Description
Rohit Prasad
Westlake, Ohio, 44145
901-246- 2293
rohitprasad412@gmail.com
Mainframe Project Lead with CICS, Cool Gen (CA Gen), COBOL, Z/OS, MQ
Professional Summary:
- More than 8.7 years of IT experience in Software development with experience ranging in Mainframe development, enhancement, testing and support, Cool Gen and CICS development, ab initio development and testing.
- IT experience on IBM Mainframe technology with extensive proficiency in COBOL, JCL, DB2, IMS, IDMS, VSAM, Easytrieve, REXX, CICS, ADSO, CA Gen, Changeman, ISPW, Endevor, InterTest, Xpeditor, FILE-AID, CA- File Master, InSync, SCLM, DFSort, Syncsort, CA7, SPUFI, QMF, MQ Series, PLATINUM.
- Prepared detail design, unit test plan for the new COBOL programs and JCLs.
- Utilized Changeman, ISPW and Endevor for configuration management.
- 5 years of experience in developing Cool Gen/CA Gen codes for Banking and Finance
- 5 years of experience in developing CICS screens for Banking and Finance
- 3 years of experience in Control-M for Banking and Finance industry.
- 2 years of experience in developing ab initio xfr and testing online screens and batch programs for logistics industry.
- Extensive experience in developing COBOL codes from scratch involving DB2, IMS, IDMS and VSAM.
- Good working knowledge of major Z/OS, TSO/ISPF Operating Systems
- Worked in various capacities such as Lead Developer, SME, Individual contributor and Team Member.
- Solid working experience of testing throughout the test cycles and releases.
- Solid understanding of complete SDLC workflow and Agile Technology.
- Strong extensive experience in version control tools like Changeman, Endevor and ISPW.
- Strong Working Knowledge in Platinum, Xpeditor, File-Aid, CA File Master, InSync and InterTest
- Worked on File Aid, CA File Master, InSync & HP ALM Quality Center 11.0
- Proficient in creating Training Manual & User Guides.
- Corporate training in Micro Soft Business Intelligence MSBI
- Presently designated as Senior Developer with TCS, Westlake with responsibilities of Project Lead.
Technical Background:
Key Skills : Mainframes, COBOL, JCL, DB2, IMS, IDMS, VSAM, cool gen/CA Gen, CICS, ab initio
Operating Systems : Windows, Z O/S
Tools : Change man, ISPW, Endevor, XPEDITER, InterTest, cool gen CA Gen, ab initio GDE,
HP ALM QC, File-Aid, CA File Master, InSync
Databases : DB2, IMS, IDMS, VSAM
IBM Mainframe Software:
- JCL IBM UTILITIES
- SYNCSORT CONTROL M (SCHEDULER)
- ENDEVOR VSAM
- SDLC REXX
- TSO CA-7 (SCHEDULER)
- PANVALET CICS
- CHANGEMAN XPEDITOR
- QMF NDM
- DB2/SQL IDCAMS INTERTEST (BATCH)
- JEM SPUFI
Professional Work experience:
American Greetings Westlake – USA
Project Lead Nov 2016 – Present
Domain: Retail
Team Size: 12
Responsibilities:
- Astute Leader with exemplary communication, relationship management, analysis & organizational skills.
- Performed the role as System Analyst and primarily as Mainframe Lead Developer.
- Managed a team of 12 as onsite coordinator between Client SMEs and offshore.
- Worked with the different interfacing teams as a team lead with other vendors as point of contact.
- Developed COBOL code integrated with IDMS and worked on online screen changes using ADS/O
- Worked on enhancing the existing ADS/A structure to customize the existing menu structure at American Greetings to tailor screen access by user type.
- Developed COBOL code integrated with IDMS DB and worked on online screen changes using ADS/O
- Modified IDMS tables using DMLO and Debugged the screens using
- Used Sharepoint as Project Repository tool.
- Worked on REXX to automate the changes to be done to JCLs for different environments.
- Coordinated with offshore and assigned
- Develop technical design document (TDD) to provide an architectural direction which gives an overarching solution considering an end to end integration view across create/maintain, data interfaces, hierarchy workflow, phased approach.
- Perform code-reviews and test case reviews and ensure timely delivery.
