Sriveni Avvaru

Senior Lead Engineer with 12+ years of extensive experience in IBM Mainframe technologies including COBOL, JCL, DB2, IMS DB, VSAM, GDG across Healthcare, Insurance and Banking domains. Strong expertise in end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirement analysis, application development, testing, production support, and deployment in Agile and Waterfall environments. Hands-on experience with source code management tools such as Endevor and Changeman for version control, release management, and production deployment activities.

Skilled in performance optimization, defect resolution, root-cause analysis, production support, and implementation of zero-defect delivery standards. Excellent communication and collaboration skills with experience working closely with onshore teams, business analysts, QA teams, and project stakeholders. Experienced in conducting knowledge transfer sessions, mentoring junior resources, preparing technical documentation, and supporting cross-functional project delivery.

Senior Lead Engineer - FIS Global - Bangalore, India

(2023-07)

Project: Preferred Mutual Insurance Company – Insurance

• Developed and enhanced COBOL, JCL, VSAM -based batch applications supporting Insurance claims for Homeowners and Personal Auto for different states in US.
• Performed impact analysis, coding, debugging, unit testing, and system testing for multiple change requests and production enhancements.
• Utilized Endevor for source code management, migration, release tracking, and production deployment activities.
• Collaborated with onshore coordinators and business teams to understand healthcare requirements and deliver solutions within Agile sprint timelines.
• Provided production support by analyzing abends, resolving defects, and implementing preventive fixes to minimize recurring incidents.
• Prepared technical documentation, process flow diagrams, and deployment instructions to support maintainability and audit compliance.
• Supported batch scheduling validation, file handling processes, and downstream integration testing activities.
• Coordinated with QA teams during SIT and UAT testing cycles to validate business functionality and issue resolution.
• Conducted knowledge transfer sessions and technical walkthroughs for new team members and junior developers.

Senior Software Engineer - Legato Health Technologies - Bangalore, India

(2020-06 - 2023-07)

Project: Well Point Group Systems (WGS) Claims – Healthcare Insurance. Through WGS claims ID card process, we ensure that the subscribers and their dependents get their respective health insurance ID cards whenever a new enrolment is done or have made any changes to existing enrollments through online and batch process, thus ensuring every subscriber enrolled with Legato have their ID card for their medical check-up and health insurance.

Senior System Engineer - IBM India Pvt. Ltd. - Bangalore, India

(2017-08 - 2020-05)

Project: HCSC ATHENA – Healthcare Insurance. Anthem Inc. is an American health insurance company founded in the 1940s, prior to 2014 known as WellPoint, Inc. It is the largest for-profit managed health care company in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Programmer Analyst - Cognizant Technology Solutions

(2014-02 - 2017-08)

Project: AMEX GCPT – TMS Conversion | Client: American Express. The objective of this project is to fetch corporate details from TMS (POD) to Global Corporate Client Profile (GCCP) (POA) platform as part of Pegasus for Italy, Netherlands, France, Germany, UK and Spain markets. The core functionalities of corporate such as new client set-up, capturing Contact details etc, will be carried over by GCCP directly.

B.Tech - Electronics & Communication Engineering - Teegala Krishna Reddy Engineering College, Hyderabad (JNTU) (2013)