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Upendhranaidu Nara - Mainframe Developer
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Location: Newark, Ohio, USA
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UPENDHRAN NAIDU
[email protected] | 848-336-8632

SUMMARY
Mainframe Performance Management Specialist with 12+ years of z/OS experience. Expert in IBM OMEGAMON deployment and configuration (z/OS, CICS, DB2, MQ), SYSVIEW/MainView-to-OMEGAMON migrations, z/OS performance tuning, SMF data analysis, and customer-facing engagements. Deep background in CICS, DB2, IMS, MQ, REXX, TSO/ISPF, and SMP/E across Banking, Insurance, and Healthcare.

TECHNICAL SKILLS
Monitoring & Performance: OMEGAMON (z/OS, CICS, DB2, MQ), CA SYSVIEW, Broadcom MainView, SMF Data Analysis, Capacity Planning, SLI/SLO/SLA Tracking
Languages: COBOL, JCL, REXX, CLIST, Assembler, PL/I, Natural, Easytrieve, SAS
OS/Platforms: z/OS, MVS, OS/390, IBM i (AS400), Linux
Databases: DB2, IMS DB, VSAM, ADABAS, IDMS, CA Datacom, Oracle
OLTP: CICS, IMS DC, CICSPlex, IBM Parallel Sysplex
Middleware: IBM MQ, z/OS Connect EE, REST/JSON/OpenAPI, TCP/IP, FTP
Schedulers: Control-M, CA-7, CA-11, IWS
Tools: TSO/ISPF, Xpediter, FileAid, Abend-Aid, SPUFI, QMF, SDSF, DFSORT, ICETOOL, IDCAMS, SYNCSORT, JES2/JES3
Administration: SMP/E, PTF Application, RACF, VSAM Cluster Management, PDSE Administration, OPS/MVS
DB2 Admin: Buffer Pool Tuning, Log Management, BSDS Maintenance, EXPLAIN, Stored Procedures, SQL Tuning
DevOps/SCM: Jenkins, GitLab, BMC Code Pipeline, Change Man, Endevor, Git
Testing/QA: Regression, Integration, System Testing, Abend Analysis, DB2/VSAM Validation
Defect Tools: Jira, HP Quality Centre (QC/ALM), Remedy, IBM Rational
Specialty: Natural/ADABAS, CA IDEAL/Datacom, Hogan IDS/PCD, Fiserv PEP+ ACH, CA TPX, CA SOLVE

EXPERIENCE
Sr. Mainframe Developer / Performance Management Specialist
American Family Insurance Columbus, OH | Dec 2024 Present

Led MainView-to-OMEGAMON migration; configured workspaces, thresholds, and performance baselines, zero monitoring gaps at cutover
Real-time performance monitoring using OMEGAMON for z/OS, CICS, and DB2; resolved CPU/memory bottlenecks before SLA breaches
Capacity planning across IBM Parallel Sysplex LPARs using SMF data and OMEGAMON metrics
SRE lead: defined SLIs, SLOs, error budgets, and incident playbooks 99.95% system availability, 40% reduction in repeat incidents
REXX/JCL/CLIST automation eliminated 35% of manual ops; MTTR improved significantly
z/OS Connect EE API development, CICSPlex management, IBM MQ monitoring, ETL pipelines (DFSORT/ICETOOL), DR drills

Mainframe Hogan Developer
Valley Bank New Jersey, USA | Aug 2022 Nov 2024

Supported CA SYSVIEW-to-OMEGAMON transition; monitored CICS/DB2 performance, presented analysis to client technical leads
OMEGAMON monitoring for high-volume banking workloads; maintained SLA compliance
Hogan IDS/PCD DDA & TDA modules; COBOL/CICS/DB2/MQ enhancements; Control-M batch automation
DB2 SQL tuning, REXX/JCL automation, incident RCA, integration/regression testing

Mainframe Developer
ACS State Healthcare Atlanta, GA | Apr 2019 Jul 2022

COBOL/CICS/DB2 development for state healthcare transaction systems
Test Data Management: data masking, extraction, DB2/VSAM validation
JCL/DFSORT/SYNCSORT pipelines; HP Quality Centre defect tracking; performance tuning of batch components

Mainframe Developer
Cisco California, USA | Sep 2017 Mar 2019

COBOL/CICS/DB2/IDMS applications for enterprise financial systems
DB2 stored procedures, triggers, SQL tuning via SPUFI/EXPLAIN; Assembler modules; CA-7/CA-11 scheduling
CICS performance tuning; Change Man release management; DR protocols

Mainframe Developer
Gen Worth Richmond, VA | Oct 2013 Aug 2017

COBOL/DB2/JCL/VSAM development; 90+ module impact analysis with zero production incidents
ADABAS-to-DB2 migration API modules; DB2 SQL optimization; Xpediter/FileAid debugging


EDUCATION
M.S. Computer Science Wichita State University, Wichita, KS | 2011 2013
B.E. Electronics & Communication CMRIT, India | 2007 2011
Keywords: quality analyst message queue database zos hewlett packard procedural language California Georgia Kansas Ohio Virginia

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