Project Engineer Application Specialist

Executive Summary:

Over ** Years of experience in IT industry

Functioned and Lead several IT/Business Projects as Project Leader

PMI Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)

APMG Certified Projects In Controlled Environments (PRINCE2)

Scrum Alliance Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

Certified Program and Project Management (PPM) by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)

APMG Certified Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL V3)

Master of Science in Software Engineering (MS) from Birla Institute of Technology (BITS, Pilani)

Over 16 Years of experience in Mainframe Technology

Worked in major deliverables in PEP+ product (Fiserv)

Over 4 Years of experience in Project Management

Key Differentiators – Agility, Versatility, Long-Term Commitment, Diligence, and Good Customer Relationship

Work Experience:

Fidelity Information Services (FIS), Chennai as Application Specialist since Dec 2010

TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), Chennai as Module Leader from Feb 2010 - Dec 2010

WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES as Team Leader/Onsite coordinator from Sep 2003 - Feb 2010

Educational Background:

Master of Science (MS) in Software Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), India

Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA), University of Madras, India

Technical Skill Set:

Mainframe Environment – IBM-MVS, MVS-OS/390

MF Database – DB2, FOCUS

MF Languages – Eztrieve, COBOL, Focus

MF Online – ISPF/PDF, JCL, VSAM, TSO

Tools – Endevor, Xpeditor, File-Aid, Dfsort, Changeman, Beta-92

Scheduling Tool – CA-7 Scheduler, TWS Scheduler

Additional Skills/Trainings:

DB2-700 (IBM CERTIFIED DATABASE ASSOCIATE)

DB2-703 (IBM CERTIFIED APPLICATION DEVELOPER)

INSURANCE - 101

FINANCE – 101

PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOUNDATION TRAINING (WIPRO)

ESTIMATION TECHNIQUES (FIS)

US BANKING 101

Professional Experience:

Application Specialist, Fidelity Information Services (FIS)

DEC 2010 – PRESENT

Client: CITIZENS FINANCIAL – TRANSACTION TEAM DOMAIN – BANKING

The objective of the project is development, maintenance and production support of citizen’s transaction applications like CX, PEP+, Vector-5 and Wire

Responsible for attending the requirements gathering meeting along with FIS onsite team and users

Preparing analysis & detailed design documents for the requests

Coding and testing of the enhancements in PEP+ projects. Doing the peer technical review of all deliverables for the quality standards

Attending software release process meetings

Onsite & offshore co-ordination while working on projects

Interacting with onsite manager on weekly basis to discuss about ongoing requests and new initiatives

Conduct daily stand-up meeting to track the progress

Review the Jira stories and updates them on a regular basis

Developed project plans, work breakdown structures (WBS) and project schedules

Part of daily/weekly status meetings to report project status to various key stakeholders, supported project implementations and production rollouts

MODULE LEADER, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Feb 2010 – Dec 2010

Client: Woolworths, Australia DOMAIN – RETAIL

The objective of the project is to replace the existing host CASS merchandizing system with SAP based retail solution

Responsible for understanding the business and System Requirements and preparing the Program specification for impacted components

Documentation of unit test results and fixing the bug or defects identified during the testing

Support for system testing and UAT and fixing post implementation defects

Preparing support handover document and Managing the Team

Onsite Coordinator, WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES

Dec 2007 – Feb 2010

Client: GMAC Insurance, US DOMAIN – Insurance

The objective of the project is development, maintenance and production support of GMAC Insurance’s Finance applications

Financial applications include Commission statement processing, Automated Clearing House (ACH), Apecs, Check Writing, IntegonRe

Ledger processing, Parking, Recon+, Accounting Automation and Auto Balancing System

Responsible for coordinating with the offshore team from Onsite

Performing enhancement work and development activities for the existing applications

Maintain the quality of deliverables as per laid down processes

Senior Project Engineer, WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES

Nov 2006 – Dec 2007

Client: Farmers Insurance, US DOMAIN – Insurance

Involved in production support for Fire Policy Processing System (FPPS)

Understanding of the complete architecture of the system

Application Modifications as per client requirements

Worked on monthly, weekly reports and Mock Presentations

Maintain the quality of deliverables as per laid down processes

Senior Project Engineer, WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES

Apr 2005 – Dec 2007

Client: Farmers Insurance, US DOMAIN – Insurance

Involved in production support and development activities for Autobatch system

Autobatch system is the subsystem of Auto Policy Processing System (APPS)

Application Modifications as per client requirements

Worked on monthly, weekly reports and Mock Presentations

Maintain the quality of deliverables as per laid down processes

Project Engineer, WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES

Sep 2003 – Apr 2007

Client: Arizona Power Supply (APS), US DOMAIN – Energy and Utilities

Customer Information system (CIS) is the core application at APS

It is used to store, process and maintain the customer information for more than 1 million electricity customers of APS

Involved in Analysis, coding, design and testing activities

Done estimation for the minor activities

Maintain the quality of deliverables as per laid down processes

Recognition and Awards:

Project was well recognized across the organization and received FIS Star award (Fidelity Information Services)

Received CREDO award twice from the client – Citizens Bank for my contribution in PEP +

Received STAR of the Quarter Award for my project deliverables in FIS

Received Gems Award from TCS organization for my technical contribution

Received Feather In My Cap (FIMC) Award for autobatch automation process from WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES

Received Thanks a Zillion (TAZ) Award from WIPRO TECHNOLOGIES

Contributions and Value additions:

Report Retrieval Tool: Currently, banking reports are viewed through an external link online screen called CMOD. When the link is down, it was not possible to view the reports. To resolve this, a tool was developed in mainframe, where the report id and date can be given as input in a file and the report will be retrieved and emailed by submitting a job. (Fidelity Information services)

Automation Tool for balancing process: Developed a Tool for monthly balancing process in Autobatch processing. Implemented the Tool successfully in Production (Wipro Technologies)

JCL Scanner Tool: Developed a Tool for scanning the JCL and check for syntax errors in MVS-OS/390 (Wipro Technologies)

Personal Details:

Date of Birth : 1st April 1983

Current Address : C3J, CEEDEEYES Regal Palm Gardens, Velachery. Chennai 42.

Passport Number : H3144495

Place of issue : CHENNAI

Marital Status : Married

Mobile : +91-950******

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