PRAKHAR GUPTA Contact Details

Achievement-driven professional targeting challenging assignments in Software

Development and Software Engineering with an organization of repute in IT industry. prakhar.gupta74@outlook.com

+91 9685210070
Profile Summary
 A result-oriented professional with over 08 year of exposure in the domain
of Software Development/ Engineering
 Excellent in managing requirement with COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 and CICS Core Competencies
 A quick learner in mastering new technologies; capable of working in both
team and self-directed settings  Coding
 Qualified in evaluating end-user requirements and troubleshooting for  Bug Fixing
complex problems, analyses bug patterns and provides insights and practices  Requirement Gathering
to the development team for prevention of high priority/ severity bugs  Manual Testing
 Expertise in end-to-end implementation of various projects, including  Documentation
designing, development, coding, implementation of software applications in  Issue Resolution
Investment banking, Corporate Banking & Healthcare Domain  Design Development
 Conversant with the technologies as AWS, SQL, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2,  Root Cause Analysis
Endeavour, SPUFI, INTERTEST, CICS, REXX, Teradata, SQL utilities, Micro focus  Modules/ Systems Integration
Cobol, Oracle DB, SDP tool  Software Development
 Effective in developing solutions for given technical specifications; installing  Agile Methodologies
application software and deploying customizations; contributing to code  AWS Solution Architect
reviews  Mainframe Applications Development
 Extensive exposure in Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) right from  Technical Support
requirement analysis, documentation (functional specifications, technical  Applications Development
design), coding and testing (preparation of test cases along with  Strategy Execution
implementation) to maintenance of proposed applications  Team Leadership & Building
 A team player with strong communication, analytical, logical and problem-
solving skills

Work Experience Soft Skills

 Communicator
Virtusa Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Pune
 Innovator
Consultant Oct’18 – Till Date
 Thinker
Roles & Responsibilities:
 Collaborator
 Conducting system study and coordinating with team members for product
 Intuitive
documentation, system design & integration, coding, application
 Team Player
maintenance
 Delivering and implementing the project as per scheduled deadlines and
extending post-implementation and production support
 Overseeing the preparation of unit test scripts, SIT scripts and UAT test
cases
 Analysing user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of IT Skills
design within constraints
 Undertaking the design & the development, testing, debugging and
troubleshooting of the application  Languages: Cobol, JCL, CICS, DB2, AWS
 Databases: DB2, SQL Server 2005, Oracle
Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Chennai  Technology: Mainframe, Microfocus
Associate Nov’14 – Sep’18 Cobol, AWS
Roles & Responsibilities  Operating System: Window XP, Window
 Developed Procs and job based on the requirements 07, Z OS 390, Unix
 Implemented extensive code refactoring to attain expected response time
for the application
 Prepared unit test results & unit testing of requirements
 Administered project monitoring, control during development & defects
fixing
 Executed code to the testing environment & verified as per requirements
 Analyzed the SDS (System Design Specification) document
 Devised analysis documents & coded using COBOL, DB2 & CICS
 Wrote technical specifications for the requirement Education Details
 Assured database management using DB2 and VSAM
 Used UTP, designed with unit and regression test cases in order to prove  2014: Bachelor of Engineering in
the test results coming as per the expectation Electrical & Electronics Engineering from
Lakshmi Narain College of Technology,
Internship Bhopal

Cognizant Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd.,

Programmer Analyst Trainee Nov’14 – May’15
Exposure: Paper Publications
 Developed a module on Agricultural Loan Management system for a bank
 Worked with input data provided by user  2013: Presented paper on FACT Devices
 Validated the data and processing in Power System Network in National
 Coding for Different Modules as per requirement level
 Analyse the Requirement and work accordingly

Key Highlights)
Personal Details
 Winner of a Fashion show Wings held in Cognizant Technological solutions
 Represented as member of RAHAT (NGO) working for the betterment of
Date of Birth: 10th August, 1993
life of poor and orphan children
Languages Known: English & Hindi
 Member of the QUEST NATURE CLUB and attended many program under
Address: A42, Sunshine Villas, Shivar Chowk, Pimple
it
Saudagar, Pune – 411027
 Coordinated in the TECHNICAL FESTIVAL held in college
 Comprehended qualification in NCAT(National Creativity Aptitude test)
conducted by Govt. of India
 Active member of the ANTI RAGGING COMMITTEE in the college medieval
group
Project Details (ANNEXURE)
Project Name: Investment Banking
Client Name: HSBC Software Development (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Project Location: Pune
Project Details: Worked on a investment banking core project for development and support. CICS, COBOL, VSAM development
to make global investment banking live, healthy and up to date Also need to accommodate all the changes according to new
MT series changes and deploy the code on right time.
Team Size: 5
Project Designation: Solution Architect/ Developer
Skills: CICS, Investment Banking, COBOL, VSAM, JCL
Duration: Jan’20 – May’21

Project Title: Development Point of Sale (POS)

Client: Express Scripts INC
Skills: JCL, COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, QMF, SPUFI, Interest, Endeavour
Team Size: 12
Duration: Nov’14-Sep’18
Domain: Healthcare
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Working with Agile model to fulfill the requirement
 Analyzing CICS, Cobol, DB2 & JCL Program as per the requirement
 Active member of the team working to enhance the Performance of the overall system
 Solving and closing all incidents related to the application within SLA
 Delivery 100 % utilization and having 100 % timesheet compliance
 Got appreciation for successfully designing and production implementation of change of old sun-downed table with a
new table
 Appreciated by the manager for not having any rework production deployment in the last quarter
 Understanding requirements from the onsite counterpart and working with full efficiency
 Responsible for documentation of each module being developed. Documentation includes RUD, UTP, UTR, Release
Launch and Evaluation Document
 Responsible for delivering scan request (ADHOC, Data Extract) requested by internal/ external teams
 Maintaining table in production with the requited data set up
 Providing value adds to the application both technical and business
 Working for changes requested as per business requirement in POS-DEV team
 Doing analysis and Integration testing of the performed changes
 Working in Endeavour for code move and integration of modules
 Solving defects assigned by the other Internal/ external teams during different phases of testing
 Checking Variances occurred during Regression Analysis

Project Title: Maintenance and Development (Payments/ Corporate Banking)

Client: BNP Paribas
Skills: Microfocus COBOL, Oracle DB, SDP tool, Unix, KIX
Team Size: 6
Duration: Oct’18-Dec’19
Domain: Corporate Banking
Roles and Responsibilities:
 Analyzing CICS, Cobol, Program as per the requirement in UNIX platform
 Solving and closing all incidents related to the application within SLA
 Solving Production issue ASAP to make the system healthy and working
 Understanding requirements from the onsite counterpart and working with full efficiency
 Working for changes requested as per business requirement for the application