Jason Wan
14 Endicott Dr. Great Meadows NJ 07838, (847) 401-3328, jqw28@yahoo.com
SUMMARY
• 13 years Mainframe Developer/Analyst experiences in Insurance Companies, 8 years
Professional Application Designers and Mainframe Support Analyst in retail services
• Experience working in all phases of the application development life cycle including
analysis, design, development, testing, implementation and production support
• Use Cobol, JCL, VSAM, Endevor, changeman, SYNCSORT, File-Aid, Eztrieve, SQL,
DB2, IMS and other mainframe applications on daily basis.
• Experience in software analysis & design, gathering business requirements
specifications, technical design, test case and test plan.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages: Cobol, Cobol II, JCL, SQL, Clist
Operating Systems: MVS /OS390, z/OS, Windows 10
Database: IMS, DB2, VSAM
Mainframe TSO, Endevor, ISPF, Xpediter, File-Aid, Eztrieve, SPUFI,
Software/Tools: Platinum, FTP, ZEKE, Syncsort ，Control-m, changeman,
CA7(ESP) ，SYNCSORT
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Stellar Consulting Solutions(UPS) June 2022_- present __
Role: Mainframe Support Analyst
Environment: COBOL, SQL, DB2 JCL, SPUFI, Eztrieve，SYNCSORT，changeman,
CA7(ESP)
Description: Work in Mainframe Support team to identify mainframe job issues, find
root cause and resolve abend
Responsibilities:
Monitor and perform support for 800 batch jobs per day, 24 x7 in an MVS/JES2
environment.
Level 1 support and resolution for all batch abends; COBOL, DB2, JCL and VSAM
debugging skills required.
Tracked all outages/incidents which adversely affect the stability of the mainframe.
Notification and escalation of events delaying and/or having a major impact on the
completion of batch critical path(s) and report delivery.
Perform in-depth analysis of production problems, identifies root causes and
recommends solutions to resolve application malfunctions and prevent
recurrence.
Ensure all incidents and changes are progressed efficiently and effectively to
meet application service level.
DXC(Stop & Shop Quincy MA ) Aug. 2017 – Apr 2022___
Role: Professional Application Designer(mainframe)
Environment: COBOL, SQL, DB2（Store procedure）, IMS, JCL, SPUFI, Eztrieve
，Isync，Control-m
Description: Work in Ahold Merchandising Change team to update retail applications
and support productions
Responsibilities:
• Create/enhance client application programs(COBOL,IMS,DB2)based on business
requirements
• Participate in architecture & design reviews
• Programming, conduct code reviews, and test software as needed
• Follow project plans and task schedules
• Ownership of application components and ensure timely delivery of the same
CompWorks (Highmark Pittsburgh, PA) Aug. 2016 – Jan. 2017_
Role: System Analyst
Environment: MVS, TSO, COBOL, SQL, DB2, JCL, SPUFI, File Aid, Xpediter,
Description: Work in Health Insurance application production support, IDCAMS
Responsibilities:
• Resolved production abend issues
• Monitored Production JCL
• Communicated with clients for JCL problems
• Using IDCAMS in JCL to DELETE, DEFINE, REPRO VSAM file
• Used ENDEVOR for program management
Chubb Insurance, New Jersey Nov. 2009 – Jun 2016_____
Role: Programmer Analyst
Environment: MVS, TSO, COBOL, SQL, DB2, JCL, IMS, SPUFI, File Aid, ZEKE,
Xpediter, MQ, Syncsort
Description: Work in Auto Insurance migration project, this project migrate business
information from IMS database to DB2 tables
Monitor and provide support to department production jobs, analyze all
business processes and ensure compliance to all controlled processes
according to business requirement. Assist other developers and provide
the technical help
Responsibilities:
• Created pick off programs to identify the violation pattern in IMS segment
• Created the migration driver program to retrieve business data from IMS segments and
insert them into DB2 tables
• Built 15 DB2 programs with selecting and inserting function for the migration
• Using IDCAMS in JCL to DELETE, DEFINE, REPRO VSAM file
• Processed VSAM file in Cobol program (Read VSAM file and Create VSAM file)
• Converted VSAM file into DB2 data
• Used ENDEVOR for program management
• Changed other related programs from IMS call to DB2 call
• Created JCL and testing cases to test the above programs
• Worked in SWAT team of the department to help other developers in technical issues
• Production support to resolve Incidents
• Defect analysis and investigation
Accenture(Highmark, Pittsburgh, PA ) July 2006 – July 2009
Role: Mainframe Analyst/Consultant
Environment: IBM MVS, TSO, Cobol, DB2, JCL, IMS, CICS, Xpediter, Endevor,
BlueDevel, M4IN, Dump Master, ClearQuest, Syncsort
Description: Work in Highmark Legacy Modernization project; develop a single set of
reusable components, which will provide the foundation for Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA), Modernize Healthcare Claims systems and
processes.
Responsibilities:
• Analyzed existing claim system, understanding the Overall functionality of the application
• Created functional and detail design documents delivering new capabilities
• Built more than 100 new data access programs using COBOL, IMS, DB2, BlueDevel
(OO COBOL ) methodology and more than 20 business components by adding new
data access and new capabilities
• Used ENDEVOR for program management
• Created test cases and test plan using the business/functional and technical
requirements as input
• Tested all executable statements using Xpediter and documented the testing results
• Participated in integration test, tracked and resolved defects using all testing tools and
problem solving skills
• Helped other team members in coding and testing by reviewing code, checking abend
and resolving issues
Allstate Insurance, Northbrook, Illinois April 2001 – June 2006
Role: Mainframe Developer/Analyst
Environment: IBM MVS, TSO, Cobol, DB2, JCL, IMS, Endevor, Smarttest, File-Aid,
Eztrieve, QMF, SPUFI, Platinum, File-Aid, Syncsort
Description: Work on property and casualty new business and renewal application
system in Allstate Audit team and create application programs to extract
business data and reports
Responsibilities:
• Provided informal training to specialists and other professionals on the team.
• Participated in business analysis meeting to gather business requirements and
developed program specifications
• Designed and developed mainframe application programs using COBOL, DB2, SQL,
IMS and JCL to extract data for various business projects
• Modified online and batch programs for monthly and quarterly reports
• Created test plans, conditions and data, conducted module and integration levels of
testing according to process standards.
• Performed production support, troubleshooting, and maintenance.
• Acted as subject matter expert and helped other team members in coding and testing
• Wrote reports using Easytrieve
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Northeastern University, Shenyang China
