Chiranjeevi Soogoor, PMP

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Citizen of United States of America

Senior Applications Software Developer, Analyst, Lead (Mainframe - COBOL)

Professional Experience Summary

Over 33 years of Applications Software Development and Technical Management experience in Private, Federal and State Government sectors, in the domains of Retail, Telecom, P & C Insurance (personal lines), Health Insurance, Banking, Finance, Treasuries, Judiciary, Medicare & Medicaid etc.

Thorough in Software Methodologies, Structured Systems Applications Development and all aspects of Software Engineering & Software Development Life Cycle; PMP in good-standing since 2004.

Goal-oriented team player with strong programming and organizational skills, often appreciated and rewarded by supervisors, customers and stakeholders for significant contributions to their projects.

Career Objectives

To play a key role in my customers’ business operations through my experience and expertise in Mainframe (COBOL) Applications Software Development and by building strategic solutions for their business needs.

Technical Proficiencies

Information

Technology – General

Software Development Life Cycle, Software Engineering (Systems Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Implementation, Maintenance, Quality Assurance & Control etc.), Software Methodologies (Waterfall & Agile), Client Relations, Project Management etc.

Operating Systems,

Data Communications

MVS, ESA, OS, 390, Z/OS, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Miicrosoft DOS,

CICS, IMS/TM, MQ Series, LU6.2 etc.

Languages, Development Aids used

Enterprise COBOL for MVS, Microsoft COBOL, MicroFocus COBOL, VS COBOL II, JCL, Rexx, SQL, TSO, ISPF, TPX, EasyTrieve, QMF, SPUFI, File-Aid, Insync, Syncsort, IBM Utilities, CA1, CA7, FAU, Omegamon, PlayBack, Quikjobs, Xpediter, IBM Debug, Strobe, External & Native DB2 Stored Procedures, Abend-Aid, NETMAN, INFOPAC, FTP, SDSF, IOF, SAR, NDM, QuickRef, ViaSoft, Visual Basic 6.0, ASPs, Visual InterDev, HTML, DHTML, XML, JavaScript, Mainframe (COBOL) Express, NetExpress, SPF etc.

Change Control,

Configuration Mgmt.

Changeman, Endevor, Librarian–Elips, Panvalet, Visual SourceSafe, PVCS etc.

Data Base Management

Systems used

DB2, IMS DB, SQL Server, VSAM, ISAM, SFS(Vsam-like for Windows), Oracle 8, Oracle SQL Developer, SQL Plus, PL/SQL, FoxPro 2.0, MS-Access 2.0, 95, dBASE, III+ etc.

Tools used

Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, ALM, CMIS, Infoman, Peregrine, Test Director, NIKU, Lotus Notes, Internet Explorer 6.0, Microsoft Office Tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project 2007), Microsoft Exchange 2003, Microsoft Outlook 2003, Toad, Data Studio, DB Visualizer, DBeaver etc.

Training, Familiarity, and some experience

JASON, CICS Web Services, ASP, HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, VBScript, Visual Basic Components, Java, J2SDK, JavaWebServer, IBM WebSphere, Eclipse, Topaz Workbench, Enterprise Java Beans, J2EE, BEA WebLogicServer, JSPs, Servlets and Applets, RMI, JDBC, JFC, Swing, ETL, Informatica, DRDA DB2 Connect, IMS Connect, Mercator, EDI, DevOps etc.

Professional Experience

JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Wimington DE; February 2023 – Present; Sr. Mainframe Developer at JPMorgan Chase &Co., Consumer & Community Banking application area, engaged in software development & maintenance for Chase credit card processing application software. My first task was to develop batch jobs for QA2 test region similar to QA1 test region. For every job that is present in the former but missing in the latter, I created the required JCL which includes Jobs, Procs, Parms & other control cards relating to SyncSort, DB2 & IMS etc.

Environment: IBM Mainframe (COBOL); Z/OS; JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, Changeman, FTP, Syncsort, QMF, SPUFI, JCL, Procs, Parms, Jira etc.

