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
Hyderabad,India (Remote)
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
Chennai, India
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
Hyderabad, India
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
Hyderabad,India
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
Hyderabad,India
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
Hyderabad,India
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
Anantapur06.2002
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