Sai Kiran Sama

Director of Engineering

Hyderabad, Telangana, India11 yrs 11 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 10 years of IT experience in Mainframe development.
Led teams to optimize legacy systems and reduce operational costs.
Recognized with multiple awards for contributions to key projects.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Mainframe Developer with expertise in Healthcare and Finance sectors.

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Skills

Core Skills

CobolMainframe

Other Skills

JCLDB2IBM MainframeGitlabADDIPower BIIBM IDzEndeavorIBM SPUFIBig DataData ScienceHadoop

About

10+ Years of IT experience in Business Analysis, Design, Development, Maintenance,Coding, Testing, Documentation, Quality Assurance and Implementation on IBM Mainframe platform using COBOL, JCL, DB2, SQL, VSAM

Experience

11 yrs 11 mos

Total Experience

4 yrs 7 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 8 mos

Current Experience

Ibm

Technical Team Lead

Sep 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Leading a 6-member team in delivering multiple Standard System Change Requests
(SSCRs) for Anthem’s claims processing system.
Reduced MIPS usage by optimizing legacy COBOL programs, leading to lower operational
costs and improved system performance.
Serving as a key member of the Technical Design Review Board, conducting pre-deployment
design audits to ensure robustness, maintainability, and adherence to technical standards.
Collaborating with Business Analysts, QA, PMO, and onshore teams to refine
requirements, resolve dependencies, and ensure timely, high-quality project delivery.
Actively contributed to a proof-of-concept for IBM IDz, ADDI, and GitLab integration;
supported adoption across teams to improve deployment reliability and reduce manual
errors.
Developed and deployed Power BI dashboards to track SSCR progress, enhancing
leadership visibility and enabling data-driven decision-making.

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Carelon global solutions

2 roles

Technical Team Lead

Promoted

Jun 2022 – Sep 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

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Senior Software Engineer

Apr 2019 – May 2022 · 3 yrs 1 mo

Spearheaded key projects by collaborating with Business and external vendors.
Developed programs for new requirements and fixed existing production issues.
Acted as an SME for Edit Optimization initiative which is already saving $1M for our Health Insurance Company.
Actively participated with the team to discuss technical design during project development process.
Analyzed and coded mainframe development assignments in COBOL, created jobs in JCL, PROCs.
Thorough knowledge about all the stages involved in migration of modules into production environment using Endevor tool.

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Ibm

Mainframe Developer

May 2014 – Apr 2019 · 4 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Developed and enhanced mainframe programs to automate financial reconciliation
reports across multiple payment streams, ensuring data accuracy and compliance.
Investigated and resolved discrepancies in RECON reports, contributing to the
elimination of financial errors and ensuring accurate cheque disbursements.
Built automation solutions for RECON query management, significantly reducing
manual workload and improving process efficiency.
Optimized the On-Demand letter generation system through COBOL code
improvements and batch scheduling adjustments, enhancing the speed and reliability
of correspondence delivery.
Received Manager’s Choice Award, Eminence and Excellence Award for my contribution to RECON and ISIS Projects