Team Member Lead
Resume:
Ramsankar Rajkumar
Manchester Connecticut -06040
adyj4d@r.postjobfree.com
Professional Summary
** ***** ** ********** ** the IT industry in the areas of Analysis, Coding, Designing, Testing, Implementation and Maintenance using various software skills in Mainframes technologies and other regular Office management tools in different Operating systems like MVS, Windows.
Experience in projects which follow Agile methodology and my quick adaptation to the changing requirements were greatly appreciated.
Experience in Insurance and Retail domain.
Extensive experience in COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, Native & External Stored procs, IMS DB/DC, VSAM, GDG.
Executed COBOL 6.2 upgrade projects successfully.
Well-versed in tools like Endevor, EOS, NOMAD, OSTAR, SPUFI and EXPEDITER.
Created new DB2 Stored procedures (SP) which are accessed by mainframe and cross-platform applications. SP’s provide better performance as they are compiled and stored in DB2 server.
Some of our IMS DC screen and related COBOL programs are migrated to JAVA screen where I actively involved by providing mainframe related info.
Have insurance forms knowledge on creating multiple notices and bills.
BMP (Batch mode processing) jobs which is used to keep IMS DB online making other applications also can access it.
Triaged multiple incident meeting with JAVA team and business team and able to find the root cause and fix. Analyzed rest API logs and helped business team to resolve multiple incidents.
Good interpersonal skills, excellent communication (written & verbal), analytical, problem solving, presentation skills with the focus on customer needs, quick learner and team player
Have experience in leading team of 20 analysts.
Experience in working in onshore-offshore model.
Have good and proven experience in mentoring, guiding and grooming team.
Provided 24/7 Production Support to Mainframe System, which includes support during night batch run, providing temporary fix to JCL’s during batch abends to avoid delay. Worked on High priority tickets.
Successfully managing client expectations and providing a quality solution on time.
Skills
Mainframe, COBOL, JCL
DB2, SQL
CICS, VSAM
MQ, CA7, Autosys
IMS DB/DC
Remedy, iDash, Greylogs, splunk
Rest API log analysis, XML format, JSON format
Experience
1
Project Name
Debit card - modernization
Role
Developer
Description
Developed and migrated legacy debit card application to modern application. Built and supported new interfaces. Fixed bugs during pilot bin migrations and supported to complete bin migration to modern application.
Responsibilities
•Organize Scrum and PI planning sessions that targets the development for next 3 months which is for 6 sprints.
•Participate in Scrum grooming session and provide details from technology stand point to attain the delivery for next sprint.
•Creating new CICS cobol program which are accessed by mainframe and cross-platform applications.
•Developed reports which reduced manual works for business team.
•Developed job to balance the payment records sent to bank and response feed received from bank.
•Identified the batch fixes evaluating bank feed. Handled different reject codes sent by bank.
•Resolving technical blocks for scrum team.
•Resolved duplicate payment issue and handled payment failure situations.
•Maintaining the IMS, DB2 Batch jobs.
•Coordinating with JAVA team for end to end testing.
•Strong experience in Mainframe Batch Cycles Processing.
Software
JCL, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, CA7 SCHEDULING
Employer
CGI
Client
PNC bank
Location
Manchester CT Remote
Span
Mar 2022 to till now
2
Project Name
Payment center
Role
Team Lead (Developer).
Description
New payment center application was built with Angular front end, CICS cobol as backend modules, and rest API services. Successfully migrated the codes from legacy applications to new application. Introduced oracle DB in the architecture. Connected oracle DB with the use of MQs and retrieved/sent data. I worked in the project from requirement gathering to pushing the app to bug free zone. CICS transactions were built to push the message as XML format and JSON format. I triaged multiple incident meetings with JAVA team and business team and able to find the root cause and fix on time. Analyzed rest API logs and helped business team to resolve multiple incidents. Worked with enterprise correspondence team to produce multiple notices and Bills. Have experience in insurance forms.
Responsibilities
•Organize Scrum and PI planning sessions that targets the development.
