Kloudhire

COBOL Developer Location: Tampa, FL

Posted on : 09-08-2023
Job Type : Contract

Job Description:

Title: COBOL Developer
Location: Tampa, FL
Responsibilities:

Provide support and assistance for Change Control deployments.
Provide support and assistance for resolution of break-fix tickets on timely bases.
Provide support and assistance for internal customers.

Required Experience and Skills:

Self-disciplined, strong problem solving/trouble shooting skills.
Good communication skills (verbal and written).
Strong technical skills (MQ, DB2, CICS, COBOL, JCL, and VSAM).
Good leadership skills; available for weekend on-call support.

Essential Job Functions/Duties:

Performs and completes specific programming activities to deliver routine programs for supporting business functions.
Provides testing of basic and routine functionality to complete and deliver assignments.
Follows and contributes with defining specifications, coding standards, and project guidelines to ensure code integrity.
Assists with Programming Support
Assists in the creation of documentation to meet projects and users requests.
Interacts with applications team members to acquire systems knowledge.
Creates and executes queries and reports to fulfill information requests.
Assists with systems support to ensure applications operability and reliability.Contributes to the Identification and Reporting of Defects in Work Products
Participates in the testing of work products and processes to identify defects, to meet standards, and to ensure effectiveness.
Contributes input to initial analysis to develop and implement appropriate actions.
Participates in Analysis and Testing
Contributes to the development of business and functional requirements to ensure stakeholder understanding.
Supports the analysis of processes of low complexity to ensure accurate documentation of requirements and processes and to complete test coverage and requirement testability.
Contributes to test scripts, set-up, plans, data, and updates to support the testing phase and to ensure test requirements are met.
Supports the Analysis and Communication of Business Needs
Participates in work sessions to gather relevant information and to ensure understanding of the audience\'s knowledge.
Contributes to the analysis, understanding, and application of the appropriate level of details to ensure mapped solutions satisfy business problems and opportunities.
Supports conflict resolution activities to ensure the achievement of common goals.
Assists in developing business and functional requirements to ensure stakeholder understanding and to serve as a basis for corresponding work products.

Qualification Requirements:

10+ years as a software development engineer with mainframe technologies.
15+ years as an IT professional.
Primary Skill:- COBOL, Advanced. JCL Advanced. VSAM, Intermediate. SQL Language Advanced. MQ, Intermediate.
Additional Skills: XML, Intermediate. UNIX Fundamentals Beginner. UNIX Shell Beginner. SQL & PL/SQL Beginner. Current subject matter knowledge in performance engineering across mainframe disciplines.
Experience in Health Insurance industry, and knowledge of enrollment, policy management and billing functions strongly preferred.

Education Requirements: