrieve, DYL280, Oracle, Assembler, Natural, C

● DB2, SQL

● JCL, DFSORT, SYNCSORT, ICETOOL

● DEBUG, Intertest, Abend-aid

● IBM FTP, Connect Direct, CA ACF2

● CA ACF2, IMS, VSAM, File-Aid, Xpedite

● CA Librarian, TSO/ISPF

● IBM CA7, UCC7

Relevant Experience:

State of NJ office of information technology

(Programmer/Analyst (9-1987 - 12-2016))

Responsibilities included project planning, resource allocation, program design and development, testing, deployment/production implementation and post production support.

Zmanna Enterprises Inc.

(2005 – present) own company involved in real estate. Kinfe Z. Manna

Worked as programmer/analyst on different projects. Helped clients in converting their business needs into software applications. Designed, developed, customized and tested software applications. Also debugged specific programs and/or entire systems for clients. At the end provided clients with a clear and clean document that shows the system flow.

running own Business since (1994- Present)

● Real-Estate

● Stock Market

Education

Mercer County Community College NJ

Associate in Computer Science, 1995

Certificates

Adabas Natural, Oracle, CICS, IMS

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