Energetic employee well-versed in strong communication and organization skills. Takes on challenging new role harnessing interpersonal skills, collaboration and problem-solving. Driven to deliver high-quality service and consistent results. Passionate about integrating modernization capabilities into mainframe systems to drive innovation and always committed to enhance the technical capabilities, aligning with the company's mission to deliver cutting-edge solutions by continuously learning and exploring new age technologies and integrating innovative practices that empower clients to achieve their digital transformation goals.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Senior Lead, System programming
Kyndryl solutions limited
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
10.2024 - Current
Install, upgrade, maintain and customize DB2 and its associated IBM and 3rd party software tools
Reviewing and assessing new versions of DB2 for improved functionality and features that can be put to use in environment to better manage db2 applications work load
Technical system support for DB2 sub systems, database tools and utilities
Support DB2 business, end user and application requirements in terms of data migration/db2 data configuration etc
Experience in simulating disaster recovery scenarios and testing
Review and tune regular system level health checks to ensure continuous availability of db2
Experience in handling db2 security certificates and working with new applications to set up db2 certificates to ensure protected connections and serviceability
DB2 SQL performance tuning,Plan and Package management
Debugging DB2 connection issues (db2 networking)
Quickly learned and applied new skills to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
Increased customer satisfaction by resolving issues.
Applied critical thinking to analyse problems, evaluate solutions and select best decisions.
Successfully delivered on tasks within tight deadlines.
Improved efficiency and productivity by acquiring new skills.
Carried out day-to-day duties accurately and efficiently.
Completed duties to deliver on targets with accuracy and efficiency.
Displayed energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
Technical Specialist
Barclays Global Service Centre,India
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
11.2021 - 10.2024
Planning Db2 V12 installation and migration plans, along with Ca-Platinum suite maintenance, version upgrades, disaster recovery scenarios, HIPER report review and vulnerability patching etc.
Problem management, change management, process driven implementation plans
Facilitated training sessions for staff development and skill enhancement.
Led cross-departmental teams, driving collaboration and team cohesion.
Developed strategic operational plans by collaborating with senior management.
Collaborated on cross-functional teams to deliver comprehensive IT solutions.
Ensured seamless system integration with meticulous planning and execution.
Assessed and revised IT infrastructure for business continuity assurance.
Provided expert technical support, resulting in increased user satisfaction.
Delivered impactful training sessions to increase staff technical proficiency.
Streamlined IT procedures to facilitate smoother workflows.
Conducted comprehensive system analyses to identify potential improvements.
Executed regular system maintenance to achieve peak performance.
Diagnosed technical faults using root cause analysis to prevent repeat issues.
Mainframe DB2 System Programmer
Ensono Technologies
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
03.2021 - 10.2021
Coordinated team members in development of large-scale projects, leading to successful deliveries within set deadlines.
Streamlined processes for improved user experience by troubleshooting and repairing system failures.
Collaborated on strategic planning meetings, contributing ideas for innovative solutions to improve system performance.
Upgraded legacy systems, resulting in significantly reduced operating costs without compromising on quality or efficiency.
Provided technical support to users, resolving queries regarding software usage and functionality promptly and effectively.
Implemented software upgrades for enhanced system functionality.
Associate Consultant
Tata consultancy Services
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
10.2018 - 02.2021
Role: DB2 system programmer, DB2 DBA, Mainframe offshore Tower Lead
Project Description: Migration of MBFS infrastructure from current Service Provider Datacenter to new data center (NAFTA Data center) and steady state support
Project Description: Rainbow Programme will deliver divestment of RBS England & Wales and NW Scotland branches as mandated by EU
Current strategy is that Rainbow Bank will be created as standalone entity from rest of RBSG, thus making it suitable to be either sold or floated through IPO
Rainbow Programme’s objective is to build separate business and technology operating platform for new Rainbow Bank
Roles and Responsibilities (DBA)
Administered DB2 subsystems in Prod, Test and Development regions
Participated in design review meetings, involved in logical design and in converting logical model into physical database model
Analyzed index requirements and designed appropriate indexes
Performed SQL tuning and bind plan/package creation for enhancements and developments
Prepared test environments and performed data refresh
Designed, debugged and implemented stored procedures and triggers
Efficiently carried out DBA responsibilities in planning DB2 version migration activities, in migration phases and in performing post migration tasks
Identified problematic SQL and optimized SQL queries that helped improve application performance
Ensured proper backup and recovery by maintaining DB2 image copies and recovery JCLs
Performed data maintenance using LOAD, UNLOAD, REORG, RUNSTATS, COPY, RECOVER and others
Performed table space recovery, data set recovery and transaction recovery under various circumstances
Monitored and managed DB2 thread and locking issues
Involved in granting various authorizations and privileges to different users
Proactively monitored and performed daily maintenance activities
Responsibilities as Implementation Analyst:
Identifying scope of implementation and providing framework of implementation
Track and report on progress of implementation to Business users and senior management
Prepared programme level implementation schedule of events (SoE) & Backout plan, review of individual platform/project level implementation plans and runbooks
Incident management
Implementation event running through command and control/support/hand-over to Application support team (APS)
IT SECURITY AND COMPLIANCEANALYST at Kyndryl Solutions Private Limited(IBM India Pvt. Limited)IT SECURITY AND COMPLIANCEANALYST at Kyndryl Solutions Private Limited(IBM India Pvt. Limited)
Operations Manager at IBM India Private Limited/ Kyndryl Solutions Private LimitedOperations Manager at IBM India Private Limited/ Kyndryl Solutions Private Limited