Amandeep Singh Arora

C-2/28, Ashok Vihar Phase - II Sector - 5, Gurgaon, Haryana - 122001

Contact: +91-9899872524, Email: amandeepsingharora@hotmail.com
sunny.searchends2000@gmail.com

Software Developer- MAINFRAME TECHNOLOGY

Seeking Mainframe Development Assignments across the IT Industry

PROFILE SNAPSHOT
 Technically sophisticated & result driven IT professional with overall experience of around 4 years and 4 months
competent acquaintance with Software development, Migration and Production Support using Mainframe
Technologies.
 Possessing Valid H-1B Visa. Valid from 10/2013 to 08/14/2016.
 Proficiency in IBM Mainframe’s technologies like COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS-DB and CICS.
 Capable in automation of minor to major processes using VBA Macros.
 Excellent knowledge of all phases of SDLC, which includes Requirement, Design, Analysis, Coding, Testing, Code
Reviews, Implementation and System Support.
 Dedicated, Self-motivated, Proactive team player and Quick Learner.
 Ability to deliver various critical tasks under tight deadlines without any defects/issues.
Technical Skills

Operating Systems MVS/OS390 (Mainframes), Windows 95/98/XP/2000, DOS

Technology Mainframe
Languages known JCL, COBOL, VSAM, VBA
Databases DB2, IMS
Front End CICS
File Flat Files, VSAM, GDG’s
Tools File aid, File Manager, XPEDITOR, ABENDAID, PANVALET, ENDEAVOR, CHANGEMAN,
SPUFI, QMF, Fault Analyzer, ICETOOL and SORT utility, SAR, BMC.

CAREER PROFILE

 Currently working as Senior Software Engineer at UnitedHealth Group India Pvt. Ltd from August 2011 till date.
 Worked as Software Engineer at UST Global from November 2009 to August 2011.

Trainings and Certifications

 AHM-250 certified
 DB2 702 Certification
 Attended training program on IBM Mainframes at UST Global.
 Completed internal certification in COBOL & JCL conducted by UST Global.

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 ACHIEVEMENTS

 Awarded with Star Award for VB scripting Automation on New customer Setups for Q1 2012.
 Awarded with the Sustaining Edge Award for the year 2012, for making savings worth $70K and automating 700
hours of manual labor yearly by a New Customer Setup Macro in VBA.
 Promoted as “Track lead” in a short span of 8 months in UST Global.
 Received “Certificate of Appreciation” from the Client side for creating a tool in my project that helped our team
to save 150 hours of manual effort on TPA file processing.

Projects Undergone
Project#1

Project & Claim Processing System -Claims and Eligibility (August 2011 to till date)
Duration
Client United Health Group
Project Name CPS – UMR
Type of Project Development and Maintenance
Team Size 25
Role Mainframe Developer
Skills Used JCL, COBOL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, VBA

Description

UMR is the largest THIRD-PARTY-ADMINISTRATOR (TPA) in United States of America. It works with more than 150 PPO
and PHO networks, including UHC’s national network. CPS (Claim Processing System) is the primary source of work in
progress and processed claims, and customer service support information. This application meets the business needs of
processing a claim.

Responsibilities:

 Analysis, Designing, Coding and Testing of the program’s change as part of enhancements and new
developments.
 Creation of all the Techinical documents as a part of SDLC Process.
 Only member in the team who worked simultaneously for both teams of Claims and Eligibility.
 Sharing Funtional, Technical and Process related knowledge with the peers.
 Handling customization of new setups of customer jobs in production without delays and defects.
 Testing of new customer test files.
 Development of VBA macros in order to increase efficiency and accuracy within the project.
 Also working as a Configuration Controller for the mentioned Project and involved in all the processes of
related activites and Audits.

Achievements/Appreciations:

 Creating VB macro tools for project Automation. Received appreciation from Onshore and Offshore.
 Extensively involved in various Internal Process Improvements.
 Successfully delivered high volume of Customer setups with tight deadlines without any defects.

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Project#2

Project & TPA DLIP Project of WellPoint (From May ’10 to July ‘11)
Duration
Client WellPoint
Project Name TPA DLIP Project of WellPoint
Type of Project Development and Testing Project
Team Size 15
Role Mainframe Developer
Skills Used JCL, COBOL, VSAM, IMS DB, CICS,VBA, CHANGEMAN, File manager, Fault Analyzer

Description

WellPoint sends claim for benefit application to TPA. TPA applies it and sends back to WellPoint. WellPoint did not
update their accumulators for these claims. Our role is to create new accumulators and update them for TPA claims.
Previously the Accum update used to be in hardcoded logic, but we are implementing the update based on the business
and medical rule that any changes required will not impact the source code, only change in rule DB will be enough.

Responsibilities:

As a team member involved in the following activities:

 Analysis of Change Request and business requirements.
 Designing and coding of COBOL programs.
 Preparing a COBOL tool for creating the Mockup File that would come from TPA.
 Preparing a Tool for comparing two report files using COBOL and JCL.
 Preparation of UTP, UTR, and TDD documents.
 Construction and testing of the programs/jobs.
 Testing of impacted programs.
 Creating VB macro tools for project Automation.

Achievements/Appreciations:

 Awarded ‘Innovation of the Month’ for Aug 2011 across healthcare domain.
 Rated as ‘Exceed all Expectations’ in performance appraisal cycle of 2010-2011.
 Got a lot of appreciation for huge savings from Onshore and Offshore on account of deploying multiple
utilities in production.
 Worked as a Track lead within a period of 8 months.

Project#3

Project & TPA ENHANCEMENTS (From Feb ’10 to Apr ‘10)

Duration
Client WellPoint
Project Name TPA ENHANCEMENTS
Type of Project Development and Testing Project
Team Size 10
Role Mainframe Developer
Skills Used JCL, COBOL, VSAM, IMS DB, CICS,VBA, CHANGEMAN, File manager, Fault Analyzer

Description

TPA is Third Party Administrators and they work on Membership Administration, Claim Adjudication, Review Member
Services, Client Reporting etc. We work on the enhancement of these products and also deal with the pricing for the
claims. The claims for which we work are price only, ITS system and JAA claims.

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Responsibilities:

 Create load file for analysis of the programs.

 Develop programs according to the requirement changes for different releases.
 Pricing of the claims.
 Escalation of any functional/technical issues pertaining to completion of deliverables to the Onsite POC.
 Record all changes in the tracking system and is also responsible for verification/un-verification of the program
as per testing results.
 Updation of the daily and weekly status.

ACADEMIA
 M.TECH in Information Technology from Karnataka State Open University (Distance learning) in 2011.
 B.TECH in Computer Science and Engineering from Uttar Pradesh Technical University in 2007.

PERSONAL DOSSIER

Date of Birth 09th Dec 1986

Nationality Indian
Interests Gaming, Cricket, Listening songs
Languages English, Hindi, Punjabi
Marital Status Married
Passport G2682740

Place: Gurgaon AMANDEEP SINGH ARORA