Software/Tools: COBOL, IMS, DB2, ISPF, HP ALM QC, MQ, IBM Mainframe, VSAM, JCL, Eazytrieve, REXX, Panvalet, Endevor, IDMS, ADSO, DMLO, AFP
FedEx, Memphis – USA
Project Lead and Sr. Developer Apr 2015 – Nov 2016
Team Size: 9
Roles and Responsibilities:
- Led, architected and participated in the design, testing and deployment of multiple applications.
- Expertise in handling project end to end solution, i.e. from inception till completion & overall resource planning.
- Performed Peer code review
- Created the high level design document for the project
- Defined the business process workflows for user management by working with onshore project lead.
- Worked with the test team lead to define overall testing strategy and write test cases
- Developed codes from scratch and enhanced codes to enable the requested functionality involving DB2 and IMS DB.
- Understood the complete Architecture and provided knowledge transfer to peers about the same for the ongoing migration project.
- Developed COBOL code and JOB from scratch to capture the logs of mainframe data into IMS DB.
- Worked on REXX to automate the changes to be done to JCLs for different environments.
- Played the role of a lead developer to migrate the IMS and DB2 data to ab initio oracle database.
- Tested the Online screens for the changes done and compared the results in Mainframe and ab initio; in case of discrepancy, enhanced the xfr, ab initio code.
- Demonstrated the requirement and architecture to peers
Software/Tools: COBOL, JCL, File-AID, Cool gen/CA Gen, REXX, SPUFI, ISPF, ab initio GDE, ISPW, InterTest, CA7 File Master, HP ALM QC,
FedEx, Pune, India
Sr. Lead Developer Dec 2013 – Mar 2015
Domain: Logistics
Role/ Responsibilities:
- Coordination between Client SMEs and offshore.
- Used TeamForge as Project Management and Repository tool.
- Design – Prepare the Technical Design as per functional design
- Development – Developed COBOL programs with DB2 and IMS DB using
- Tested the Online screens for the changes done and compared the results in Mainframe and ab initio; in case of discrepancy, enhanced the xfr, ab initio code.
- Test – Available in case any issue comes in assembly testing.
- Worked with the test team lead to define overall testing strategy and write test cases
- Supporting the test cycles during the overall Testing phase till implementation.
- Did online screen changes using IMS DC.
- Written and executed DB2 Queries to extract data from DB2 tables.
- Developed and designed COBOL programs to change data from different clients and input into a DB2 database.
Software/Tools: COBOL, JCL, IMS DB, IMS DC, DB2, VSAM, ISPF, ab initio GDE, ISPW, InterTest, CA-File Master, HP ALM QC, CA-7.
American Express (AMEX) – (Multiple Projects) Pune, India
Developer & Sr. Developer Oct 2008 – Nov 2013
Domain: Banking & Finance
Role and Responsibilities:
- Gathered business requirements and translated them into functional and technical requirements
- Led solutions engineering that involved process automation & functionality enhancement. Replaced time-consuming, error-prone manual processes with elegant and automated solutions documented under DM Saves activities.
- Developed COBOL code from scratch with DB2 and IMS DB.
- Coordination with onsite lead to finalize the Design document specifications based on Requirement Analysis.
- Involved in preparing the sizing for the project.
- Worked on Business Rule Extraction & Developed several ief codes using cool gen/CA Gen tool for Jumar Rewrite.
- Responsible for supporting the complete business flow for various impacted teams and working directly with project management and business teams.
- Used Clarity as Project Management tool and Sharepoint as Project Repository tool.
- Gained experience on MQ Series used to send messages through queue between Mainframe and Distributed systems and Control-M as Job scheduling tool.
- Worked on MQ Series transferring data through QM Queue Manager.
- Developed XML parser module to parse string of data passed from Mid-tier application
- Developer new COBOL/CICS–DB2 programs based on existing code using Dynamic SQL and CICS
- Modified screens using CICS.
- Provided knowledge transfer to production support team after implementation.
- Apart from being involved in peer reviews to ensure the quality of the deliverables, also lead two resources for the Unit Testing and logging the results & Creating CMRs as well as SSRs regarding the implementation.
Software/Tools: COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS, CICS, SQL, Changeman, Xpeditor, File-Aid, Cool Gen/CA Gen, MQ Series, XML, HP ALM QC, Control-M, .
Education qualification:
Bachelor of Technology – EEE
VIT (Vellore Institute of Technology) Vellore, India
Certification:
CICS certified.
Education
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VIT (Vellore Institute of Technology) Vellore, India
- EE
- CICS certified