Prerana Sonawane
Sheffield,United Kingdom
Summary
IT professional with deep expertise in mainframe programming and application development, specializing in IBM z/OS. Proficient in COBOL, JCL, DB2, and CICS, with a proven track record in managing the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall and Agile methodologies. Experienced in requirement gathering, design, coding, and project coordination within Banking and Insurance sectors. Demonstrated success in L2/L3 production support, incident management, and performance tuning for critical applications.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
8038
8038
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Career break
Parenting & Skill Development
Sheffield
2025.01 - Current
- Managed full-time parenting responsibilities during a planned career break.
- Maintained professional knowledge through self-directed learning in financial markets and trading fundamentals.
- Acquired hands-on experience in market analysis, risk management, and decision-making, time management, data analysis.
- Demonstrated commitment to re-entering the workforce with current availability.
Senior Consultant
Capgemini
Navi Mumbai, India
2021.11 - 2024.12
- Conducted analysis of Cobol code for GE Internal Billing System to document business functionality by implementing Agile methodologies.
- Developed High Level Design documents and Workflows/Data Flow Diagrams for project modernization.
- Strengthened client relationships by delivering strategic advice and solutions.
Senior Consultant
Capgemini
Navi Mumbai, India
2017.11 - 2021.10
- Led 24*7 production support team and operations team supporting mission critical Insurance application, ensured 100% SLA compliance, reduced recurring incidents through RCA and proactive fixes.
- Involved in Incident Management, Problem Management, Application Monitoring, Change Management and Release Support, Batch Job Support, Console Operations, Handling IPL, Notification and Escalation Management, Documentation and Reporting.
- Provided user and business support by following notification and escalation procedures pertaining to system and communicating network outages, impacts and resolutions.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams for project success.
Consultant
Capgemini
Navi Mumbai, India
2014.04 - 2017.11
- Enhanced, maintained, and supported Insurance Application by leveraging knowledge of COBOL, JCL, Microfocus Cobol, DATACOM, SQL SERVER as primary technologies.
- Involved in different phases like requirement study and analysis, estimations, design and development, coding, testing and reviewing.
- Worked closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and translate them into technical solutions.
- Mentored junior developers, enhancing their technical skills and understanding of the system architecture.
- Coordinated successfully within cross-functional teams for end-to-end solution delivery.
- Created test plans and documentation, executed unit testing and prepared environment for UAT and SIT.
- Facilitated Change Management meetings for code deployment, data validation, and operational support.
- Involved in creating technical documentation, standards and procedures, Operational instructions for new and modified components.
Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
Pune, India
2010.11 - 2014.03
- Executed migration from Jobtrac to Control M, enhancing flexibility and scalability.
- Converted schedules and JCLs to Control M format, ensuring compatibility.
- Validated and corrected discrepancies through thorough testing of schedules in Active Job File.
- Completed production live mode installation, transitioning to the new scheduling tool.
- Analyzed existing job scheduler and documented job flows with dependencies.
- Performed unit testing and system integration testing to ensure functionality.
- Supported post-implementation activities, monitoring job runs for stability.
Education
Master of Technology - Software Engineering
BITS Pilani
Mumbai05.2017
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
University of Mumbai
Mumbai09.2010
H.S.C. (12th Std.) - H.S.C. (12th Std.)
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Education
Mumbai, India02.2006
S.S.C (10th Std.) - S.S.C (10th Std.)
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Education
Mumbai,India03.2004
Skills
- Operating systems: Windows, MVS, Z/OS
- Databases: DB2, Datacom, IMS
- Mainframe Programming languages: Cobol, CICS, JCL, VSAM, MFCOBOL, Microfocus Cobol
- Version control tools: Librarian, Changeman, Informatica, Endeavor
- Job scheduling software: Jobtrac, Control M, CA-7 scheduler
- UML diagrams: Use cases, class diagrams, sequence diagrams
- Quality assurance tools: HP Quality Center, Nagios
- Service desk applications: HP Service Desk, CA Service Desk
- SDSF utilities, TSO and ISPF proficiency
- SPUFI and XPEDITOR utilities
- Abend-Aid and File-Aid tools
- Effective business communication
- System integration understanding
- Resource allocation expertise
- Agile methodologies proficiency
- Technical leadership
- Project lifecycle management
- Efficient multitasking
Certification
IBM Mainframe Developer Professional Certificate
Timeline
Career break
Parenting & Skill Development
2025.01 - Current
Senior Consultant
Capgemini
2021.11 - 2024.12
Senior Consultant
Capgemini
2017.11 - 2021.10
Consultant
Capgemini
2014.04 - 2017.11
Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
2010.11 - 2014.03
Master of Technology - Software Engineering
BITS Pilani
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Technology
University of Mumbai
H.S.C. (12th Std.) - H.S.C. (12th Std.)
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Education
S.S.C (10th Std.) - S.S.C (10th Std.)
Maharashtra State Board of Secondary & Higher Education