Senior COBOL Developer

Job Title: Senior COBOL Developer
Job Location: Columbia, SC -Hybrid (initial onsite)
Position Type: W2 Contract

Primary Skills: Visual and/or Micro Focus COBOL, Visual COBOL V9, mission-critical application development, Windows-based client-server environments, technical team leadership, Oracle SQL database, Level 3 (L3) production support, business and technical specification development, system analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, implementation

Preferred Skills: Oracle (19+) SQL, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET / C# development environment, government environment experience, Visual COBOL technical certifications, mentoring and guiding less experienced technical colleagues, project planning and personnel leadership

Position Overview

This assignment is for maintenance, support, and development of the core DMV business systems supporting South Carolina's drivers and vehicles. This system supports legislative and federal requirements for traffic violation processing. This system is a Client-Server system utilizing COBOL as the back end and .NET as the human interface. The position is within the COBOL development team as the Senior Programmer / Team Lead. This position reports to the COBOL development manager and will directly support the core business system known as Phoenix. This position will require CJIS information security certification which the agency will sponsor. The candidate must be able to work independently. Excellent communications skills are required.

Daily Duties / Responsibilities

1. Analyze the Phoenix core business system and assigned tickets for development and/or system modification.

2. Take the lead in analyzing and proposing solutions to assigned tickets and projects.

3. Partner with business units to develop business specifications, translate those business specifications into technical specifications, and obtain business sign-off of specifications.

4. Code, test, promote, and interact with impacted users ensuring that solution meets requirements as documented in the specifications.

5. Production support for the Phoenix system.

6. Provide daily and weekly status to the development manager and business analyst(s).

Required Skills

1. 6+ Years of Experience with Visual and/or Micro Focus COBOL

2. Working knowledge of Visual COBOL V9

3. 10+ Years of Experience developing and maintaining complex, mission-critical applications in a Windows-based Client Server environment

4. 5+ Years of Experience Leading a technical software development team in planning and deployment of software systems

5. 10+ Years of Experience coding and testing complex COBOL based business systems in an Oracle SQL database and Windows-based client-server environment

6. 5+ Years Experience providing Level 3 (L3) production support

7. 5+ Years Experience functioning as the primary contact with business units to develop and review business and technical specifications and ensure delivery of specified functionality

8. 10+ Years of experience with computer system analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation techniques and practices for developing new systems or modifying existing systems

Preferred Skills

1. Oracle (19+) SQL

2. Familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET / C# development environment

3. Experience working in a Governmental environment

Additional Skills

• Experience mentoring and guiding less experienced technical colleagues

• Proven proficiency communicating effectively with users, vendors, staff members and management both orally and in writing

• Ability to plan, define, lead, direct, instruct, and review project work and personnel

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a closely related discipline with 10 Years of Experience

Required / Preferred Certifications

• Preferred: Visual COBOL technical certifications