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Gerardo Soriano

Morristown,NJ

Summary

I have been in IT PROGRAMMING since 1997, using COBOL/DB2/SQL/CICS/AS400. 9 years of those are as Mainframe analyst/programmer spent in Singapore with AIT (client: Citigroup N.A Singapore). Also have strong UNIX, COBOL/AS400 and currently using COBOL/CICS/DB2 for Mainframe programming with present employer UnitedHealth Group – Optum Global Solutions for 13 years now currently assigned here in United States. I perform actions associated with my competency without assistance. I am recognized within the immediate organization as resource to consult when difficult questions arise regarding my competency. I consistently provide practical/relevant ideas and perspectives on process or practice improvements which may easily be implemented. I coach others in the application of my competency, translating complex nuances related to my competency into easy-to-understand terms. I participate in senior-level discussions. I have strong belief in automation.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Mainframe NDB Sr Software Engineer

intertestEndevorSpringBootGitHubGraphQLUnitedHealth Group -OPTUM Global Solutions
10.2010 - Current
  • Resolved customer issues by establishing workarounds and solutions to debug and create defect fixes.
  • Met with stakeholders, product teams and customers throughout system development lifecycle.
  • Leveraged Agile methodologies to move development lifecycle rapidly through initial prototyping to enterprise-quality testing and final implementation.
  • Created technical workflows in wiki to support education and training of newly hired employees.
  • Developed requirements for system modifications and new system installations.
  • Authored technical documents such as design specifications and user manuals.
  • Identified issues in software processes and implemented optimization.
  • Conferred with project managers and other stakeholders to fully understand software design specifications and plan optimal development approaches.
  • Worked closely with systems analysts, engineers and programmers to understand limitations, develop capabilities and resolve software problems.
  • Integrated third-party APIs into existing systems.
  • Introduced automation tools to enhance workflow.
  • Collaborated with development team members to create and integrate high availability solutions for mission-critical applications.
  • Provided technical assistance to junior developers in debugging code.
  • Participated in agile development of products within cross-functional frameworks.
  • Liaised with QA testers to perform testing meeting various parameters.
  • Performed estimates of work hours and tracked progress using Agile and Scrum methodology.
  • Designed and implemented user interfaces for web-based applications.
  • Investigated production issues reported by users and provided timely resolutions.

Developer II

Savvysherpa Asia Inc
07.2012 - 06.2016
  • Project: Provider - Network Database (NDB), :
  • Work alongside DevOps teams to help build cloud infrastructure and deployment pipelines
  • Develop test data-driven products, features and APIs that scale
  • Responsible for large and more complex components, while influencing overall Data architecture, patterns, and automation
  • Implements component design in-line with predefined team architectural patterns
  • Can work autonomously
  • Able to identify and provide feedback on designs provided and implemented by others
  • Assesses dependencies, impacts, costs and time when weighing pros and cons
  • Solves complex problems
  • Mentors’ software engineers through code reviews, and hands-on design sessions
  • Introduces automation to replace repeated manual processes demonstrating measurable improvement
  • Doing production support, Dev Ops
  • Develop/Enhance/Integrate Applications and Systems
  • Creates unit test plans, executes unit testing and documents results to ensure that code works as designed
  • Ensures that application/system code is clearly and comprehensively developed and traceable back to technical specifications (e.g., traceability matrix)
  • Incorporates scaling capability into application/system code as applicable
  • Ensures integration with testing groups (e.g., UAT, CTP)
  • Conducts all required reviews (e.g., code coverage, code reviews, test plan reviews), as applicable
  • Adheres to applicable enterprise development methodologies and processes (e.g., UDP, RSA, ADR, EPMO processes)
  • Implements Design Patterns, as applicable
  • Review and troubleshoot potential coding issues
  • Validates technical compliance application/system designs

Golden Rule Insurance, GRI
, USA
10.2010 - 07.2012
  • Project: Billing System /Riders Project/GUI Project/, Responsibilities:
  • Work in a AS400 environment using COBOL language and logical file with SQL database
  • Develop, test new programs based on user requirement
  • Assigned production support task
  • Use STRDBG utility to debug program

