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Certification
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Logeshwari Padmanabhan

Chennai

Summary

Eight years of progressive experience in design, development, coding, testing, documentation, quality assurance, and implementation on the MAINFRAME PLATFORM. Expertise in CA GEN application development environment and hands-on experience with Visual Studio in C/C++ codes for CA Gen to API connectivity. I am seeking a challenging role in the same capacity to utilize my skills and contribute to the success of the organization.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chennai
07.2016 - Current

Application Lead.

  • Led a small team of application developers, ensuring project progress, and supporting junior engineers.
  • Participated in requirement gathering sessions and supported project scope and timeline estimation during planning phases.
  • Analyzed client requirements to identify application changes and assess dependencies and risks.

Software developer.

  • Designed, developed, tested, and implemented enhancements for the Customer Service Workstation application. This application manages customer information, such as Life Annuity contract details, transactions, withdrawals, and additional options available to contract holders in an insurance company.
  • Implemented API connectivity in Modernization/Migration projects to replace the MAINFRAME server external code, resulting in a 40% increase in system processing speed and reducing turnaround time, leading to greater client satisfaction.
  • Contributed to the development and management of CICS modules, server externals programs for the application.
  • Developed front end screens and back-end server modules using CA GEN application in a Mainframe environment, utilizing C and C++ programming languages.
  • Contributed to a CA GEN migration project, successfully upgrading the system from 8.5 to 8.6 and significantly impacting application performance.
  • Designed and developed new C, C++ code in Visual Studio 2010 and established connectivity between API and the application.
  • Interacted with external vendors to design existing and new modules for sending and receiving data from application screens.

Education

B.E - Computer Science Engineering

RMK College of Engineering And Technology
Chennai
01-2016

Skills

Mainframe

  • COBOL
  • JCL
  • CICS
  • VSAM
  • File Aid
  • Spufi
  • Endevor
  • Xpeditor
  • QMF
  • Platinum
  • REXX

CA GEN

  • Mainframe CA GEN
  • CA GEN Toolset
  • Diagram Trace utility
  • Build Tool

API Interface Tools

  • Postman
  • Soap UI

VISUAL STUDIO

  • C
  • C

Affiliations

  • Participated in cognizant Outreach events, where we as associates go to various government schools, teach, share knowledge and engage the school students in various activities

Accomplishments

  • Appreciated for developing tools using REXX commands
  • Automated creating input dataset for table update in Mainframe with REXX commands and got appreciated for work. This reduced manual effort.
  • Automated VSAM KSDS file update in different CICS region in Mainframe using REXX commands . It saved nearly 180 hours per year.
  • Receives Cognizant Cheers award from Managers for every defect free deliverables

Certification

  • Underwent Cognizant CDP Internal Training Program at Cognizant Technology Solutions.
  • Trained and certified in Mainframe – JCL, COBOL, DB2 , VSAM and SQL.

Languages

Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

Timeline

Software Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2016 - Current

B.E - Computer Science Engineering

RMK College of Engineering And Technology
Logeshwari Padmanabhan