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Ganesh Deshmukh

Chicago

Summary

Total 15.5 years of IT experience in Capgemini (Location - USA Chicago 11+ yrs and India Pune 4+ yrs). Having technical expertise in mainframe and OpenText Exstream CCM tool and actively working on these technologies in my current project. Project management expertise – Activity and resource planning, Organizing and motivating a project team, Controlling time management, Cost estimating and developing the budget, Ensuring customer satisfaction, Analyzing and managing project risk, Monitoring progress, Managing reports and necessary documentation, problem solving capabilities, worked on SOW, WBS and RFP, worked closed with client as a engagement manager, Having experties in Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Having functional expertise in Credit Card domain. Knowledge on applying end-to-end solution on Automation proposals. Proficient in Gathering Business Users Requirements, Functional and technical specifications, High level and Low level detail design specifications, Coding, Support, Administration and Testing with mainframe and Open Text Exstream in focus on Development environment. Delivered various cost saving initiatives for current client, approx $ 179 K saving achieved by migrating VSAM data into Vault database. Strong knowledge of Mainframe-COBOL,JCL, VSAM, DB2 and mainframe tools like File-Aid, File Manager, OPC/TWS, Quality Center, Endevor, Sort, ISPF,smarties,SPUFI, QMF, DB2. Good Experience in OT Exstream tool with afp,Vault,XML, and SecureCRT, WinSCp, Exstream upgrade. Having experience of production support and resolution of production abends in less turn around time.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Architect

Discover Financial Services
Chicago
04.2022 - Current
  • Evaluate current state of architecture, platform and provide architectural recommendations to improve performance, scalability and reliability
  • Responsibility for the quality of architecture and design
  • Determine organization needs and identify system specifications
  • Plan and design the structure of technology systems, discuss these with the client
  • Ability and desire to learn new technologies and application knowledge quickly
  • Participated in all phases of the software development life-cycle – requirements, architecture/design, implementation, testing, release, maintenance of our enterprise software applications
  • Helped PO to translate functional requirement into technical features and create User Stories for features
  • Responsible for operational and technical issues
  • Handled deployment of Mainframe components in pre-production and production environment
  • Design and development of complex documents and writing proper triggering logic for these documents to be delivered through various communication channels like archive and print using Exstream
  • Preparing Implementation plan, testing support and post install support for Card Fulfillmentkit application enhancements
  • OpenText Exstream Skillsets : Open Text Exstream 16.6.2, AFP, xml,.dat, columnar files, html, output queues, frames, formula, variable/file mapping, page targeting, sections, paragraphs, presort, post sort, test PDF, tiff, images, Jpeg Images, MRDF file, Vault- document repository database, AFP viewer, Extream upgrade from V-16.6 to V23.3, Vault document archival database
  • Unix : WinScp,SecurCRT, Autosys -Unix platform Job schedular, Unix basic scripting
  • Linux
  • Mainframe Skills: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, FileAid, Smarties, OPC – Mainframe Job Scheduler , NDVR, QMF, SPUFI, SDM,SORT,SNDM,FTP,ISPF,IEBGENER,IEBCOPY,IDCAM,SDSF;ST

Senior Lead Developer

Discover Financial Services
Chicago
04.2016 - 03.2022
  • Identification of functional changes by closely working with business team
  • As a technical lead I was responsible for complete fulfillment application day to day activities and all deliverables and production support of application
  • Participated in all phases of the software development life-cycle – requirements, architecture/design, implementation, testing, release, maintenance of our enterprise software applications
  • Handled deployment of Mainframe components in pre-production and production environment
  • Handled deployment of Exstream code in UNIX platform and writing various scripts for proper integration of Mainframe and Exstream Code
  • Design and development of complex documents and writing proper triggering logic for these documents to be delivered through various communication channels like archive and print using Exstream
  • Preparing Implementation plan, testing support and post install support for Card Fulfillmentkit application enhancements
  • Getting involved in review meetings, problem solving meetings
  • Provide support for SIT, UAT testing support
  • Mentoring the members in our team
  • Supporting internal and external audits
  • OpenText Exstream Skillsets : Open Text Exstream 16.6.2, AFP, xml,.dat, columnar files, html, output queues, frames, formula, variable/file mapping, page targeting, sections, paragraphs, presort, post sort, test PDF, tiff, images, Jpeg Images, MRDF file, Vault- document repository database, AFP viewer, Vault document archival database
  • Unix : WinScp,SecurCRT, Autosys -Unix platform Job schedular, Unix basic scripting
  • Linux
  • Mainframe Skills: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, FileAid, Smarties, OPC – Mainframe Job Scheduler , NDVR, QMF, SPUFI, SDM,SORT,SNDM,FTP,ISPF,IEBGENER,IEBCOPY,IDCAM,SDSF;ST