Pershing, LLC (now part of Bank of New York, Mellon) in Jersey City, NJ; June 2021 – October 2022;

Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant at BNY Mellon, remotely engaged in a 12-month contract, contributing in analysis, design & development of Account Services, Account & Service Master IT Business applications on their IBM Mainframe; my tasks include coding, compiling, testing & implementing COBOL, DB2 programs & jobs using JCL and various Mainframe tools and data migration from VSAM to DB2 (developed few Report generation programs since I joined).

Environment: IBM Mainframe (COBOL); Z/OS; JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, Native DB2 Stored Procedures, BMC Load & Unload utilities, Endevor, FTP, Syncsort, InSync, QMF, SPUFI, JCL, DataShopper, Procs, Parms, Jira etc.

Social Security Administration (SSA) in Windsor Mills, MD; December 2020 – June 2021;

Mainframe (COBOL & DB2) Consultant at SSA, currently engaged in a contract providing DB2 support from the back-end Mainframe to one of the teams developing Debt Management System application front-end; Current tasks include understanding & assisting in translation of business requirements into physical & logical data models and creation of DB2 tables and data migration from VSAM/DB2 to DB2 on the Mainframe; setting up jobs to load data into & unload data from DB2 tables in development & validation environments, executing SPUFI to insert, update or delete data in DB2 tables, and to verify & ensure data availability & integrity, queries incorporated into application front-end.

Environment: IBM Mainframe; Z/OS, JCL, DB2, SPUFI, QMF, BMC Load & Unload utilities, XML, DBVisualizer, DBeaver, etc.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) in Windsor Mills, MD; May 2016 – December 2020;

Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant at CMS (Department of Health and Human Services), was engaged in a multi-year contract, developing COBOL DB2 Programs & Native Stored Procedures for various CMS initiatives, projects. Tasks include analyzing business requirements, designing, preparing program specifications, coding, compiling, testing and implementing Batch and Online applications on the CMS Mainframe (COBOL), as per project timelines and set quality standards. Tasks also include data migration from DB2 to .CSV, Unloading Beneficiary data for analysis and dissemination to Partner Systems of CMS for various Project requirements etc. As and when required, I volunteer to peer review and assist in completing their tasks, and serve as a mentor to junior peers.

Environment: IBM Mainframe; Z/OS, JCL, COBOL II, CICS, DB2, Native DB2 Stored Procedures, VSAM, XML, Endevor, MQ Series, File-aid, Data Studio, BMC Load & Unload utilities etc.

State of Maryland - Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) in Annapolis, MD; March 2013 – May 2016; Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant at Judicial Information Systems (JIS), was engaged in integrating Mainframe (COBOL) back-end applications with Java front-end using LU6.2 and other external interfaces using MQ Series as well as maintaining Court of Special Appeals, Civil, Criminal & Traffic Mainframe (COBOL) application software. Tasks included analyzing requirements, designing, preparing program specifications, coding, compiling, testing and implementing batch and online applications on the Mainframe (COBOL), and data migration from IMS to .CSV files; developing Custom Tokens for forms & notices using VBScript XML parsing, supporting production and resolving production issues in a timely manner and as per project timelines and set quality standards.

Environment: IBM Mainframe; Z/OS, JCL, COBOL II, CICS, IMS, VSAM, Librarian, Elips, MQ Series, File-aid for IMS and DB2, LU6.2, Oracle SQL Developer, VBScript XML parsing, Visual Studio etc.

InsPro Technologies in Eddystone, PA; November 2012 – February 2013; Programmer Analyst engaged in development & maintenance of COBOL application software concerning InsPro Enterprise - a single integrated platform designed for health related product configuration, underwriting, policy administration and claims handling etc. Tasks included analyzing requirements, designing, preparing program specifications, coding, compiling, testing and implementing batch and online applications on the company’s Windows based platform, supporting production and resolving production issues as per project timelines and set quality standards.