BANCS

Software Laboratories Inc, CHINATRUST
, Philippines
03.2010 - 08.2010
  • Support
  • Responsibilities, Work in a UNIX environment using COBOL language and SQL database
  • Attend to production issues
  • Develop, test new programs based on user requirement
  • Create Shell script and SQL queries

Analyst/Programmer

CITIGROUP Singapore
01.2007 - 07.2009
  • PROJECT RAINBOW CEEMEA Migration
  • Project Background:
  • Convert existing ASIA Pacific/CEEMEA countries from ECS to ECS+ platform Combine ASIA pacific/CEEMEA countries into one CICS region (CICSFLEX)
  • Responsibilities:
  • Analyze project work schedule and assign corresponding programmer in each task
  • Coordinate with PIDS team on the schedule of production DB2 data download
  • Prepare JCL’s for the DB2 & VSAM INIT JOBS, data unload, conversion
  • Analyze and edit existing BAU JCL’s to be ECS+ compliant
  • Edit programs, parms & procs
  • Prepare Conversion run reports
  • Attend to SIT/UAT testing
  • Fix SIT/UAT defects and update testers accordingly
  • Promote the components to UAT
  • Prepare documentations and implementation plan and checklist
  • Implement to production
  • Attend in POSTMORTEM meetings
  • Provide BAU EPP support for Korea 24x7 rotating shift
  • All 5 team leaders including myself are rotating for the production phone to support countries using EPP system
  • Countries covered are LATAM, ASIAPAC, CEEMEA
  • Technologies used:
  • COBOL/CICS/DB2 as language
  • Database is VSAM & DB2
  • Running in a mainframe environment

Team Leader – Sr. Analyst/Programmer

CITIGROUP Singapore
12.2000 - 01.2007
  • New Application System
  • Project: KORAM Migration
  • Project Background:
  • Migrate all existing client base of Korean American (KORAM) Bank into CITI
  • Rollout existing CITI card system (ECS) in mainframe to replace KORAM bank card system (HCAS) in midrange
  • Responsibilities:
  • Analyze project work schedule and assign corresponding programmer in each task
  • Analysis, development, testing and maintenance of online and batch programs
  • Analysis and preparation of program and technical specs
  • Prepare documentations like component checklist, cutover procedures, DCOM updates, batch job flow, traceability matrix; SEW (software estimation worksheet)
  • Attend to project meetings which tackle project development, additional project requirements (PCR), updates from project managers, problems/issues encountered by all teams involve and its resolutions
  • SIT team show stopper TD’s
  • Provide BAU NAS support for Korea 24x7 rotating shift
  • All 5 team leaders including myself are rotating for the production phone to support countries using EPP system
  • Countries covered are LATAM, ASIAPAC, CEEMEA
  • Technologies used:
  • COBOL/CICS/DB2 as language
  • Database is VSAM & DB2
  • Running in a mainframe environment
  • Using productivity tools like;
  • JES JCL, Startool/fileaid, SPUFI/QMF, MQ panel, Netview, SDF
  • Changeman, Virtual Change/INFOMAN, Virtual tech, TIVOLI work scheduler, Test director, Omegamon, NDM/XCOM, Control-D, and TSO/ISPF.

AIT Software Services PTE LTD
, Singapore
12.2000 - 07.2005
  • ( 8y 7m) Equal Payment Plan System

Analyst/Programmer

ACCENTURE formerly, Andersen Consulting
11.2000 - 12.2000
  • Verizon Express TRAK Media Project – Manila Tables Team
  • Project Background:
  • Assigned to the Manila Tables Team as an Analyst/Programmer working on the design and generation of Bill Display Modification system using DB2 and Visual Basic
  • Responsibilities:
  • Analysis, development, testing and maintenance of online and batch programs Preparation and maintenance of JCL.

