Fernando Andres Samaca Giraldo Fernando Samaca CV

Fernando Andres Samaca Giraldo

Arquitecto Mainframe - Senior Cobol

Professional profile

Proactive and innovative professional with 15 years of experience in z/OS , z/VM , Linux , and iSeries . Skilled in COBOL , Assembler , REXX , JCL , Java , Python , and C/C++ . Experienced in leading agile teams , CI/CD automation , and architecting resilient solutions for IBM Z platforms

Work experience

Mainframe Architect - Senior Cobol

ibm de colombia | May 2018 - November 2025 (7 años 6 meses)

Used skills

Performed health checks, client dialogues, resilience recommendations, legacy modernization, and managed product adoption. Reviewed hardware requirements and innovated technical projects for IBM Z clients.

Major achievement

Led health checks, client consulting, legacy modernization, and sales quota achievement. Proficient in OMEGAMON, System Automation, z/OS tools, and mainframe hardware sizing.

Senior Cobol Microfocus

banco davivienda | June 2016 - November 2018 (2 años 5 meses)

Used skills

Migrated legacy applications to Micro Focus COBOL, led testing and documentation, communicated changes, configured batch processing, and performed mainframe operations.

Major achievement

Led migration of Accounts suite to Micro Focus COBOL on Linux x86. Managed copybooks, JCL, and COBOL migration, testing, documentation, and mainframe operations.

Senior Cobol

novatec – bbva colombia | February 2014 - March 2016 (2 años 1 mes)

Used skills

Analyzed requirements, developed batch and CICS programs, collaborated on web services integration, created documentation and diagrams for user departments.

Major achievement

Developed COBOL BATCH, CICS, JCL, and REXX for trust and insurance. Integrated CICS Web Services for mobile, managed ADA shareholder tool.

Education experience

Bachiller Académico
Institucion educativa andres bello | Bachiller

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