Environment: Windows based PCs and servers, Batch scripting(.BAT files), MicroFocus COBOL, CICS for windows, SFS(Vsam like for Windows), NetExpress, SPF(ISPF like for Windows) etc.

Quest Diagnostics in West Norriton, PA; July 2012 – November 2012; Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant engaged in a 3-month contract integrating a newly acquired company’s reference and revenue data on their Mainframe into Quest’s Business Intelligence System data warehouse. Tasks included data analysis, profiling & mapping, design, writing program specifications, coding changes in COBOL programs, procs, parms, JCLs, preparing and executing unit, system, user acceptance test scripts, coordinating and monitoring data exchange through FTP between IBM Mainframe and UNIX, Informatica environments, setting up the production environment to implement the changes in their Production environment.

Environment: IBM Mainframe; Z/OS; JCL, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, Librarian, Elips, FTP, File Manager, QMF, SPUFI, JCL etc.

Wilmington Trust (now part of M & T Bank) in Wilmington, DE; May 2011 – July 2012; Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant at M & T Bank, engaged in analysis, design & development of “Global Plus to SEI conversion” project, my tasks were coding, compiling, testing & implementing COBOL, DB2 programs & jobs using JCL and various tools on their Mainframe. I volunteered to peer review and assisted juniors in completing their tasks, and served as a mentor to junior peers.

Environment: IBM Mainframe (COBOL); Z/OS; JCL, COBOL, DB2, Native DB2 Stored Procedures, VSAM, Librarian, Elips, FTP, Syncsort, FileAid Xpediter, QMF, SPUFI, JCL, Procs, Parms, Quality Center etc.

Vanguard in Malvern PA; November 2010 – May 2011; Mainframe (COBOL) Consultant (Contractor) at Vanguard in Malvern PA, an investment management company, engaged in analysis, design & development for a Money Movement & Reconciliation project; my tasks were coding, compiling, testing & implementing COBOL, DB2 programs, DB2 Stored Procedures and jobs using JCL and various tools on their Mainframe to generate various periodic reports.

Environment: IBM Mainframe; Z/OS; JCL, COBOL, DB2, Stored Procedures; VSAM, Endevor, Infopac, FTP, Insync, Mainframe (COBOL) Express(MFE), QMF, SPUFI JCL, Procs, Parms etc.

State of Missouri in Jefferson City, MO: June 2010 – October 2010; Mainframe Consultant (Contractor) at Wipro-Infocrossing in Jefferson City, MO, engaged in a 3-month Medicaid project for the State of Missouri, involved in phase I conversion of their MMIS application data & code from VSAM to DB2(coding, compiling, testing & implementing changes in existing COBOL / CICS / DB2 programs) using various tools on their Mainframe.

Environment: IBM Mainframe//Z/OS//JCL/COBOL/CICS/DB2/VSAM/Endevor etc.

Wal-mart in Bentonville, AR; June 2009 – June 2010; Mainframe Consultant (Contractor) at Wal-mart in Bentonville, AR, engaged in a legacy modernization project (Mainframe to SAP) of their Finance applications, involved in Design & Development(coding, compiling, testing & implementing new programs and enhancing existing applications by renovating old programs) using various tools on their Mainframe.

Environment: IBM Mainframe//Z/OS//JCL/COBOL/CICS/DB2/VSAM/IMS-DB/DC//Librarian-Elips, Java Web Services etc.

Cigna in Chattanooga, TN; October 2006 - April 2009; Mainframe Technical Lead (Contractor) for PPO Claims Application Development, Maintenance & Production Support teams at Cigna in Chattanooga, TN, engaged in Design, Development, Implementation, Maintenance & Post-production release support of Cigna’s Proclaim application software on IBM Mainframe. My responsibilities included participating in business requirement walk-thru sessions, understanding requirements and developing program specifications & test plans based on user requirements, estimating development effort, assigning work to the team, monitoring work in progress, coding, compiling, testing code that was assigned to me, coordinating work done by offshore and onsite teams, participate and lead technical design walk-thru sessions and code walk-thru sessions prior to production releases to ensure quality in coding, ensuring overall successful completion and delivery of day-to-day project activities by my team members, reported progress to Cigna Project Manager, worked with Cigna departments throughout the project duration and coordinated systems testing, training and support as and when required; ensured overall customer satisfaction through timely delivery of projects with adequate focus on quality and innovation.

