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Vijayarani Gollapalle

Vijayarani Gollapalle

Hamburg,Schleswig Holstein

Summary

  • Having 10+ years of complete software Development experience.
  • Having 8+ years of developing Mainframe applications.
  • Have strong knowledge on COBOL,DB2,JCL,VSAM and good hands on CICS, REXX,Easytrieve
  • Worked in Banking,Payroll and Healthcare domain for bank such as American Express,insurance players such as CIGNA and UHG.
  • Have Good knowledge and working experience in both Agile and waterfall models
  • Expert in overall SDLC including requirement gathering, development, testing, debugging, deployment, documentation, production support

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience

Work History

Quality Assurance Analyst

CloudJune Technologies
10.2021 - 07.2023
  • Worked as a Manual Tester
  • Involved in analyzing user requirements for application enhancements and preparing testing specifications.
  • Developed test scenarios and test procedures based on the test requirements.
  • Participated in preparation of Test plans.
  • Executed Test Scripts and analyzed the results based on the specifications.
  • Extensively involved in regression Testing.
  • Performed Integration and User Acceptance Tests throughout the SDLC applications
  • Worked on creating Unit test plan and executing unit test cases.
  • Actively participated in Bug tracking meetings.
  • Submitted coverage status reports of tests performed on weekly basis.
  • Involved in project meetings and interacted with other team members to resolve the problems.

Associate Software Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
02.2016 - 07.2017
  • Worked in CIGNA Healthcare team. This Project involves processing of claims of the customers.
  • Involved in understanding the requirements from the Business Requirements , Functional requirements and High level designs and preparing the technical design .
  • I was leading a Kanban team of (4 developers) responsible for developing new functionality and supporting existing functionality for application
  • Primary Technical point of contact for any production issues and responsible for doing problem analysis, identify impacts and determine required fix and timeline for production install
  • Worked on creating Unit test plan and executing unit test cases.
  • Provide root cause analysis of defect and resolution of it in system testing phase.
  • Supported and Monitored Batch cycle execution during UAT testing .
  • Used various IBM Utilities like DFSORT, IEBGENER , IDCAMS to write various jobs depending on requirements.
  • Worked on creating various JCL's, PROCS to run the jobs.
  • Created and accessed various VSAM files like ESDS,KSDS for data.
  • Used version control tool Endevor for deploying project into production.
  • Tracked defects in HP-Quality and provided fix in case of defects.
  • Used Xpeditor to debug various online and batch programs.
  • Worked on optimizing SQL queries and did performance tuning for DB2 database to get better and faster results.
  • Experience in supporting multiple large scale development, QA and production database environments.


Senior Member Technical

Automatic Data Processing, ADP
05.2010 - 11.2011
  • Worked for ADP product for Payroll processing and Tax processing . This project includes restructuring the Tax Engine.
  • Worked through all the Phases of SDLC which is waterfall methodology starting from the design phase to deploying and maintaining the application.
  • Gathered requirements from Business users and worked closely with subject matter experts(SMEs).
  • Developed and tuned existing Cobol, DB2, and Webservice programs and performed unit testing.
  • Created JCLs, and PROCs for running jobs and used various IBM utilities like IEBGENER, IDCAMS, and IEBCOPY.
  • Worked on DFSORT, SORT, and ICETOOL utilities to perform sort/merge operations.
  • Analyzed and resolved defects in system testing and UAT Phases.
  • Implemented code in production using version control tools like Changeman.
  • Created tickets in Service now for installing changes into production.
  • Worked on various process improvement initiatives that saved a lot of time and money.

Senior Software Engineer

Continental Informatics India Limited
04.2007 - 04.2010
  • Worked in United Health Group project - Consolidated Eligibility System
  • Involved in Capturing Business requirements, transforming requirements into functional design specifications. ·Tracking the requirements through Requirements traceability matrix (RTM).
  • Participated in reviews of various functional documents like Use case design, functional design specifications, test scenarios, test cases etc
  • Developed High complex SQL queries to fetch data from database to validate the data for testing
  • Developed Mainframe code using COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM, SQL, DB2 utilities like load, unload, etc., JCL utilities like sort, etc.,
  • Implementing standard methodologies like Peer Review Process, Test Readiness Process and Test Case Standards

Member Technical

Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
03.2004 - 03.2007
  • Worked for American Express cards and statements related processing project.
  • Developed and maintained the batch jobs for statement processing of all American Express cards
  • Involved in developing the Cobol programs for new card launched by American Express.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software projects on-time and within budget.
  • Troubleshot critical software defects, ensuring prompt resolution to minimize impact on endusers.
  • Conducted thorough code reviews to maintain consistent coding standards across all project components.

Teaching Assistant

Nizam Engineering College
12.2002 - 02.2004
  • Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing work.
  • Evaluated student performance through regular assessments, tracking progress and adjusting instructional strategies as needed.
  • Helped with grading assignments and tests, providing constructive feedback to students based on results.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.TECH) - Electronics And Communications Engineering

JawaharLal Nehru Technological University
Anantapur
06.2002

Skills

  • Agile/Scrum Methodology
  • Databases: IBM DB2,IMS DB
  • Programming Languages: COBOL,JCL ,CICS,VSAM
  • Utilities/Tools : Easytrieve, Control -M, File-Aid, REXX, ISPF,Syncsort, DFSORT, CA-7 Scheduler
  • Source and Version Control: Endevor, ChangeMan, Git, Github
  • Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
  • Strong Interpersonal and Communication Skills

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
German
Beginner (A1)

Timeline

Quality Assurance Analyst

CloudJune Technologies
10.2021 - 07.2023

Associate Software Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
02.2016 - 07.2017

Senior Member Technical

Automatic Data Processing, ADP
05.2010 - 11.2011

Senior Software Engineer

Continental Informatics India Limited
04.2007 - 04.2010

Member Technical

Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
03.2004 - 03.2007

Teaching Assistant

Nizam Engineering College
12.2002 - 02.2004

Bachelor of Technology (B.TECH) - Electronics And Communications Engineering

JawaharLal Nehru Technological University
Vijayarani Gollapalle