Lead Developer

Discover Financial Services
Chicago
02.2013 - 03.2016
  • Identification of functional changes by closely working with business team
  • Creating function and High level technical design document
  • Is responsible for technical issues
  • Involved in coding & review, SIT, UAT support
  • Mentoring the members in our team
  • Supporting internal and external audits
  • Document designing in Open Text Exstream, New code and changes in existing Mainframe programs
  • Preparing implementation plan
  • Ensuring defect free production implementation and post production validation
  • OpenText Exstream Skillsets : Open Text Exstream 16.6.2, AFP, xml,.dat, columnar files, html, output queues, frames, formula, variable/file mapping, page targeting, sections, paragraphs, presort, post sort, test PDF, tiff, images, Jpeg Images, MRDF file, Vault- document repository database, AFP viewer, Extream upgrade from V 9.3 to V16.6, Vault document archival database
  • Unix : WinScp,SecurCRT, Autosys -Unix platform Job schedular, Unix basic scripting
  • Linux
  • Mainframe Skills: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, FileAid, Smarties, OPC – Mainframe Job Scheduler , NDVR, QMF, SPUFI, SDM,SORT,SNDM,FTP,ISPF,IEBGENER,IEBCOPY,IDCAM,SDSF;ST

Mainframe Developer

Capgemini
Pune
03.2010 - 02.2013
  • Identification of functional changes
  • Creating function and High level technical design document
  • Scoping and sizing of the project
  • Ensuring high quality and timely delivery (Development & Testing – Unit, Integration and User acceptance)
  • Managing all the Process to ensure conformance to CMMi 5
  • Post implementation support
  • Mainframe Skills: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, FileAid, Smarties, OPC – Mainframe Job Scheduler , NDVR, QMF, SPUFI, SDM,SORT,SNDM,FTP,ISPF,IEBGENER,IEBCOPY,IDCAM,SDSF;ST

Mainframe Developer

Capgemini
Pune
09.2008 - 02.2010
  • Involved in analysis
  • Involved in the Technical Design preparation
  • Coding, Unit testing
  • Involved in the SIT support
  • Involved in the UAT and Production Support
  • Mainframe Skills: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, FileAid, Smarties, OPC – Mainframe Job Scheduler , NDVR, QMF, SPUFI, SDM,SORT,SNDM,FTP,ISPF,IEBGENER,IEBCOPY,IDCAM,SDSF;ST

Education

B.E - Computer Science & engineering

Dr. BAMU University

Skills

OpenText Exstream Skillsets : Open Text Exstream 1662, AFP, xml,dat, columnar files, html, output queues,frames, formula, variable/file mapping, page targeting, sections, paragraphs, presort, post sort, test PDF,tiff, images, Jpeg Images, MRDF file, Vault- document repository database, AFP viewer, Extream upgrade from V-166 to V233, Vault document archival database

Mainframe Skills: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, FileAid, Smarties, OPC – Mainframe Job Scheduler , NDVR, QMF,SPUFI,SDM,SORT,SNDM,FTP,ISPF,IEBGENER,IEBCOPY,IDCAM,SDSF;ST

Unix : WinScp,SecurCRT, Autosys -Unix platform Job schedular, Unix basic shell scripting, Linux system

Operating Systems: z/OS, MVS OS/390

Professionalsummary

Capgemini, Pune, MH, India, 4, Capgemini, Chicago, IL, USA, 11, Mainframe, OpenText Exstream CCM tool, Agile methodologies, Waterfall methodologies, Credit Card domain, Automation proposals, Delivered various cost saving initiatives for current client, $179K, migrating VSAM data into Vault database

Languages

English
Proficient
C2

Timeline

Technical Architect

Discover Financial Services
04.2022 - Current

Senior Lead Developer

Discover Financial Services
04.2016 - 03.2022

Lead Developer

Discover Financial Services
02.2013 - 03.2016

Mainframe Developer

Capgemini
03.2010 - 02.2013

Mainframe Developer

Capgemini
09.2008 - 02.2010

B.E - Computer Science & engineering

Dr. BAMU University
Ganesh Deshmukh