PARVIND SINGH Parvind.mann@gmail.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/parvind-singh-78621144/
Visa status: H1B VISA | Canada Open WP
Mainframe Developer

SUMMARY
● Mainframe Developer and Batch Optimization specialist with nearly 13 years of proven success in
financial sectors - Wealth Management, Cards & payments Domain.
● Hands on experience in IBM Mainframes - JCL, COBOL, DB2, VSAM, MQ, Changeman, Xpediter, SPUFI
for financial verticals and deep experience of handling various multi-million-dollar projects.
● Specialized in Rexx scripts & Easytrieve reporting tool for performing Automation and Utilizing
ICETOOL for Optimization and experience in DB2 to create efficient queries.
● Competent in Non-Mainframe Tools like, SQL Server, Splunk, ServiceNow, Checknanny, LoadBalancer,
AppDynamics setup.
● Conversant with Agile Scrum & Kanban Methodologies and Jira tools.
● Performance-driven leader, adept at leading a team of 12 members and a wealth management
project for financial advisors.
● Excellent communication skills, able to build/maintain a robust relationship with business leads,
senior level managers, and clients.
● Gained exposure to the global culture by working with cross-functional teams and environments
across Mexico and the USA.

CORE COMPETENCIES
Functional Skills:
● Wealth Management ● Cards & Payments ● Rexx Automation
● Production Support ● Code Synchronization ● Region Refresh
● Batch Optimization ● Requirement Gathering ● Data Management -Cloning, Injection
● Mainframe Reports ● Site Reliability & Engineering ● Client Relationship Management

Technical Skills:
 Operating System  Mainframes, OS390, Z/OS, Windows
 Banking Products  Cards & Payments, Vision Plus – CMS, FAS, TRAMS, CDM, LMS etc.
Wealth Management – NRS, ART, ECD, CFB, FINRA, 3D, FPH & FACSA etc.
 Languages  JCL, COBOL, C & Java
 Automation  Rexx , Clist & Easytrieve
 Database  DB2 Admin, SPUFI, QMF, SQL Server, DBeaver, DataStudio, AquaStudio
 File Systems  Mainframes – VSAM(KSDS, ESDS), File-Aid, File-Manager
 Scheduler’s  TWS(Tivoli Workload Scheduler), VpSched, CA-7
 Version Control  Changeman & Endevor
 Output Manager’s  SAR (System Archival & Retrieval) & TOM (Tivoli Output Manager), BMP
 Ticketing tool  SNOW(ServiceNow), BMC Remedy
 Utilities/Tools  DFSort, Syncsort, Icetool, AbendView, Infox, Edopt, EPTSO,
SDSF, ISPF, Splunk, AppDynamics, Jetson, Checknanny, LafUI, LBAdmin,
BMRAdmin, WinDeploy
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Application Development & Production Support Sep 2020 -Till Date

Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley, New York (Infosys)
● provides architecture advisory, application guardianship, ensuring solutions that are highly scalable,
cost efficient and capable of self-healing.
● works with business partners to establish Service Level Indicators and Objectives (SLIs and SLOs). Also
maintains application Error-Budgets - Public and Private Cloud application support and framework.
● works with the team in identification and remediation of repetitive manual tasks or Toil through
automation, observability, alert reduction, logging etc.
● support, facilitate transition, create artifacts such as Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Point of
Failure and remediation documents, application support & technical skill requirements inventory
● Maintains knowledge base repositories (Twiki, Jive, Share Point etc.) with latest application information
including new functionality, troubleshooting steps, application process flow, internal/external
dependencies, and infrastructure information to handle various firmwide events like Disaster
Recoveries, shared services release in effective manner.
● Set up monitoring for the new changes going in production using tools like Watchtower, CheckNanny,
Splunk, and sockeye to proactively capture any issues before making any impact to end user.
● Set up ‘Ready for Business’ checks using Apica which monitors health of client-facing business
applications by validating the critical end points as per the functionality.
● Pro-active Outage Management - AppDynamics to configure Health Rules and set up alerting that
automatically capture errors, business transactions, slow and erroneous calls, crashes, network
bottlenecks, page load details, and proactively catch and resolve the issue prior to it causing any system
wide impact.
● Migration of 3D advisor desktop User Interface Functionality from Legacy system to new Business
management reporting dashboard is aggressively on-going project for transformation.
● Setup a process for fixture of recurring failures due to various aspects like infrastructure, system
vulnerabilities, data discrepancies and code issues.
● Gather system performance statistics on daily/weekly/monthly basis to identify the scope of
improvement and will propose solution road map for future growth.
● Performs the code walkthrough and review of changes in Dev and QA to ensure minimal defects arise
in production.
● Onboarding new applications and functionality by adhering to Permit to Operate guidelines,
incorporating Ready for Business Checks, Batch Documentation & escalation procedures.
● Support client interfacing activities and help create the relevant reports for trend analysis required for
business and process discussions.
● Perform risk assessments to reduce the probability of significant service outage or disasters.
● Create Post Incident Report (PIR) addressing the root cause and action plans to fix the root cause of
the issues for a strategic fix.
● Tools & Technologies Used: Mainframe – z/OS, TWS, COBOL, SQL Server, DataStudio, DBeaver,
Splunk, ServiceNow, JIRA, CheckNany, Appdynamics, WatchTower.

Rexx Automation | Region Refresh Jun 2017 – Sep 2020

Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley (Infosys)
● Leading the initiative in Rexx programming language for refreshing the data more frequently in testing
environments.
● Present proof of concept (POC) to validate proposed solution for reduction of technical and functional
risks.

