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COBOL / Mainframe Developer
Expert In Recruitment Solutions
🇺🇸 United States
On-site
Mid level
7 months ago
- COBOL
- DB2
- Unit Testing
- Acceptance Testing
- Integration Testing
7 months ago
Location: Remote (EST candidates only)
Duration: 6 Months Contract (potential extension)
Skills Needed:
- +5 Years of Mainframe COBOL (CICS), JCL, and Copybooks
- Coding in COBOL (CICS), JCL, CA7, DB2, and Batch Processing
- Developing and executing unit testing and integrations
- Run, compile, and debug in IBM Z370
- Mainframe programming in Z370 and MVS 2.04 environments
Our client, a top tier Management Consulting firm, is seeking an Maiframe/COBOL developer who is experienced working with mainframe systems to help implement a change to support correspondence generation in multiple languages (English and Spanish), including updating/creating reference tables and substitution variables.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and maintain Mainframe COBOL, JCL & Copybooks to meet project requirements
- Develop and execute unit test and integration plans/scripts to validate that application changes meet technical specifications
- Participate in technical reviews at appropriate stages of development
- Interface with business and IT teams to understand business requirements and translate business requirements into formal technical requirements and application code
- Work with IT support teams (EIA, DA/DBA, server teams) to ensure support and project requirements are developed and successfully implemented
- Work with business team to complete acceptance testing and participate in integration testing
- Provide Solution Delivery Methodology artifacts associated with application components
Qualifications:
- 5+ years of mainframe Development background in design, analysis and coding: COBOL (CICS), JCL, CICS, CA7, DB2, batch processing
- IT technical background & mainframe programming experience especially z370 and MVS 2.04
- Ability to work independently on enhancements to Cobol programs and subprograms and can compile, run, and debug on an IBM z370 environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for working in a global environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to multi-task effectively
- Prioritize Business Impact and Urgency
- Perform application support tasks like systems support, security reviews, & maintenance tasks
- Testing experience
- Ability to learn new technologies and methodologies quickly
COBOL / Mainframe Developer · Expert In Recruitment Solutions