Perraju Vodugu +91 9052541000

Perraju Vodugu
Experience Summary

 13 Yrs. of IT experience in the areas of analysis, design, development, testing, implementation

and Support.
 13 Yrs. of working experience on Mainframe technology.
 7 Yrs. of experience in Banking and Financial Services industry.
 6 Yrs. of experience in Healthcare industry.

Education and Certifications

 Master of Technology, Industrial Engineering & Management from IIT (Indian School of Mines),
Dhanbad, India (Year 2005- 2007).
 Bachelor of Technology, Electronics & Communications Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru
Technological University, Hyderabad, India (Year 2000- 2004).
 Intermediate from Board of Intermediate Education Andhra Pradesh, India (Year 1997 – 1999).
 S.S.C from Board of Secondary Education, Andhra Pradesh, India.
 Cognizant certified professional in COBOL, CICS and Banking and Financial services-L0.
 Brain bench certified professional in COBOL, JCL, VSAM and DB2.

Technical Skills

Languages: COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM

Database: DB2, DB2 Stored Procedures, IMS-DB
Tools: File-Aid DB2, SPUFI, Expeditor, Endeavor, TWS, ESP Scheduler, INSYNC,
SCLM

Non-Technical Skills

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Problem Solving & Debugging skills, Quick Learner, Proven strong leadership skills, Team work ability,
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Personal Information

Skype : +91 9052541000

Email: vperraju@gmail.com

Relevant Project Experience

Project # 1
Company: Legato Health Technologies LLP
Duration: Dec 2018 – Till Date.
Technology: COBOL, JCL, IMS DB, DB2

Project Abstract: Anthem WGS Claims LO – IMSX environment Support

WellPoint Group System (WGS) processes claims for Individual, Small Group & Large Group members
on both WGS and ISG membership systems. Commercial Business Solutions (CBS) team will test the
new contracts and the corresponding benefits in IMSX region. IMXS AM team team is mainly responsible
in resolving the defects created by the CBS team.
Role: Tech Lead - Performed following main activities as Techinical Lead.
 Defect analysis and provide resolution to the CBS team for Critcal/High/Medium/Low priority
defects.
 Led a team of size 5.
 Coordinating with different teams like Membership, Provider and Benefit Coding team for
resolving the defects.

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 Defect Triaging and handling triweekly defect review meetings with business.
 Resolved incidents/defects within committed Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
 Knowledge Sharing to the team as and when required.
 Reviewed team deliverables ensuring process and quality adherence.

Project # 2
Anthem INC, US
Company: Deloitte.
Duration: May 2017 – Nov 2018
Technology: COBOL, JCL, IMS DB, DB2
Project Abstract: Anthem WGS Claims LO – Application Maintenance.
WellPoint Group System (WGS) processes claims for Individual, Small Group & Large Group members
on both WGS and ISG membership systems.
The Claims LO team is mainly responsible for the defects created for claim edits and adjudication
process.

Role: Consultant - Performed following main activities as Senior Mainframe Developer:

 Defect analysis and provide resolution to the business team for SEV1/2/3/4 defects.
 Resolved incidents/defects within committed Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
 Preparation of Defect to Enhancement (DTE) documents for the code changes for the defect fix.
 Break Fix and code promotion to production.
 Reviewed team deliverables ensuring process and quality adherence.
 Status reporting to client in daily touch point calls.

Project # 3
KeyBank, US

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Company: Cognizant
Duration: Aug 2015 – April 2017.
Technology: COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2

Project Abstract: Synergy History Report Conversion

Synergy History Reports for loans and lines are reformatted and loaded to VDR in KEY as part of FNFG
acquisition by KeyBank. The files are received as notepad files from MISER system. These are
transmitted to mainframe and the files are merged, validated and a single output report file was
generated, which has active accounts and the closed accounts, which are closed after Oct 7, 2009.

Project Abstract: Payments Risk Reporting and Monitoring (PRR).

PRR is a reporting tool of check, wire and ACH activity within the bank. The transactional data is stored in
DB2 database with a WebSphere front end and the reports are generated and displayed in COGNOS.
New fields for RISK evaluation like CE SCORE, LIQ and CL3 are added to the existing tables to calculate
the Risk Rating in PRR system. New tables are created for Corporate Card, Prepaid Card transactions,
KMS transactions and PAYNET and are loaded with transactional data in PRR system.

Role: Associate - Performed following main activities as Senior Application Developer:

 Analysis, Coding, Unit Testing and Implementation.
 Created 4 new tables in DB2 to handle the KMS, CPC, PPC and PAYNET transactions.
 Developed new COBOL-DB2 programs to prepare the load files.
 Loaded the new DB2 tables.
 Developed new COBOL programs, COBOL–VSAM programs to prepare the final report file for
Synergy History Reports.
 Review of team deliverables ensuring process and quality adherence.
 Status reporting to client in daily touch point calls.

