Mainframe Developer

Requirements:
* Qualified applicants will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or hold a Technical Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent combination of education and minimum 5+ years development experience).

* Explore and gain a thorough understanding of the business.

* Troubleshoot problems and provide support on existing products and services.

* Work as part of a software development team in the implementation of projects.

* Perform daily tasks of analysis, programming and testing as needed.

* Assist with; capturing business requirements, design, system architecture and development.

* Maintain legacy applications (minor new development) in Micro Focus Cobol, Cobol and CICS that interact with the Department's Information Systems.

* Must have most recent experience within the last year coding programs in COBOL.

* Experience with SQL utilizing DB2 accessing by programs, writing queries in QMF and creating tables is required.

* Experience with JCL and job scheduling is required.

* Experience in software development utilizing Agile with SCRUM is desired but not required.

* Perform front-end, middle-tier and back-end development.

* Skilled in troubleshooting and weighing relative costs and benefits of potential actions.

* Extremely detailed oriented and able to follow Department standards, methodologies, principles and processes.

* Strong verbal and written communication skills.

* Regular and reliable attendance is required.

Experience with:

* Cobol and CICS. (candidates MUST be able to develop in COBOL AND CICS - no exceptions)

* Job Control Language (JCL) and job scheduling.

* IBM mainframe (z/OS).

* TSO

* All aspects of the software development lifecycle and workflow.

* Visual Studio for source control.

* SQL (Structured Query Language).

* DB2

* QMF

* XPEDITER

Preferences:

* Experience developing in MicroFocus Cobol using App Master Builder and Native COBOL will be given high preference.

* Experience with application development in highway inventory systems.

* Experience with SQL Server 2012 and higher.

* Experience with designing and building secure ASP.NET applications would give candidate ability to program in C# as well as COBOL.

* Experience with Web/Windows Services.

* Experience with SSRS reports.

* Experience with Agile development methodology of 2+ years.

* Experience with Mainframe Migration (re-hosting or re-platform).

Required Skills : * Cobol and CICS. (candidates MUST be able to develop in COBOL AND CICS - no exceptions) * Job Control Language (JCL) and job scheduling. * IBM mainframe (z/OS). * TSO

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Background Check : Yes

Drug Screen : Yes

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Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :No
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No
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