Production Support Mainframe Application
Resume:
Chendru Naidu Siripuram
Senior Mainframe developer
SUMMARY
Project lead of mainframe Application development analyst with having around 14+ years of experience in Functional development, Ability in Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation and Testing of Technical solutions catering to various Business needs in Mainframe technology.
Extensive hands-on experience on IBM Mainframe Application programming and testing.
Excellent working knowledge in Core Application Design, Development, Testing and Production support. Developed programs which deal with MQ’s.
Experience in Test Case Design, Test Execution, Defect Management, Defect Tracking and Reports for Ability to multi-task work across different applications. Diverse work experience with different functionalities of the application, with Development and Production Support projects.
Involved in the estimate planning, design discussions for the project.
Experience in using the Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall testing lifecycle methodologies.
Provided 24*7 maintenance and production support to Mainframe applications.
Ability and willingness to learn new technologies and work on the same to meet business requirements.
Good interpersonal skills and able to work independently or in a team environment.
Excellent strengths are my interpersonal skills by working in well diverse business settings. Experience in handling projects in various roles as Team Member, Team Lead, Technical Specialist, Programmer and Software Consultant.
Hands on experience in coding COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, C, HTML, JSS, CSS, XML, Core Java in IBM.
Hands on experience with Whatson Tool ( cloud tool for Cobol Migration )
Project delivery of various sizes, performance tuning, production support, trouble shooting.
Perform impact analysis and provide solutions to user’s change requests.
Production implementation upon successful user acceptance testing.
Able to handle multiple projects concurrently.
Handled the major to minor scalability projects with minimal supervision from SME’s
Supported Monthly Release activities and on call support
delivering utmost Quality product
CORE COMPETENCIES
Experience in collaborating with multiple vendors and geographically distributed teams.
Exposure of working on various assignments & contributing to support/enhancement of various project functionalities of Mainframe Applications, Designing Tools & COBOL, JCL, REXX, DB2, CICS etc.
An effective communicator with excellent relationship building & people skills. Strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.
Experience in working on technology Mainframe, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, CICS, REXX, and DB2
Experience in working on domains Banking Core Payments Basics, Finance Securities Overview
ACHIEVEMENTS
Have cleared external certification of DB2 10.1 Fundamentals and achieved a level of Database Associate.
Won Star Performer of the Quarter Award for Quarter 1 in Dell Perot System.
Won Credit Excellence Kudos Award for the successful implementation of the project in the production in
Dell Perot Systems.
Publish a research paper on topic Artificial Intelligence in Games in International Journal of Soft Computing and Engineering.
Client: UPS _CRIS
Senior Application Developer
IBM, USA March 2023 – Till Date
Tools / Technology: COBOL, JCL, Microsoft Visio, DB2, VSAM and CICS
Roles and Responsibilities:
As a Subject Matter Expert for CRIS and ICRIS Application I perform the following roles and responsibilities
Developed tools that automate the process Shipper Move and trillium Updates the systems efficient.
Proposed few web based tool to Data restriction for CRIS.
Proposed online tool for Shipper Move Process Automation request which will handle on Month base
Understanding the business requirement and prepare Functional Requirement document.
Minor and Major enhancements on requested business requirement.
Provide Beeper Support (24/7) on weekly basis.
Perform regular Maintenance tasks and handle Adhoc requests.
Develop and Support End to End Implementation process. Do the impact analysis, estimation, coding, preparation of unit test scripts, system integration test scripts and support for Product Testing, User Acceptance testing and Implementation.
Support Implementation of Monthly Maintenance items and half-yearly Enterprise Release items.
Involving in Business User’s meeting to get their requirements and proposing systems to minimise the manual work
Involved in Review of projects artifacts and client interfacing. Responsible for adhering to the quality processes followed in the project.
Involved in taking knowledge sharing sessions within the team.
Working with client to resolve issues related to the development activities and suggest changes in solution if required..
Contribution towards Productivity Requests to enhance the performance of the application and save billing hours for UPS wherever applicable.
Client: UPS ( DIALS-XPLD-GIPLD)
Senior Application Developer
IBM, India Jul 2018 – March 2023
As a Subject Matter Expert for PRS Application I perform the following roles and responsibilities
Developed tools that automate the process and make the systems efficient.
Developed Web based tools in DIALS, XPLD, GIPLD for Data move by using Java Script, Web spear MQs, XML, HTML, which can be handle from front End to Handle Data Move in Mainframe.
Developed online tool for Amazon Automation request which will handle on Adhoc base.
As part of MIPS reduction in OPLD we worked on SDD process which was give huge MIPS deduction.
Understanding the business requirement and prepare Functional Requirement document.
Minor and Major enhancements on requested business requirement.
Provide Beeper Support (24/7) on weekly basis.
