Edison Charles Binny Jobu Dass
Chennai
Summary
Dedicated Senior Mainframe Developer recognized for strong leadership and technical skills. Successfully led migrations and optimized processes, resulting in reduced costs and improved application performance across various banking systems.Recognized for improving processes and contributing to business growth while maintaining high standards of
professionalism.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Mainframe Lead/SME
Standard Chartered GBS
Chennai
07.2025 - Current
- Developed and maintained Trade Finance mainframe applications to ensure optimal performance and reliability.
- Optimized processes in Trade Finance products by reducing redundant database calls, decommissioning unused reports, and purging unnecessary data.
- Working on rehosting the legacy mainframe application to the Linux platform (Micro Focus COBOL).
- Collaborated with target platform team to resolve technical queries and enhance application migration efforts.
Technical Lead
TPF Software India Private Ltd.
Chennai
07.2024 - 07.2025
- Led migration of legacy mainframe application to distributed systems for American Express as Senior Mainframe Developer/Architect.
- Collaborated with the Product Owner to clarify project intent and draft acceptance criteria.
- Analyzed legacy COBOL code to write functional documents for migration and modernization projects; developed COBOL programs for data comparisons and validations.
- Created COBOL-DB2 programs for data validation and developed JCL scripts for output comparisons.
Senior Mainframe Developer
ERP Global Inc.
Phoenix
09.2023 - 06.2024
- Engaged with American Express as the primary client contact.
- Developed COBOL-DB2 programs for application maintenance and enhancements, resolved critical production issues by creating JCL/SORT scripts to quickly resume batch processing.
- Worked as Technical Delivery Lead from the US client location for
- various enhancements within Credit Cards Rewards.
- Reviewed and facilitated functional design reviews to ensure alignment with project requirements.
- Prepared technical implementation plan for live deployment and coordinated with teams for project execution.
- Efficiently broke down technical ideas and issues into non-technical terms for business executives.
- Led weekly status calls with client and account managers.
Software Engineer III
BA Continuum India Pvt. Ltd.
Chennai
06.2013 - 08.2023
- Worked as an Application Developer and developed multiple COBOL-DB2 and IMS modules on core banking functionalities, such as fee processing, refunds, reversals, posting, rewards, and incentives, etc.
- Provided Level 2/Level 3 (L2/L3) production support for multiple critical banking applications.
- Identified and implemented performance improvements, reducing application running costs.
- Streamlined long-running jobs, optimized DB2 Unload to BMC Unload, conducted SQL performance analysis via EXPLAIN, and rescheduled non-critical jobs to non-prime windows.
- Collaborated on core banking products like IMPACS and ST to enhance functionality.
- Attended meetings with the LOB to gather requirements and develop HLD/LLD documents.
- Identified and mitigated risks and process gaps in application.
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
Hyderabad
04.2010 - 06.2013
- Collaborated with Chrysler team on project requirements.
- Replaced IMS calls with SQL queries in impacted programs to facilitate migration to DB2.
- Conducted analysis of modules with IMS DB calls, performed impact analysis on all fields, and documented findings for IMS to DB2 migration.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Noorul Islam College of Engineering
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India04-2009
Skills
- COBOL
- JCL
- DB2
- CICS
- VSAM
- IMS DB
- Endevor
- Easytrieve
- CA7
- QMF
- SPUFI
- DFSORT
- JIRA, ADO
- ISPW
- Control-M
- XLR
- CICD
Certification
Advanced Global Payment Operations
Accomplishments
Appreciation from Line of Business: With my strong analytical skills, I
have investigated multiple complex production issues and remediated
them. This was highly appreciated by business partners.
have investigated multiple complex production issues and remediated
them. This was highly appreciated by business partners.
Timeline
Mainframe Lead/SME
Standard Chartered GBS
07.2025 - Current
Technical Lead
TPF Software India Private Ltd.
07.2024 - 07.2025
Senior Mainframe Developer
ERP Global Inc.
09.2023 - 06.2024
Software Engineer III
BA Continuum India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2013 - 08.2023
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services Limited
04.2010 - 06.2013
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
Noorul Islam College of Engineering