Kenny Serpa

Lateral move to engineering track with deeper development ownership

• Coded a COBOL/CICS routine that evaluates sanctions-list hits against SSN, DOB, and last name to clear false positives while keeping true hits in analyst review.
• Built a CICS review screen and SOAP/XML integration so analysts can view, page through, and override sanctions hit data from within the front-end application.
• Fixed instant-credit-approval handling for partner credit cards so eligible customers can use their card immediately; also discovered and reported an unrelated routing defect outside the assigned story.
• Fixed a loop that forced underwriters to resubmit applications twice — applications now redecide in one pass.
• Added targeted-offer fields to the inbound payload; during UAT found upstream was not sending fields as specified and made a late code change before install.
• Added a tokenized card-reference number to the outbound status message, replacing account numbers downstream; validated backwards compatibility for existing consumers.
• Synced upstream product data into product tables so card plastic types stay current; caught a plastic-type mismatch in UAT sample data outside scope.
• Coded auto-clear logic for fraud review on a premium product line — only clears when the upstream fraud system confirms it is safe.
• Built a GitHub Copilot workflow that writes PowerShell scripts to generate JCL test scenarios on z/OS.
• Contributing to a Spring Boot web app on z/OS that visualizes integration traffic between ACAPS and downstream systems.

• Built card-image selection logic with a runtime toggle and outbound XML boarding message so the right card design is sent at booking.
• Added an access-code field to a customer panel so applicants without online banking can still upload income documents.
• Caught a pre-install code deletion using VS Code/Endevor source compare, preventing a production outage and earning team recognition.
• Coordinated four end-to-end releases through change requests, packaging, security scans, and SDLC tasks — all on schedule.
• Introduced VS Code with Endevor source compare as a required pre-install validation step, catching staging mismatches before production.
• Fixed an MQ payload edge case that was clearing customer names during processing.
• Wrote onboarding docs and captured team knowledge to get new hires up to speed faster.