Perform regular Maintenance tasks and handle Adhoc requests.
Develop and Support End to End Implementation process. Do the impact analysis, estimation, coding, preparation of unit test scripts, system integration test scripts and support for Product Testing, User Acceptance testing and Implementation.
Support Implementation of Monthly Maintenance items and half-yearly Enterprise Release items.
Involved in Delivery Tracking for the peers.
Involved in Onsite – Offshore co-ordination. Providing Daily Status report to the onsite counterpart.
Involved in Review of projects artifacts and client interfacing. Responsible for adhering to the quality processes followed in the project.
Involved in taking knowledge sharing sessions within the team.
Working with client to resolve issues related to the development activities and suggest changes in solution if required.
Creating Weekly Status Report OPLD application which is discussed with clients to monitor the development, maintenance, and production support activities for current week & forecasting the capacity-demand of the team for upcoming weeks.
Contribution towards Productivity Requests to enhance the performance of the application and save billing hours for UPS wherever applicable.
Client: UPS-OPLD
Application Developer
IBM, India Sep 2013 – Jun 2018
Roles & Responsibilities:
Reviewing the functional requirements from the clients and involved in understanding the requirement and preparing the estimates for design & development.
Involved in transferring the functional requirement to design and preparing the design document.
Making sure that the design, build and testing is done on time without any defects.
Helped the team in understanding the requirement, design and the data flow.
Prepare functional and technical test cases and guide the team whilst testing.
Worked as a Tech lead and involved in estimates, analyzing the application and worked on complex module.
Involved in designing a new piece of service by understanding the functional requirements from Business.
Release implementation plan and activities coordinator
Possess domain ability on Cards and payment service and using this knowledge to gather requirements from the client.
Helped team in addressing the coding challenges and helped them in critical scenarios. Done code review for the deliverables and made sure the review comments are closed before delivery.
Maintain traceability matrix to map the requirements with the deliverables, to ensure, no requirements are missed out during the build.
Reviewed functional and technical test cased prepared by the team and made sure the review comments are addressed and documented.
Successfully undergone transition from the client and shared the knowledge gained from client with the team.
Involved in Implementation and post-implementation warranty support.
Involved in support activity for the incidents raised by consumers.
QC tools activities – Prepare Functional Test cases, Unit testing and Integration testing and System testing.
Worked as a point of contact to interact with the onshore.
Cycle execution, watching of jobs and fixing the abends in priority basis.
Client: Hertz Sep, 2010 to June, 2013
Project Title: Mainframe developer
Description: Hertz is one of leading Car rental company.
Tools / Technology: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS DB
Activity: Migration-IMS DB to VISION-Plus: Provided migration solution to client for their EMEA Market data from IMSDB to new data repository (Visio Plus) for new business initiative. All the EMEA market data lives in Legacy Hierarchy Database (IMSDB) which needs to migrate to Visio plus data source as part of Pegasus migration project.
Roles & Responsibilities:
As an Application Developer for Hertz Applications, I perform the following roles and responsibilities.
Developed the CASS system (New system for AIRPORTs) based on Location in all Hertz Locations.
Involved in Developing the HTML.CSS screens which maps for CICS screens.
Understanding the business requirement and prepare Functional Requirement document.
Minor and Major enhancements on requested business requirement.
Provide Beeper Support (24/7) on weekly basis.
Perform regular Maintenance tasks and handle Adhoc requests.
Develop and Support End to End Implementation process. Do the impact analysis, estimation, coding, preparation of unit test scripts, system integration test scripts and support for Product Testing, User Acceptance testing and Implementation.
Support Implementation of Monthly Maintenance items and half-yearly Enterprise Release items.
Involved in Delivery Tracking for the peers.
Involved in Onsite – Offshore co-ordination. Providing Daily Status report to the onsite counter-part.
Involved in Review of projects artifacts and client interfacing. Responsible for adhering to the quality processes followed in the project.
Involved in taking knowledge sharing sessions within the team.
Working with on-shore team to resolve issues related to the development activities and suggest changes in solution if required.
Contribution towards Productivity Requests to enhance the performance of the application and save billing hours for Hertz wherever applicable.
QUALIFICATIONS
MCA (Computer Application) • 2009 • Andhra University
BSC ( Mathematics ) • 2005 • Andhra University
Awards & Recognition:
Java Full Stack and Python Certification training Done in 2024
Promoted to Technical Lead Application Developer in Sep 2021.
Certified me on application mainframe modernization in Jan 2020.
Awarded a diamond medal from IBM distribution sector lever OpenShift gamification
project in Feb 2020.
Promoted to Senior Application Developer in Jan 2019.
Promoted to Senior Application Developer in Sep 2017.
DB2 Basic 730 Certification Done on 2011 in IBM.
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