Sagar Yadav

Experienced Mainframe Operations professional with over 15 years of expertise in managing and optimizing mainframe environments, providing mission-critical support for large-scale operations across industries. Core competencies include batch job scheduling, system administration, job automation, incident management, and production support using industry-standard tools such as Control-M, Jobtrac, CA7, and Autosys. Strong background in COBOL, JCL, REXX, and DB2, with a track record of leading automation initiatives, enhancing operational efficiency, and driving significant cost-saving process improvements.

Infra Technology Consultant - Cognizant Technology Solutions - Pune, India

(2017-11)

Client: Credit Suisse Bank | Project: Job Scheduling ROW | Team Size: 10

• Created and scheduled Control-M jobs based on client requests, ensuring smooth and timely execution.
• Developed yearly scheduling calendars, accounting for New Year processes and holidays.
• Monitored Control-M jobs, analyzed job flows, and troubleshot issues in real time, performing bug fixes, job kills, reruns, holds/releases, and Force OK actions.
• Conducted root cause analysis for failed jobs and escalated to on-call teams when necessary.
• Set up email alerts and alarms for job failures, execution times, late submissions, and high-priority jobs.
• Implemented File Watcher functionality to trigger jobs on file arrival via FTP; maintained FTP setups using Control-M for production environments.
• Managed NDM file transfers on MVS systems and adopted CMEM rules to track external events across the MVS/distributed environment.
• Designed and managed critical batch flows between MVS data centers and distributed data centers using global conditions to trigger cross-datacenter jobs.
• Proactively provided job forecasts ahead of holidays to help teams prioritize critical jobs.
• Retrieved reports and data from Control-M/EM databases using SQL queries to simplify job management.

Senior Administrator - Wipro Technologies

(2017-02 - 2017-11)

Client: Northwestern Mutual | Project: Mainframe Batch Operations

• Managed critical mainframe production jobs using CA7 and distributed jobs through Autosys.
• Ensured smooth execution of daily and nightly batch flows critical to business operations.
• Monitored jobs via mainframe consoles and performed weekend IPLs as part of scheduled maintenance.

Senior Member Technical - ADP India Pvt Ltd - Pune, India

(2009-08 - 2017-02)

Process: RIM-ETG (Enterprise Technology Group). Supported Mainframe System Support and Administration within a shared services model, covering Security Administration (RACF), Changeman Administration, Capacity Planning, and Batch Job Scheduling using Control-M and Jobtrac. Led process improvement initiatives using COBOL, REXX, JCL, and DB2 — completing 20+ automation projects over four years and delivering cost savings of over $400,000.

Senior Member Technical - Project: CAPS (Compliance and Payment Services) - ADP India Pvt Ltd - Pune, India

(2009-08 - 2017-02)

Team Size: 6

• Scheduled ~30,000 daily jobs across Z/OS and distributed systems supporting tax and benefits processing for ADP clients; maintained yearly scheduling calendars and PARM values.
• Managed Control-M, Control-EM, and Control-D requests via CA Service Desk; developed runbooks and flowcharts for new job flows.
• Trained team members on scheduling concepts and newer Control-M tool versions.
• Monitored mainframe consoles, reran jobs via JCL edits, and escalated issues per Control-M alerts.
• Handled job service requests (reruns, kills, force OK, holds, releases, condition management) and managed external events via CMEM definitions.
• Coordinated knowledge transfer from clients to offshore teams, consistently meeting expectations.
• Control-D: created job definitions/print missions, resolved SDSF Output Class F issues, performed daily cleanups, and managed indexing/masking of high-volume reports.

Senior Member Technical - Project: Jobtrac Scheduling - ADP India Pvt Ltd - Pune, India

(2009-08 - 2017-02)

Team Size: 4

• Scheduled and logically connected job schedules for efficient execution using CA Jobtrac.
• Created and managed Change Orders via CA Service Desk; communicated scheduled maintenance to production units.
• Collaborated on the migration plan from Jobtrac to Control-M.

Senior Member Technical - Project: Operations Support (Autopay, 25+ LPARs) - ADP India Pvt Ltd - Pune, India

(2009-08 - 2017-02)

Team Size: 6

• Provided Level 2 Operations Support handling job abend escalations across 25+ LPARs.
• Managed incidents/problem tickets via CA Service Desk; handled JCL edits, XMIT transfers, SAR handling, and backdoor requests.
• Resolved job abends including JCL errors, user errors, space abends, and SOC abends.

Senior Member Technical - Project: Reports Automation - ADP India Pvt Ltd - Pune, India

(2009-08 - 2017-02)

Team Size: 5

• Automated Management Reports previously requiring manual checks across 30 LPARs using COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, and REXX.
• Led requirement gathering, design, coding, unit/integration testing, and production deployment; provided ongoing production support.

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Computer Science and Engineering - K.B.P. College of Engineering, Satara — Shivaji University, Kolhapur (2007 - 2007)

Trainee - Mainframe Application Programming - MAPLES ESM Technologies, Pune (2008-08 - 2008-10)