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Jessica Claire
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Professional Summary
  • 14 Years of I.T. Experience on IBM Mainframe technology with extensive proficiency in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, Eazytrieve, AFP, CICS, SPUFI, ENDEVOR, FILE-AID, CA7 Scheduler, QMF, CMOD.
  • Mainframe Lead Developer/Senior Analyst Programmer with 14 years of experience in Requirements gathering, Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Troubleshooting, Support and Implementation of full life cycle mainframe applications.
  • Effective at supporting team needs with high-quality code, subject matter expertise and collaboration skills. Skilled programmer and complex problem-solver experienced in data analytics.
  • Experienced in onsite offshore model and leading teams. Well Acquainted to work on Agile or Water fall model projects.
  • Experienced in communication with client and business users for SDLC activities and in driving process improvement activities.
  • Executed mainframe development and enhancements for Annuities, Insurance, Banking & Financial Services projects using mainframe tools and utilities.
  • Strong production support experience of an Annuity Admin system.
  • Played different roles - Technical lead / Module Lead / Developer. Involved in Sizing and estimation of medium and large size projects and review of estimates
  • Have excellent team spirit, communication and interpersonal skills with strong team leading capabilities.
  • Strong logical and analytical skills leading to problem resolutions within timelines.
  • Innovative, creative and able to adopt new technologies and systems.
Skills

Primary Skills

COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, EASYTRIEVE, CICS, AFP

Secondary Skills

Python, GIT, SQL, CA7

Development Tools

FILE-AID, ENDEVOR, SPUFI, CA7, QMF

Debug Tools

EXPEDITOR

Databases

VSAM, DB2

Configuration Tools

ENDEVOR, ELIPS

Work History
Mainframe Programmer, 08/2020 - Current
Metlife, Inc. Rancho Cucamonga, CA,

·Responsible for SDLC life cycle like analysis, design, development, unit testing, integration & regression testing and implementation.

· Prepared Spike documents for the user stories and provided solutions to the offshore development team.

· Developed and communicated the progress of the tasks in the Project status update calls, and proactively suggested solutions for various technical issues. their sign-off.

· Developed and communicated the progress of the tasks in the DSU meetings, and proactively suggested solutions for various technical issues.

· Reviewed the code developed by the application team members and provided feedback and comments in case of any corrections or modification required.

· Co-ordinated with offshore and helped team members with best practices which thereby increased efficiency.

· Proactively communicated the technical issues faced by the team members at offshore to the Product Owner and Scrum Master and always kept them updated of the issues.

· Demoed the development work and the test results for the business line users in the Train Demo Meetings.

· Tracked and Monitored the progress made by the development team during development phase.

· Assumed ownership for end-to-end delivery of stories/projects from Initiation to Closure and ensured that the stories/projects have been delivered on-time.

· During QA phase, helped the test engineers to understand the process and created utility programs to help them identify test samples in the respective environment to ease their effort.

· Updated task board in V1, showing the progress of the stories on daily basis.

· Ensured that change requests have been created for the respective change in order to promote the deliverables through different staging environments.

· Created implementation plan and coordinated UAT, captured signoff on successful completion.

Technical Lead Analyst, 04/2009 - 07/2018
Siemens Corporation Hebron, KY,

· As a Technical lead Analyst was the SME for various mainframe applications such as CAPSIL, New Business, CLAIMS, Billing and Collection, Cheque Distribution System, TASM, REINSURANCE, HRMS and EPS.

· Provided solution architecture to major and critical projects such as DMS Decommission, Family Life, Canadian ADV, FEB, Replacement Factor Calculation, nbA Decommission, Elixir Decommission and Online Banking.

· Reverse engineered the DMS system and policy administration applications like CAPSIL, CFM and VANTAGE to migrate from legacy system to web-based technologies.

· Mentored and helped mainframe team members to resolve critical issues on daily basis.

· Handled break-fixes for production daily batch cycles and supported team members to resolve any critical issues with expert knowledge on the application.

· Conducted Monday Morning meeting with the members on weekly basis to discuss on the allocation and distribution of hours and work among the team members.

· Tracked and monitored the work assigned to junior members and provided help in case of critical issues.

· Responsible for review and sign-off of technical specification document, peer code review, promotion of code changes to model office for UAT and to production environment.

· Responsible for change management process in the team, which outlines system document changes review and sign-off.

· Assisted in the final implementation and Go-live planning activities for projects.

· Provided support to debug production and UAT issues.

Senior Programmer , 09/2007 - 02/2009
Critical Mass Inc. Dallas, TX,

· Worked as Programmer Analyst for COPS team.

· Responsible for SDLC life cycle like analysis, design, development, unit testing and integration testing and implementation.

· Prepared technical specification documents and flow chart diagrams for various projects and enhancements.

· Handled break-fix, enhancement, maintenance and user support requests.

· Handled production support and root cause fixed the critical daily batch cycle jobs.

  • Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.

· Migrated many of the CICS online screens from Model 2 to Model 4 and designed new CICS screens as per the business requirement.

  • Worked closely with clients to establish specifications and system designs.

· Interacted with business on regular basis to keep pace with them.

· Involved in quality activities like Six Sigma methodologies by applying DMAIC process and leaned many of the process, which gained business benefit and thereby certified as a Green Belt Professional.

Developer, 12/2005 - 08/2007
Infinite Computer Solutions City, STATE,

· Worked as Software Engineer for IBM India - Blue Cross Blue Shield Project.

· Involved in analysis of Production issues reported by the customer that are critical, high and medium.


  • Tested programs and databases to identify issues and make necessary modifications.

· Involved in analysis of PLASM and COBOL coding to provide solution to the customer.


· Involved in quality activities like preparing weekly reports for the resolution submitted.

· Reduced the helpdesk inventory count drastically from 100 plus to 20 plus, thereby appreciated by the business and achieved IBM BRAVO award in the year 2006.

· Set-up and executed jobs in CA7 for test runs in QA regions.

· Executed, Monitored and troubleshooted system test cycles on TSON.

· Maintenance of IMS Regions and responsible for ENDEVOR Move, Generate, Delete Requests.

· Processed miscellaneous test requests to support system testing in the COPE regions.

· Involved in quality activities like preparing PL to PM reports.

Education
Associate of Science: Master of Computer Applications, Expected in 12/2003
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University of Madras - Chennai, TN, India,
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Master of Computer Applications

Associate of Arts: Bachelor of Commerce , Expected in 04/2000
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University of Madras - Chennai, TN, India,
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Accomplishments
  • IBM BRAVO Award in 2006
  • CSR Award in 2012
Certifications
  • Six Sigma GreenBelt Certified in 2008
  • LOMA 281 Certified in 2012
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School Attended

  • University of Madras
  • University of Madras

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  • Mainframe Programmer
  • Technical Lead Analyst
  • Senior Programmer
  • Developer

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  • Associate of Arts

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