Senior Mainframe Programmer – COBOL, CICS, DB2

Role Overview

• Support of COBOL mainframe environment
• Design, document, and coordinate desired changes to legacy modules.
• Develop, install and evaluate application software on the mainframe.
• Involved in delivering technical architecture solution elements.
• Support coordination between application architects and developers to make sure design requirements are accurate and deliver the desired ROI for clients.
• Analyze and estimate feasibility and compatibility with other programs and projects.
• Provide quality control for project deliverables.
• Defines designs and develops highly complex systems requirements.
• Evaluates, test, debugs and implements applications programs in support of client needs.
• Assesses architecture and current hardware limitations, defines and designs highly complex system specifications, input/output process and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility.
• Plans, conducts and technically directs the analysis and resolution of business problems to be solved with automated systems.
• Designs, installs and/or modifies operating systems, utility software and/or database to meet business unit/client's needs.
• Analyzes, designs, acquires and implements projects for LAN and/or WAN systems.
• Designs, develops, troubleshoots and analyzes complex software programs that operate successfully with hardware systems.
• Performs cost analysis of vendor supplied products for cost and efficiency.
• Customizes highly complex purchased applications.
• Reviews literature, patents and current practices to support business requirements and/or new industry technology.
• Prepares reports and/or recommendations regarding new technology for appropriate personnel.
• Provides complex technical consultation on current and proposed systems to other organizations and clients.
• Provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel.

Requirements

• 6+ years of applications development and programming
• 3+ years of programming and on-call support experience coding in a COBOL/MVS/JCL/IBM mainframe environment
• 1+ years of experience exposing CICS and COBOL programs as web services via CICS Transaction Server (CTS)
• Hands-on experience with CICS, TSO, CHANGEMAN, SQL, DB2, Abend-Aid, MainView, and Xpediter CICS
• Familiarity with Easytrieve and FileAid
• Healthcare IT experience with healthcare claims, payer, Medicaid or Medicare systems is highly preferred.

Tech Stack

• SQL

Benefits

• generous, flexible vacation policy
• educational assistance
• comprehensive health benefits
• leadership and technical development academies