•Participate in Scrum grooming session and provide details from technology stand point to attain the delivery for next sprint.
•Creating new CICS cobol program which are accessed by mainframe and cross-platform applications.
•Developed reports which reduced manual works for business team.
•Worked with enterprise correspondence team to fill the details in multiple forms.
•Developed job to balance the payment records sent to bank and response feed received from bank.
•Identified the batch fixes evaluating bank feed. Handled different reject codes sent by bank.
•Resolving technical blocks for scrum team.
•Resolved duplicate payment issue and handled payment failure situations.
•Maintaining the IMS, DB2 Batch jobs.
•Coordinating with JAVA team for end to end testing.
•Strong experience in Mainframe Batch Cycles and realtime CICS Processing.
Software
JCL, COBOL, DB2, CICS, VSAM, CA7 SCHEDULING, Rest API analysis.
Employer
Cognizant technology solutions
Client
Travelers indemnity company LTD
Location
Hartford CT
Span
Aug 2018 to Mar 2022
3
Project Name
Single payment processor
Role
Team Lead (Developer).
Description
Multiple vendors were used to processing payments in the old Architecture. We completed the SPP project to migrate various flow from multiple vendors to single payment processing vendors. Both batch and real time transactions were impacted. Coordinated the work and implemented it successfully. Faced multiple critical incidents like duplicate payment, payment failures and mitigated all such issues and now the application is error free.
Responsibilities
•Analyzing the requirement, coding, unit testing and doing the Issuance tasks for the implementation.
•Coordinating with JAVA team for end to end testing.
•Strong experience in Mainframe Batch Cycles Processing.
•Debugging the code using Expeditor/RDz for identify root cause of the error.
•Have standard modules which makes call MQ series queue to get the certain sensitive information.
•Understand and analyze the Application Architecture for which the functional and performance testing need to be done.
•Responsible for daily verification that all JOB’s ran and files copies were executed as planned, troubleshooting any steps that failed, and providing both immediate and long-term problem resolution.
•Coordinate work with Offshore Team and ensure deliveries on time.
•Root cause analysis of system test and production abends.
•Used CA7tool for scheduling jobs
•Participated in Unit Testing and prepared Unit Test Cases, Unit Test Logs as a part of it.
•Status Reporting
•Perform SQL Tuning with IBM Data Studio on consultation with DBAs
•Defect Management
•Onshore – Offshore model. Getting daily updates from offshore and update to the client point of contact and giving reviews on behalf of offshore team.
Software
JCL, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, CA7 SCHEDULING, CICS
Employer
Cognizant technology solutions
Client
Travelers indemnity company LTD
Location
Chennai India
Span
May 2017 - Aug 2018
4
Project Name
Bond 20+
Role
Team Lead (Developer).
Description
Bond accounts had restriction to have 10 policies under it. This project was deployed to increase the limitation to 9999. Batch and realtime components were impacted.
Responsibilities
•Understanding the business requirements and functional specifications for preparing the design for the enhancements and customizations as per the requirements and as per the compliance of State Farm standards.
•Analyzing the requirement, coding, unit testing and doing the Issuance tasks for the implementation.
•Strong experience in Mainframe Batch Cycles Processing.
•Debugging the code using Expeditor/RDz for identify root cause of the error.
•Understand and analyze the Application Architecture for which the functional and performance testing need to be done.
•Responsible for daily verification that all JOB’s ran and files copies were executed as planned, troubleshooting any steps that failed, and providing both immediate and long-term problem resolution.
•Coordinate work with onshore - Offshore Team and ensure deliveries on time.
•Root cause analysis of system test and production abends.
•Used CA7tool for scheduling jobs
•Participated in Unit Testing and prepared Unit Test Cases, Unit Test Logs as a part of it.
Software
JCL, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, CA7 SCHEDULING, CICS
Employer
Cognizant technology solutions
Client
Travelers indemnity company LTD
Location
Chennai India
Span
Aug 2014 - Apr 2017
5
Project Name
UPC Growth
Role
Team member (Developer).