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● Fixture of recurring failures due to various aspects like infrastructure, system vulnerabilities, data
discrepancies and code issues in QA environments.
● Gathering system and batch performance statistics on daily/weekly basis to identify the scope of
improvement and will propose solution road map for future growth.
● Responsible to handle Data management activities like, data leakage prevention, data retention, data
cloning, data injection activities into database and files for user acceptance test cases.
● Performed impact analysis for code change on basis of business requirements.
● Code Sync Activity - maintain the code synchronization between two quality acceptance environments
(H266 & H236)
● CAB Activity - Changeman tool to generate list of packages need to promote for the day.
● Service Request - Take care of DB2 admin requests, Data refresh requests and promotion and demotion
request for which Changeman expertise are needed
● Create knowledge artifacts which adds value to the incident management process with
technical/product/domain knowledge.
● Perform risk assessments to reduce the probability of significant service outage or disasters.
● Generation of SNOW reports for trend analysis to represent weekly matrices.
● Tools & Technologies Used: Mainframes, Rexx, COBOL, DB2 DBA, QMF, SPUFI, Changeman, File-Aid,
TOM, EPTSO, TWS, DFSORT, Easytrive, ServiceNow.

Mainframe Developer| Batch Optimization Sep 2016 – Jun 2017

Wealth Management, Morgan Stanley, Mexico (Infosys)
● Accountable to handle the initial mainframe setup for client in Mexico City as a pilot project.
● Responsible for production operations to handle around 400+ applications, their batches including
temporary batch fixtures, Abend handling, problem management and follow ups.
● Involved in finding root cause and pro-active monitoring to avoid future bugs and issues.
● Responsible to plan and resolve batch incidents with temporary fixes and handle problem tickets to
ensure production stability.
● Lead Automation team for rexx initiatives to reduce manual tasks while handling Mainframe Batches.
● Worked on fine tuning the batch and automate multiple reports which helps further in monitoring and
streamlining the batch activities.
● Tools & Technologies Used: Rexx, COBOL, DB2 DBA, Changeman, File-Aid, TOM, SPUFI, EPTSO, TWS,
DFSORT, Easytrive, ServiceNow.

Mainframe Developer | Rexx Automation Apr 2014 – Sep 2016

Card & Payments, First Data Corporation (Infosys)
● Worked on infrastructure level changes of VSAM (virtual storage access method) files to IAM
(Innovative access method) files to drastically change the Files processing time and reduced overall
batch time from 11 Hrs to 7 Hrs.
● Worked on Rexx automation to reduce manual efforts while performing region build process with fresh
data to cover all test cases for release testing.
● Provide end to end batch support post code deployment including Monitoring & processing of batch,
bug fixture, abend handling, CICS region availability.
● Responsible to make the scheduling changes for fine tuning the batch and to absorb release changes.
● Drives defect call for clients to discuss issues and fixes to streamline the batch.
● Handled authorizations system live 24*7 with zero downtime window and provides high availability of
testing and PROD environments.
● Involved with impact analysis, code changes, code review for issues, defects & Bugs.
Tools & Technologies Used: Vision Plus – CMS, FAS, TRAMS, Mainframes, z/OS, VPSched, COBOL,
REXX, Clist, VSAM, JCL, BMC Remedy, Endevor.

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Mainframe Developer | COBOL Sep 2012 - Apr 2014

Card & Payments, Barclays (Capgemini)
● Involved in Mainframe Development for Vision Plus – Cards Domain in Barclays Financial services.
● Designed, developed, and supported complex Mainframe jobs using COBOL, VSAM, JCL, TWS Scheduler,
Abend-aid, File-Aid, TOM, SDSF etc.
● Proposed solutions to improve system efficiencies and reduce Batch processing times.
● Automated a report to identify erroneous records and sent the same via email to all the stakeholders
after every execution of a daily batch
● Carried out the performance tuning of the jobs and reviewed the code developed by other team
members.
● Involved in UAT and production deployments and support activities.
● Tools & Technologies Used: Mainframes – JCL, COBOL, VSAM, File-Aid, Abend-aid, TWS, TOM, SDSF,
SyncSort, Endevor, ICETOOL

Mainframe Developer | Easytrieve Mar 2012 - Sep 2012

Cards & Payments, CapitalOne Financial (Capgemini)
● Worked on Vision Plus – Credit Card Domain as Mainframe developer for non-financial services.
● Involved in Unit Testing, prepared test cases, and Bug fixing for Mainframe – COBOL Programs.
● Designing Batch Jobs to produce reports via Easytrieve for non-financial updates in credit cards.
● Participated in discussions with the team leader, team members, and technical architect regarding any
technical and business requirement issues.
● Tools & Technologies Used: Mainframes – z/OS, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, Easytrieve, File-Manager, SAR,
Changeman

Mainframe Developer | ICETOOL Mar 2010 - Mar 2012

Card Migration, Barclays (Capgemini)
● Worked with Barclays card division to provide financial services for credit cards and payments domain.
● Involved as Developer for Card Migration project to migrate Statement processing and card insurance
system in Vision Plus.
● Handled Data extraction from TSYS system to VSAM Files of Vision plus system via ICETOOL, SYNCSORT
and COBOL Programs.
● Worked on bug fixes, code enhancements and troubleshooting production issues.
● Followed the waterfall model of SDLC which involves development, testing, mock runs &
implementation.
● Developed test plans and test cases for statement processing migration code as per business
requirements.
● Tools & Technologies Used: Mainframe, z/OS, JCL, COBOL, VSAM, ICETOOL, SYNCSORT, SDSF, ISPF,
File-Aid, Endevor.

SCHOLASTIC & ACCREDITATION

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer’s | University of Rajasthan, India - 2009

Certifications & Awards:

Site Reliability Engineering: Measuring and managing Reliability - 2021

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