Having 8.6 years of experience in IT industry with strong emphasis in all the phases of software development life cycle including Requirement Analysis, Designing, Programming, Testing and Deploying the mainframe application.
8.6 years of experience in Developing and Testing Mainframe Batch/Online applications using the skills COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS, MQ and Easytrieve.
Proficient in Software Testing techniques, methodologies and defect management.
In-depth knowledge developing test strategies and test plans for large complex systems.
Expert in creating test plans and creating QA metrics and reports.
Demonstrated skills in facilitating and organizing test execution of test cases/scripts in a proficient manner.
Ability to identify gaps in test coverage to meet business requirements/needs.
Ability to work closely with other testers, business analysts and developers, participate in defect meetings and be able to interact with both technical and business team members.
Experienced in managing testing milestones, estimates and timelines.
Experienced in working closely with the development team and provide necessary inputs that helps in the overall delivery of the project.
Environment: COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, EASYTRIVE, MQ, FILE-AID, PANVALET, PLATINUM, CA-7, XPEDITER, FAULT ANALYZER HP Quality Center, eTp tool and CA Service Desk Tool.
Reviewing and analyzing client-specific system requirements and scope of services.
Analyzing functional and technical system design for testability.
Defining test scenarios, contribute to creation of test plans and participate in the definition and execution of test scripts.
Mining and manipulating data to create test data and test cases for multiple or complex projects.
Executing Systems Integration Test Plan, including the comparison of actual results to expected results.
Identify defects in multiple environments and throughout all phases of the development life cycle and ensure that development groups address all open defects in a timely manner.
Assisting in analysis of current processes and propose recommendations for process improvements.
Day to day interaction and communication with other impacted application testing teams and business teams regarding the current project status, upcoming activities.
Environment: COBOL, CICS, JCL, EASYTRIVE, DB2, VSAM, FILE MANAGER, FAULT ANALYZER, DEBUG TOOL, CONTROL-M, XPEDITER and HP Quality Center 11.0.
Understanding and analyzing the requirements.
Performing risk assessment of requirements and Preparing Risk Mitigation plan.
Preparing test strategy document for all the impacted applications.
Analyzing current processes and proposing recommendations for process improvements.
Environment: COBOL, CICS, JCL, EASYTRIVE, DB2, IMSDB, VSAM, FILE MANAGER, FAULT ANALYZER, DEBUG TOOL and XPEDITER.
Preparing Detailed Technical Design document.
Coding new or modifying existing programs as per the Client Specification.
Preparation of Unit Test Cases and Unit test results.
Maintaining defect tracker with all the code and document defects.
Primary Resource in production support.
Providing immediate fixes for the abends/failures related to our application in the batch run with in SLA time.
Fixing the work requests/Incident Reports from the customers.
Preparation of RCA document if any issues in the batch run.
Attending SWAT calls with IBM teams regarding the Scheduling issues and storage issues.
Responsible for Logging all the abended jobs information in IBM Clear Quest tool.
Environment: COBOL, CICS, JCL, EASYTRIVE, DB2, VSAM, FILE MANAGER, FAULT ANALYZER, DEBUG TOOL and XPEDITER.
Coding of batch and online programs as per the client specifications.
Preparing unit test cases, test scenarios, test results, test evaluation summary documents.
COBOL program analysis to trace back abends.
Defect Analysis to identify the root cause.
Attending Code Reviews, Test Reviews and status meetings.
Preparing Documents for impacted programs.
Generating reports according to client’s specifications.
Actively involved in Quality related activities.
Effective defect tracking and logging all the details into Quality Centre.