mainframe cocol Analyst, architechure developer

DICKSON LIAW

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BURNABY, BC V*B 2C2

TEL: 604-***-****, 778-***-****

EMAIL: r4xakj@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• An innovative, results driven, motivated professional with extensive Mainframe technology experience.

• More than 20 year application COBOL programming and design experience in IBM mainframe system.

• Excellent experience across the entire software development life cycle with a special focus on functional specifications, analysis and design along with a strong emphasis on clean room practices and quality assurance.

• Demonstrated ability to quickly master new technologies with the focus on delivering business solutions.

• Creative thinker with a flair for crafting solutions while staying within project constraints.

• Highly effective team player, consistently helping realize the overall project goals and bringing out the best from other team members.

• Effective communicator with excellent Leadership experience and always commit to schedule

• Distinguished ability to conduct accurate needs analysis, resolve problems and assess technical capabilities

• Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skill

• Strong sense of ownership and urgency

• Deep knowledge of banking system

Technical Skills

• Expert in MVS, TSO/ISPF, COBOL, MQ, JCL, DB2, Platinum, Spufi, QMF, FileAid, VSAM, TELON, CICS, SQL, CA7, Intertest, Xpediter, SmartTest, Cobtest,FTP,REXX,RACF,IMS DC.

• Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Lotus note, Microsoft visio

AWARDS

1. Dec 2008, One HSBC Application Processing Engine(Ape) Team Award issued by HSBC APe Team

2. Sep 2007, Great Service issued by HSBC Enterprise Architecture Interface(EAI) Director

3. May 2000, Celebrating Excellence Award issued by Safeway Canada Inc.

CERTIFICATED COURSES

1. Jan 2006 to Jun 2006-Java Programming: Intermediate Level, BCIT.

2. Apr 2002 -DB2 SQL and QMF Version 7, Computer Horizons Education Division.

3. Nov 2002-Java Programming, Java Web Development, Computer Horizons Education Division.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 2009 to Jan 2011

System Designer/Analyst, Safeway Canada Ltd.

• Work as key Designer and Programmer in PPI(Promotion Price Integration System) using the following IBM mainframe development utilities:

o DB2, QMF, ESP(replace CA7), COBOL LE, VSAM, CICS, JCL.

• Design and develop new programs to apply the business rules to the non-coupon promotions. Thus, programs have an intelligence to process the data from the third party, resolve the data collision and generate correct results to Safeway data bases

• Coordinate with business stakeholders for business requirements elicitation and analysis

• Work with solution architect and business analyst to propose the system design and solutions

• Act as a lead of offshore resources and provide the guidance to them

• Design program specifications and coding

• Provide the maintenance support for production JCL

• Responsible for changed code review for quality assurance

Sep 2003 to Feb 2009

Mainframe Developer, HSBC Group System Development Centre

Application Process Engine(APe) – Sep 2008 to Feb 2009

• Work as key developer and designer in APe team using the following IBM mainframe utilities:

o DB2, MQ Series, COBOL III, CICS, CA7, Changeman, Xpediter,fileAid,Spufi ,JCL,RACF

• Responsible for producing the technical design specification based on the user requirement provided.

• Responsible for program development in APe(Application Process Engine) system which is to receive the user request from front end User Interface and then route the request message to the corresponding processing backend system for further processing.

• Coordinate with DBA and solution architect on the database design and system testing environment set up.

• Responsible for environment setup for integrated & system testing.

• Responsible for developing unit test plan.

• Responsible for creating test data and executing test plan for system testing.

• Provide the technical support for System Integration Testing and User Acceptance Testing

• Responsible for developing online(CICS) framework modules for APe system.

• Responsible for creating JCL for System Maintenance components of Ape system.

Mainframe Developer, HSBC Group System Development Centre

Enterprise Architecture Interface(EAI)–Sep 2003 to Sep 2008

• Work as team lead and key designer in EAI team using the following IBM mainframe utilities:

o DB2, MQ Series, COBOL II, CICS, CA7, Endevor, Platinum, Smartest, Spufi, JCL,RACF,FTP

• Deeply involved in the HSBC personal banking project to set up the EAI routing data and message transformation rules.

• Lead a small team with 1-3 junior team members.

• Develop and install new programs for Data Transformation/conversion for XML messages.

• Investigate and resolve problem found in regional User Acceptance Test and production.

• Design and produce technical design specifications.

• Provide the support to the functional testing of new system

• Support production system

Jun 1998 to Aug 2003

Analyst/Programmer, Safeway Canada Ltd.

• Work as key System Designer and Programmer in TMS(Truck Management System) using the following IBM mainframe development utilities:

o DB2, QMF, MQ Series, COBOL II, VSAM, CICS, JCL, REXX

• Develop and install new programs to interface warehouse management system on Unix platform and legacy system on MVS.

• Provide the production support to investigate and resolve the production issues.

• Analyze and design program specifications.

• Maintain production JCL.

• Responsible for changed code review to ensure quality and meet company standard.

Jan 1990 to Mar 1998

Senior Analyst / Project Leader, Chinatrust Commercial Bank

• Work as Project team lead for Loan Banking Management Systems running in IBM 370 Mainframe environment, and the following utilities are used:

o DB2, COBOL, CICS, IMS-DC,IMS Database, VSAM, JCL, REXX

• Participate in all meetings with business users to gather and analyze the user requirement for new enhancement of the system.

• Responsible for development, maintenance and support of the Loan and Stock Management Systems.

• Responsible for analyzing, designing and issuing the program specifications for the Loan and Stock Management Systems

• Provide technical and application support to junior staff and set up necessary training for new team member.

Jul 1987 to Jan 1990

Mainframe Programmer ,The Third Credit Union Of Taipei

• Act as programmer to develop the new programs running under IBM370 mainframe environment, the utility used are:

o IMS-DB, COBOL, CICS, VSAM, JCL

• Develop and implement new programs for Loan Banking Systems

• Develop and implement new programs for Time Deposit Banking Systems

• Analyze and design program specifications

• Provide the production support to investigate and resolve the product issues

EDUCATION

Dec 1987 - June 1988

Computer Programming Design, Certificate

Institute of Information for Industry, 1988, Taipei, Taiwan.

1980- 1984

Bachelor of Science in Navigation and Marine Engineering.

National Chiao-Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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