Vinoth Kasturirangan

· Led the requirements discussion to capture business requirements.

· Extracted business rules, Entity Relationship models, process models and cross-reference in the application.

· Created high-level/low-level design documents defining the technical changes required in the CICS, COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, Rest APIs and other programs/tools in IBM Mainframe platform to fulfill the business requirements.

· Led the technical discussions to review the design, technology used, and the changes required within the system for the project.

· Created a roadmap to ensure optimum utilization of resources and effective delivery of the intended technical changes into Production within the specified timeline as demanded by business.

· Was responsible for the overall quality and timeliness of the deliverables.

· Led the construction of new COBOL, CICS, DB2, ZOS Connect API changes as per the specifications and standards provided by Citi Cards.

· Played critical role in implementing Mainframe modernization architecture like REST APIs, DVMs, MongoDB.

· Prepared Testing strategy and test plans.

· Coordinated the Integration Testing and Regression Testing of the Code.

· Tracked the project’s progress, milestones, and ensured quality deliverables at every stage.

· Created the implementation plan to implement the code modified/newly developed into production.

· Contributed to Add-on values by identifying process improvements and cost avoidance/reduction.

· Led the interactions with leadership teams to resolve IT related issues in the production environment.

· Served as the single point of contact for all technical queries and reported the status to TCS Management.

· Developed Industry-specific solutions based on client needs and managed/upgraded existing applications.

· Implemented core banking solutions across all branches of NABARD in Chennai and Dindigul, India.

· Worked at client locations to implement and monitor the operation of core banking solutions.

· Monitored production system for alerts, errors, latency issues, and connectivity problems.

· Analyzed alert messages and errors in the production system.

· Troubleshot issues by engaging with interfacing systems, 3rd party vendors, and Infrastructure teams.

· Performed Root Cause Analysis and developed permanent solutions for issues.

· Coordinated with development and testing teams to fix and test issues in testing regions.

· Presented fixes and test results to Business users for approval to move to production.

· Assisted clients, Business, and Operations teams with application questions and issue resolution.

· Reviewed existing monitoring systems for enhancements by adding scripts to monitor all application parameters and generate alerts.

· Reviewed application and infrastructure setups to decrease system downtime by adding redundant servers for critical applications.