Sr. Mainframe Cobol Developer

Position: Sr. Mainframe Cobol Developer

Location: Reston, VA #REMOTE

Duration: 12months Contract

Job Description

• This CW position will support the organization by being part of a matrixed team of software development professionals providing application development expertise using the COBOL programming language and environments to facilitate the on-time successful delivery of approved changes and enhancements for our highly complex, mission-critical enrollment system.
• This position will require strong application development and analytical skills, as well as the ability to learn new technologies quickly based on prior experiences with similar tools and an understanding of infrastructure.

Principal Accountabilities

Under the general direction of the Manager, Enrollment Core Systems, the CW's accountabilities include:

• Performs and sometimes leads the detail technical design, coding, code review and testing of new applications and enhancements of existing applications in support of the business needs as outlined by the Enrollment Product team.
• Provide estimates of work, properly follow project life cycle, develop and document technical designs, support testing cycles and support software implementations using department-adopted Agile methods and processes.
• Meet with members of the project team to identify or clarify requirements to better achieve desired outcomes.
• Recommend technical solutions to project team and/or offer alternative solutions when appropriate.

Testing Support: Provides technical assistance to Applications Delivery teams, Operations team, Business Clients in order to resolve testing problems that arise during project development.

Qualifications

• Requires a BA/BS in Information Systems or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 4 years of experience as a Senior Software Engineer using the following technologies:

COBOL | TSO/ISPF | JCL | DB2 | QMF | Rocket Shuttle | MVS Utilities | Xpediter

• FileAid, AbendAid
• Scripting and automation tools and techniques
• Micro Focus/Serena ChangeMan
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Topaz/DevX Workbench IDE
• Jira, or similar agile tracking software

Required Skills

• At least 4 years of mainframe-based application development experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of COBOL applications running under CICS and/or COBOL batch applications.
• Strongly demonstrated knowledge of DB2, including complex multi-table queries; imbedded SQL in COBOL, and DB2 batch applications.
• Required PostgreSQL
• Demonstrated knowledge and best practices of testing environments and processes
• Strong testing skills
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Familiar with structured programming techniques
• Must be able to perform assigned tasks with minimum supervision
• Strong documentation skills
• JAVA experience a plus
• Preferred: Knowledge of software development best practices (Kanban, Agile).
• Previous experience working in an Enrollment software development environment is highly desirable.
• Experience in the insurance and/or healthcare industry is highly desirable.
• Should have experience working with teams in a heavily matrixed organization and show a propensity for dealing with the user community in a highly professional non-technical manner.
• Technical expertise with enrollment systems preferred. Flexibility is essential to this position.

Thanks & Regards,

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LAXMAN

Team Lead - Talent Acquisition

KMM Technologies, Inc.

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