Balachander Ramadoss

Over 10 years of experience in mainframe development and modernization, specializing in COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, IMS DB, and CICS. Proven track record of delivering effective solutions for diverse clients and business partners in mainframe technology. Senior Software and Application Developer committed to quality assurance and innovation. Capable of thriving in both team-oriented and independent environments.

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Retail Portfolio - Global shares integration, JP MORGAN CHASE, VIRTUSA, 03/01/24, Present, Creation of New COBOL-DB2-CICS programs that processes the external application data received in JSON, XML format., Worked on creating new RESTful APIs using Zos connect/IDz tool., Worked in business requirements gathering, impact analysis of assigned user stories., Code modifications, enhancements on the existing batch program functionalities that includes DB2 and VSAM Files processing., Worked in unit testing, creation of UTP, UTRs, UAT testing of the components., Worked on conversion of some PL/I programs to COBOL., Creation of UAT Jobs, scheduling request of UAT jobs in CONTROL-M monitoring., Creation of production components and implementing them using version control tool CHANGEMAN package creation., Creation of SNOW request for production implementation. ICS - CREDIT CARD PROCESSING, US BANK, WIPRO, 01/01/23, 01/31/24, Requirement gathering. Impact Analysis of User story., Code modification/ Brand-new code using COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, ZOS Connect, CI/CD pipeline, GitHub, Jenkin Pipelines, IDZ, Legacy Modernization., Involved in Cobol6 Remediation. Upgrade the code to the latest compiler option., Creating new Restful API using ZOS connect. Providing the swagger file to Spring boot Team., Supporting Spring boot team to understand the Swagger file regarding any compatibility issues., Involved in Code Review/Test Review activities. Performed performance test in the UAT region (Before/After) for the service., Creating a Unit Test plan/Unit Test Results. Unit Testing using Postman tools and doing system testing., Performed Release management activities like Creation of RFC, Creation of C-TASK With appropriate information., Involved In production Installation. DST Retirement Solutions, SS&C Technologies, WIPRO, 01/01/22, 12/31/22, Worked on various enhancements which provide solutions to the Smart desk applications, UI Refresh screens, Trac Web application., Worked in developing the new CICS programs for the various business requirements according to the business requirements. And, worked in few Batch IMS DB, VSAM Files processing programs changes., Worked on analysis of the business requirements, performing the Unit Testing, deploying the code to various testing platforms such as Delta, Alpha, BETA and Stage regions., Creating packages for production implementation support. GRS GCP Migration, WALMART STORES, COGNIZANT, 02/01/21, 12/31/21, Worked as Technical Lead in driving the team in everyday activities, updating the team's work status to onsite in the scrum call., Discussing the technical issues, code-blockers and challenges in the scrum call with the Onsite and get it resolved on time to remove any road blocks in the tasks., Worked in development activities for migrating the code that accesses the Tera-data diabase table to Google Cloud Platform database tables to perform data fetch, insert, update and delete activities (Production JCL Conversion)., Performed unit testing, production moves and reviewing the team members' mainframe components before the production moves. CORE CLAIM ENHANCEMENTS, Travelers' Insurance, COGNIZANT, 05/01/18, 01/31/21, Worked on the enhancements of the LMA (Legal Matter Application) system. This project operates on Agile methodology with a Scrum framework. Worked in IMS DB module changes, VSAM File Programs' changes., Worked on preparing Impact Analysis, Technical Design Documents. Worked in COBOL-DB2 program changes., Development of mainframe components, Unit Testing, System testing, integration testing, implementation activities, P14 supporting etc. LIBERTY MUTUAL PMIT OPERATIONS, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE, COGNIZANT, 05/01/15, 05/31/18, Worked in Development, Support/Maintenance activities at Liberty Mutual PMIT project. Worked on enhancements of programs that has IMS DB, VSAM Files' usages, doing SIT/UAT testing, research on the production programs and giving resolution to the customer's queries/problems., Performed the Support/Maintenance activities like fixing the Production Job failures during the batch processing., Providing the resolution to the tickets raised by the users & doing pre-implementation activities., Providing the implementation support, and fixing the issues during the implementation support. QCARE TO ABS MIGRATION, HEALTHNET INSURANCE, COGNIZANT, 12/01/13, 04/30/15, Worked on the complete membership (MEDS, Daily, Dental, PCP, provider Info, Capitation Claims, Internal - General Use and encounter) process and giving information to a system called ABS to make it alive after QCARE migration., Worked on migrating the data from QCARE to the ABS system. Worked on membership, providers, claims and encounters data that involves the generation of various extracts related to Health Net providers which was helpful to clients in understanding the key processes related to providers., Assisted with other teams involved in the project during the design phase to understand the challenges in requirement and has provided solutions to the data conversion project. AHOLD FINANCIAL SERVICES SUPPORT, AHOLD USA, SOFTWARE PARADIGMS INFOTECH, 05/01/10, 10/31/13, Worked as an on-call support person for the application areas such as AR (Accounts Receivable), AP (Accounts Payable), BR (Bank Reconciliation), GL (General Ledger) and Stop & Shop Mainframes of the AHOLD Mainframe system., As a support person, the primary responsibility was to do the application jobs monitoring, fixing the production failures within the SLA window., Additionally, worked on research & user tickets to drive the solutions for the customers' query., As a Developer, I worked on creating the solutions for business requirements and to support these applications on a 24/7 model. Worked on creating new batch programs that include IMS DB, VSAM File Processing, DB2 processing techniques.