Project # 4
UBS, North America
Company: Cognizant
Duration: May 2015 – July 2015.
Technology: COBOL, JCL, VSAM.
Project Abstract: BAA & ADB Migration.

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Some of the BAA and ADB mainframe jobs are migrated to Informatica to reduce the MIPS. The
mainframe files were sent to the ETL team to process and sent to the downstream systems.

Role: Associate - Performed following main activities as Senior Application Analyst:

 Analysis, coding and implementation.
 Control Job creation and FTP job set up.
 Job Scheduling.
 Review of team deliverables ensuring process and quality adherence.

Project # 5
United Health Group, US
Company: Cognizant
Duration: Sep 2014 – March 2015.
Technology: COBOL, JCL, VSAM.
Project Abstract: CSP Solution Support and Services
CSP Solutions Support and Services team is providing complete solution support and services for
Community and State Plan Facets Platform of C&S Medicaid business. CSP SSS team focuses on
Operations & Maintenance Services and Work Order portfolio for Community and State Plan.

Role: Associate - Performed following main activities as Senior Developer:

 Batch Monitoring.
 Resolving IM tickets and PM tickets.
 Creating IM tickets, PM tickets and CM tickets
 Package creation and promoting the code to production environment.
 Resolving the client adhoc requests.
 Review of team deliverables ensuring process and quality adherence.
 Attending technical, quality and soft skills trainings.

Project # 6

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Cigna, US
Company: Cognizant
Duration: April 2013 – Aug 2014.
Technology: COBOL, JCL, DB2, Easytrieve, CICS.
Project Abstract: C&CS Core Operations Production Support
Client & Customer Services(C&CS) handles core operations for Cigna which includes Case & Benefit
Install, Eligibility, Enrollment, Billing, Banking, Workflow and Vendor Distribution (VDC). VDC extracts the
eligibility, benefit details and structure information from the upstream systems and sends the member
details to different vendors though NDM, FTP and HTTPS for further processing.

Role: Associate - Performed following main activities as Senior Developer:

 Application Support for Vendor Distribution Channel (VDC) for Mainframe.
 Knowledge transition from the client and reverse Knowledge transition.
 Preparation of MoMs and Application Handbooks.
 Peer review and maintaining the knowledge repository (KR).
 Leading a team.
 Resolving P2/P3/P4 tickets.
 Batch Monitoring
 Package creation and code move up to the production environment.
 Setting up file transfers using NDM and FTP

Project # 7
Key bank, US
Company: Cognizant
Duration: Aug 2011 – Aug 2012.
Technology: COBOL, JCL, DB2, SAS.
Project Abstract: Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Production Support
The Enterprise Data warehouse environment is an informational environment where data from operational
systems and external sources is extracted and transformed into business information and customer
knowledge to be used in business planning and decision making via analytics.

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Role: Associate - Performed following main activities as Senior Developer:

 Application Development in Enterprise Data warehouse area.
 Application Maintenance which includes solving day to day user queries and On-call support for
Batch abend resolution.
 Analysis, Coding, Unit testing and post implementation activities.
 Resolving IM tickets.
 Creating the IM tickets, PM tickets and CM tickets
 Package creation and promotion of the code to production environment.

Project # 8
Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), UK
Company: Cognizant
Duration: Jan 2009 – May 2011.
Technology: COBOL, JCL, DB2, IMS DB/DC, CICS, VSAM, Easytrieve
Project Abstract: LBG ADM Operations Payments

Role: Associate - Performed following main activities as Developer:

 Analysis for various enhancements and coding activities.
 Preparation of technical and functional documents (wherever applicable depending on the
request types) like Program Specification Document, UTP, UTR etc.
 Coding and Testing of COBOL batch programs, COBOL DB2 programs and online programs.
 Unit testing and played a key role in the support for system testing, SIT and UAT as well.
 Treasury testing Support which is an end to end system testing for the transmission of SWIFT
messages.
 Designing online CICS screens using BMS Macros.
 Reviewing peer deliverables and code review activities.

Project # 9

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Bank of Ney York Mellon, US

Company: Cognizant
Duration: Jan 2008 – Dec 2008.
Technology: COBOL, JCL, DB2, IDMS.
Project Abstract: MIS-TDD Capacity Work Order
It is an application development and maintenance project. The system houses a broad spectrum of
information such as Customer level, Member Eligibility, Member Demographics and Benefit Plan level
information. The system undergoes a cycle of development and maintenance changes defined by the
technology needs of BNY Mellon.

Role: Programmer Analyst Trainee - Performed following main activities as a trainee:

 Preparation of technical documents.
 Coded and tested COBOL batch programs, COBOL IDMS programs.
 Unit testing.
 Involved in QA Audit.

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