Environment: IBM Mainframe//Z/OS//JCL/COBOL/CICS/IMS DB/IMS DC/DB2/VSAM/ENDEVOR etc.

Verizon in Hyderabad, TS (INDIA); September 2005 - August 2006; Technical Manager (Offshore Development) (employee) for National Tables & Verizon Product Factory under Retail portfolio, was engaged in leading an offshore team of Developers & DBAs in the following technologies: Mainframe, Data W/H & ETL, DotNet and SQL Server.

Major Projects delivered: (1) design, development, enhancement and maintenance of applications used by Product Line Managers, (2) Production Support of US night shift activities & operations on Mainframes, (3) ETL development, data loading and support for downstream Ordering, Provisioning and Billing application areas and (4) US night shift DBA activities etc.

Environment: IBM Mainframe//Z/OS//JCL/COBOL/CICS/DB2/Changeman/SAR/MQ Series, ETL(Informatica)/SQL Server; also using a host of Mainframe tools.

Nationwide in Dublin & Columbus, OH; July 2000 - August 2005; Mainframe Technical Lead (employee) for Middleware software development team in the Claims Solutions department of Nationwide Insurance in Dublin/Columbus, OH. My responsibilities included Designing and Developing intranet applications for Call Center and other internal users, adhering to industry standards e.g. IBM’s IAA etc.; offered 24/7 technical support to Claims field users (adjusters) on Mainframe applications & databases (DB2/IMS DB) as a Technical Lead and SME for Business Rules Based Assignment Engine; evaluating new technologies for implementation in terms of performance, scalability, reliability, ROI, costs vs benefits etc.; conducting feasibility studies; obtaining sign-offs from business on Proofs of Concept, Requirements Analysis and Design documents; estimating development effort for new projects in terms of cost and time based on scope of business requirements; selecting and assigning tasks to consultants; reviewing consultants’ and peers’ code for quality prior to production release; preparing, reviewing test scripts for unit testing and preparing implementation plans for production release; conducting performance, integration, user acceptance testing; resolving issues and defects; training, mentoring and developing junior colleagues; evaluating peers’ performance, risk monitoring, assessment and timely control etc.

Major Projects delivered: (1) eCCAp, Automated Reassignments, Online Account Maintenance, eCCAp Online Web Reports (all these are 3-tier intranet web applications), (2) Middleware Replacement Project (aka Claims Initiation & Assignment), (3) Skills Based Assignment (SBA), (4) Project East, (5) Single Point Of Contact (SPOC), (6) SHRP Loss Cause Project, (7) Development of Intranet Application eCCAp replacing old Lotus Notes CCAp (Call Center Application) and (8) several other minor projects and enhancements.

Environment: IBM Mainframe//OS/390//Z/OS//JCL/COBOL/CICS/DB2/External DB2 Stored Procedures/ Changeman/SAR/MDp Message handler/MQ Series, DB2 Connect, IMS Connect, Mercator, EDI; also using a host of Mainframe tools.

Lowe’s in North Wilkesboro, NC; May 1999 - May 2000; Mainframe Consultant (Contractor) at Lowe’s in North Wilkesboro, NC, was engaged in Design, Development and Maintenance of business applications on their IBM Mainframes(coding, Compiling, testing & implementing).

Major Projects at Lowe’s: (1) Redesigning of Replenishment System (2) Field Expansion Project.

Environment: IBM Mainframe//MVS/ESA//OS/390//JCL/COBOL/DB2/CICS/IOF/SDSF/ENDEVOR using a host of other mainframe tools.

