Nikhitha P
Senior Software Engineer
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Mainframe professional with hands-on 4 years of experience in COBOL, JCL, DB2, and CICS in a production support environment. Strong understanding of batch processing, file handling, job monitoring, and incident resolution. Actively transitioning into a Mainframe Developer role with growing exposure to coding, debugging, and end-to-end batch/online flows.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
5
5
Languages
Work History
Mainframe Engineer
CAPGEMINI
12.2021 - Current
- Supported batch COBOL applications running on IBM mainframe
- Monitored daily and monthly batch jobs using SDSF
- Analyzed job failures and return codes
- Performed dataset verification and reruns
- Worked on JCL changes (dataset corrections, parameter updates)
- Assisted in production incident resolution
- Coordinated with development teams for defect fixes
- Good understanding of COBOL program flow and file handling
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
SRI SIDDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Tumkur08-2021
Skills
Mainframe Technologies
COBOL (Batch & Online basics)
JCL (JOB, EXEC, DD, DISP, RC, COND)
DB2 (Basic SQL, SQLCODE handling)
CICS (SEND, RECEIVE, COMMAREA – basics)
VSAM (KSDS – conceptual understanding)
Mainframe Utilities & Tools
TSO/ISPF
SDSF (job monitoring)
File-AID / Dataset browsing
Abend analysis (SOC7, S806 – basic)
Operating Systems
IBM z/OS
Timeline
Mainframe Engineer
CAPGEMINI
12.2021 - Current
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
SRI SIDDHARTHA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
HANDS-ON TECHNICAL EXPOSURE
- Written simple COBOL programs using: WORKING-STORAGE variables IF / EVALUATE conditions PERFORM loops
- Implemented Sequential file reading logic using: OPEN, READ, AT END, CLOSE
- Created and executed JCL to run COBOL programs
- Worked with DB2 SELECT queries in COBOL
- Basic understanding of CICS transaction flow