Analyst/Programmer

Reliance Consulting Group
07.1999 - 11.2000
  • Social Security System (SSS, :
  • Sickness & Maternity claims System
  • Project Background:
  • Assigned to the Sickness and Maternity (SICMAT) team as an Analyst/programmer working on the development and maintenance of online and batch programs using COBOL, IMS, DB/DC, File-Aid
  • VSAM, TSO/ISPF and JCL
  • Involved in the Y2K conversion of Sickness and Maternity (SICMAT) programs
  • Performed analysis, coding, debugging and unit testing of programs
  • Responsibilities:
  • Analysis, development, testing and maintenance of online and batch programs
  • Preparation and maintenance of JCL
  • Handling calls made by SICMAT system users
  • Debugging programs and formulating resolutions for the problems that arise
  • Make necessary updates in production data to ensure flow of systems handled.

Information Systems Management

British Columbia Telephone Company
10.1998 - 01.1999
  • Project Background:
  • Assigned to the Facilities Management System (FMS) team as Analyst/Programmer working on the development and maintenance of online and batch programs using COBOL, IMS, DB/DC, DB2, FileAid, VSAM, TSO/ISPF and JCL
  • Involved in the Y2K conversion of Public Communication System (PCS) programs
  • Performed analysis, coding, debugging and unit testing of programs
  • Responsibilities:
  • Analysis, development, testing and maintenance of online and batch programs Preparation and maintenance of JCL

LOANS
10.1998 - 12.1998
  • Maintained and supported the FCDU, LOANS, and SAMD System during Y2K unit and Systems Testing on
  • Created test Data for FCDU, LOANS, and SAMD Systems for baseline, current, future and system testing
  • Members of the Y2K Conversion Team for FCDU, LOANS, SAMD systems of FEBTC

Analyst/Programmer

OmegamonJCL’sJCL’sSavvysherpaEZtrieveStartoolStartoolChangemanChangemanEquicom Systems Management
01.1997 - 09.1998
  • 2/6 - - 1/6

Analyst/Programmer

Far East Bank & Trust Company
01.1997 - 08.1998

Education

B.Sc. - Industrial Engineering

Mapua University
03.1992

Skills

  • TECHNICAL SKILLS
  • LANGUAGE:
  • COBOL, CICS, DB2,JCL,SQL,Java, GraphQL,REXX ,Visual Basic,UNIX, C,Pro C
  • FRAMEWORKS : IBM Mainframe, IBM AS/400, IBM PC, and compatibles, SpringBoot
  • Build, Packaging, Deployment and Versioning Tools : Changeman, Endevor, SDF,Startool/file-aid,CA-intertest, OMEGAMON, SPUFI, EZtrieve, BMC, XPED,NDM/XCOM, Control-D,Maven,Jenkins,Github
  • Streaming: MQ, Kafka
  • Databases: Elasticsearch, DB2, Oracle, Cassandra, File Types
  • Formats and Data Models: VSAM, JSON,XML,CSV
  • Job Scheduling: OPCA scheduler, TIVOLI work scheduler
  • OPERATING SYSTEMS: TSO ISPF, MVS OS390, MVS/ESA, Windows OS, Windows NT, PCOMM

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Developer II

Savvysherpa Asia Inc
07.2012 - 06.2016

Mainframe NDB Sr Software Engineer

intertestEndevorSpringBootGitHubGraphQLUnitedHealth Group -OPTUM Global Solutions
10.2010 - Current

Golden Rule Insurance, GRI
10.2010 - 07.2012

BANCS

Software Laboratories Inc, CHINATRUST
03.2010 - 08.2010

Analyst/Programmer

CITIGROUP Singapore
01.2007 - 07.2009

Team Leader – Sr. Analyst/Programmer

CITIGROUP Singapore
12.2000 - 01.2007

AIT Software Services PTE LTD
12.2000 - 07.2005

Analyst/Programmer

ACCENTURE formerly, Andersen Consulting
11.2000 - 12.2000

Analyst/Programmer

Reliance Consulting Group
07.1999 - 11.2000

Information Systems Management

British Columbia Telephone Company
10.1998 - 01.1999

LOANS
10.1998 - 12.1998

Analyst/Programmer

OmegamonJCL’sJCL’sSavvysherpaEZtrieveStartoolStartoolChangemanChangemanEquicom Systems Management
01.1997 - 09.1998

Analyst/Programmer

Far East Bank & Trust Company
01.1997 - 08.1998

B.Sc. - Industrial Engineering

Mapua University

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