Christopher Mcquay Email & Phone Number

Upper Marlboro, Md, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, Us

Washington, Dc, Us

In this role, I lead system development, analysis, and deployment activities as a subject matter expert (SME) of the Generalized Unpostable Framework (GUF) system. I also complete major system updates/upgrades and maintain code utilizing programming languages developed for Unisys COBOL and SQL. I oversee project management tasks throughout the software development lifecycle, including budgeting, scheduling, milestone tracking, and project updates. I escalate and troubleshoot production issues. Additionally, I facilitate meetings with cross-functional teams, developers, and senior leadership. ● Act as Section Chief for GUF as needed. ● Ensured feasibility and cost-effectiveness in light of staffing and budget constraints by performing change request analysis and disseminating findings and recommendations to senior leadership.● Created and maintained system development and technical documentation related to function specification package (FSP), work requests (UWR), enterprise life cycle (ELC), work breakdown structure (WBS), test plans, end of test reports, data flow diagrams, contingency management plans, project management plan, health assessments, contingency management plans, peer reviews, and costing documents.

Crystal City, Va, Us

In this role, I led the IRS systems development life cycle for five applications, as SME. I also acted as lead contact for any communications between IRS and C3 systems. I managed new system development, testing, maintenance, and release activities in a hybrid agile environment. I efficiently documented requirements, changes, fixes and new designs. Additionally, I reviewed code updates in SQL, COBOL, C#, ORACLE, and SOLARIS. I was entrusted with performing final tests on changes based on test cases and plans. I troubleshot and resolved production issues; ensured CMMI Level 3 compliance; and managed team hiring, onboarding process and documents, and training.● Served as lead on major $3M development and testing projects: (1) systems acceptability testing (SAT), (2) mainframe development in IBM COBOL, and (3) operation and maintenance on ICS Legacy system (Mainframe (COBOL), C#, C, SQL).● Regularly met deadlines by devising work breakdown structures (WBS) and timelines for all new applications, as well as scheduling all planned work requests or KISAM tickets (production problems).● Developed and finalized documents and requirements for releases such as PMP, QA, test cases and procedures, peer reviews, status reports, costing reports, transition management plans, work requests, new applications documentation● Advanced business development efforts by assisting with proposal development and oversaw contract modifications between C3 systems and the IRS.● Enhanced employee onboarding process by sourcing online training companies and courses, in addition to training all employees on IRS policies and development lifecycle.● Represented C3 Systems in meetings (kickoff meetings, status updates, new development requests, and program releases) with IRS developers, testers, customers, management and senior management) and led executive meetings, which included discussing task status, potential and unsolved issues, and future work.

Washington, Dc, Us

In this role I served as SME of Tax Exempt & Government entities (TEGE) which included Exempt Organizations Determination System (EDS), Modified EO-EP Determination System (MEDS), and Employee Plans Master File (EPMF). I also led system development, analysis, and issue resolution work. I successfully created new code utilizing programming languages: ProC*, Unisys COBOL, and IBM COBOL. Furthermore, I translated requirements and conducted cost-benefit analyses as well as created development and deployment schedules, timelines, and technical documentation.● Assumed increased responsibilities as Section Chief of Tax Exempt and Government Entities Division in 2014, overseeing project management activities related to systems, documentation, scheduling, budgeting, and employee hiring.● Acted as lead project manager for MEDS and developer/project manager for EDS system, including facilitating MEDS/EDS testing, and researching and ordering products.● Served as lead COBOL developer with Integrated Collection System (ICS) IBM-based COBOL programming, job control language, and SQL. This project aligned code and database to pull required data for customers.● Delivered ongoing technical guidance and expertise in significant projects: Entity Case Management System (ENTITY), Automated Lien System (ALS), Embedded Quality Review System (EQRS), and National Quality Review System (NQRS).● Developed more efficient database solutions in collaboration with database architects, as well as designed new IRS databases tables.● As member of reviewing board for EDS, signed all documentation such as ELC, FSP, and WBS.● Served as on-the-job trainer and mentor (OJT) guiding less experienced team members in problem solving, SDLC, and programming processes.● Conducted meetings with upper-level management, executives, contractors and developers to brief on all updates and projects, as well as build consensus.