Wachovia in Winston-Salem, NC; November 1997 - May 1999; Mainframe Consultant (Contractor) at Wachovia Bank in Winston-Salem, NC, was engaged in Design, Development and Maintenance of business applications on their IBM Mainframes(coding, Compiling, testing & implementing).

Major Projects delivered: (1) Year 2000 Project and (2) ARP (Accounts Reconciliation process) application enhancements.

Environment: IBM Mainframe//MVS/ESA//OS/390//JCL/COBOL/DB2/CICS/IOF/SDSF/ENDEVOR using a host of other mainframe tools.

SaraLee in Winston-Salem, NC; July 1997 – October 1997; Mainframe Consultant (Contractor) at Sara Lee Corporation in Winston-Salem, NC, was engaged in Design, Development and Maintenance of business applications on their IBM Mainframes(coding, Compiling, testing & implementing).

Major Projects delivered: Several application enhancements in a 3-month contract duration.

Environment: IBM Mainframe//OS/390//JCL/COBOL/DB2/CICS/IOF/SDSF/ENDEVOR using a host of other mainframe tools.

SeaLand in Hyderabad, TS (INDIA); June 1996 - July 1997; Mainframe Consultant (Contractor) at SCS (BMD Inc.’s India-based affiliate), led an offshore team of 15 Software Engineers engaged in Development and Maintenance of various IT projects for client SeaLand, aFortune 500 shipping Company headquartered in Charlotte NC. My responsibilities included coordinating Offshore and Onsite teams, Developing program specifications, Test Plans & Cases based on user requirements, assigning work to the team, monitoring work in progress, attending code reviews, Coding, Compiling, Testing programs etc. Actively participated in defining, developing and ensuring implementation of Quality process in all Project related activities as part of Company’s ISO 9001 certification process.

Major Projects delivered: (1) Maintenance of Shipment Management System (SMS) (2) Buyers and Consolidators Application Maintenance and Support on IBM Mainframe.

Environment: IBM Mainframe//MVS/ESA//JCL/COBOL/DB2/CICS/Changeman/SDSF using a host of other mainframe tools cited in page 1 of this resume.

Finance & Planning - Treasuries of Government of Andhra Pradesh in Hyderabad, TS India; March 1990 - June 1996; Programmer & EDP Officer engaged in Design, Development, Implementation and Maintenance of application software for the Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts; liaised with various District Treasury Offices on all technical matters including infrastructure set-up, implementation of hardware & software, vendor supplies management and data storage etc. I developed training materials for Treasury staff users of the new computerized Treasury Accounting System, and was an on the job training (OJT) coach for several batches / sessions of training.

Major Projects delivered: (1) Treasury Accounting System (2) Daily reports to the Government (3) Consolidation of State wide Treasury accounts (4) MIS Reports to the State Secretariat and (5) Pension Accounting System.

Environment: MS-COBOL 2.1 on MS-DOS using ISAM files; MF-COBOL 3.0 on UNIX and MS-Windows 3.1 using ISAM files; FOXPRO 2.0 on MS-DOS and UNIX.

Education

1993-1993 - Diploma in Management from Indira Gandhi National Open University, Hyderabad, TS India.

1987-1988 - Post Graduate Diploma in Systems Management from National Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, TS India.

1985-1987 - Master of Science from Annamalai University, Chidambaram, TN India.

1982-1985 - Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, Physics & Geology from Osmania University, Hyderabad, TS India.

Please note: My academic study and professional work experience in the field of Computer Information Systems (as of the year 1997) was evaluated to be equivalent to U.S. Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems. This evaluation was conducted on May 16th, 1997, by Global Education Group, Inc., 407 Lincoln Road, Suite 2H, Miami Beach, FL 33139.

Certifications

Project Management Professional (PMP) in good standing since 2004

Several Technical certifications in Mainframe (COBOL) and web technologies viz., DB2, IMS, Java etc.

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