Description
As a team member I have done impact analysis in all mainframe application and found impacted application. And I have prepared the technical changes document. I was part of build team and we successfully delivered the project in planned time.
Responsibilities
•Analyzing the requirement, coding, unit testing and doing the Issuance tasks for the implementation.
•Strong experience in Mainframe Batch Cycles Processing.
•Converted programs from accessing IMS DB to DB2 databse.
•Understand and analyze the Application Architecture for which the functional and performance testing need to be done.
•Widely used and maintained PSB and PCB in our applications.
•Responsible for daily verification that all JOB’s ran and files copies were executed as planned, troubleshooting any steps that failed, and providing both immediate and long-term problem resolution.
•Coordinate work with Onshore Team and ensure deliveries on time.
•Root cause analysis of system test and production abends.
•Used Control M tool for scheduling jobs
•Participated in Unit Testing and prepared Unit Test Cases, Unit Test Logs as a part of it.
•Status Reporting
•Worked with system testing by providing needed info about our programs and applications and provided support when they face abends and finally doing checkout of all jobs have completed successfully and produced desired output.
•Defect Management
•Provided 24/7 support and worked on high priority critical tickets.
Software
JCL, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, CA7 SCHEDULING, EASYTRIVE
Employer
Tata consultancy services
Client
Marks and Spencer
Location
Chennai India
Span
Apr 2012 - Jul 2014
6
Project Name
EXIT – Warehouse Upgradation
Role
Team Member
Responsibility
The objective of this project is to introduce new functionalities to simplify international business and effective utilization of warehouses. I successfully lead this project and delivered the code ontime without a single production issues.
Responsibilities
•Analyzing the requirement, coding, unit testing and doing the Issuance tasks for the implementation.
•Created NOMAD programs and screens to support warehouse operations.
•Understand and analyze the Application Architecture for which the functional and performance testing need to be done.
•Widely used and maintained PSB and PCB in our applications.
•Responsible for daily verification that all JOB’s ran and files copies were executed as planned, troubleshooting any steps that failed, and providing both immediate and long-term problem resolution.
•Worked with system testing by providing needed info about our programs and applications and provided support when they face abends and finally doing checkout of all jobs have completed successfully and produced desired output.
Software
JCL, NOMAD, DB2, CA7 SCHEDULING
Employer
Tata consultancy services
Client
Marks and Spencer
Location
Chennai India
Span
Sep 2011 – Mar 2012
7
Project Name
ICOS – Labor optimization
Role
Team Member
Responsibility
The objective of this project is to automate allocation of labor in each store which are operated by the clients. I successfully lead this project and delivered the code ontime without a single production issue.
Responsibilities
•Understanding the business requirements and functional specifications for preparing the design for the enhancements and customizations as per the requirements and as per the compliance of State Farm standards.
•Analyzing the requirement, coding, unit testing and doing the Issuance tasks for the implementation.
•Strong experience in Mainframe Batch Cycles Processing.
•Changed object star as per the requirements and received business sign off.
•Understand and analyze the Application Architecture for which the functional and performance testing need to be done.
•Provided System test support through out the project plan. Resolved the job set up issues and environment issues.
•Root cause analysis of system test and production abends.
•Status Reporting
•Worked with system testing by providing needed info about our programs and applications and provided support when they face abends and finally doing checkout of all jobs have completed successfully and produced desired output.
Software
JCL, Object Star, DB2, CA7 SCHEDULING
Employer
Tata consultancy services
Client
Marks and Spencer
Location
Chennai India
Span
Jun 2010 to Aug 2011
Educations
Bachelor of Engineering : Production Engineering Jun 2005 to May 2009
PSG College of Technology – Coimbatore Tamil Nadu India 7.9 CGPA
H.S.C Jun 2003 to May 2005
Sri Ganesar Hr Sec School – Tamil Nadu India 91.33 %
S.S.L.C May 2003
Sri Ganesar Hr Sec School – Tamil Nadu India 92.2%
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