IMPORTANT INFORMATION - PLEASE READ:
This position requires the candidate to be engaged exclusively on Maxpath Technologies’ W-2 payroll. Engagements via 1099 or third-party/sub-vendor arrangements are not accepted.
Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.
Recruiters: Strictly W-2 only. We will not consider C2C or third-party submissions.
The State of South Carolina is looking for Programmer - Consultant
Why is this position open: New Position, 37.5 Hours/Week
Interview Process: One Round of Interviews, preferably in-person but will accommodate a Teams Meeting for non-local candidates ONLY that do not reside in South Carolina
Duration of the Contract: 12 months
Possibility for Extension: Yes
Work Location: 10311 Wilson Road Blythewood, SC 29016. The initial engagement will require fully onsite work with SCDMV Engineers and Business Specialists in a real-time development and maintenance mode. Regional candidates will be given priority (SC/NC/GA). This will be a hybrid role allowing the candidate the opportunity for partial remote work up to one day a week unless project needs dictate otherwise.
Candidate Location: Candidate MUST be a SC resident or willing to relocate to SC prior to starting the role at their own expense.
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
SCDMV EMPLOYS A MULTI-TIERED ARCHITECTURE IN ITS CORE BUSINESS SYSTEMS. THE BUSINESS APPLICATION TIER UTILIZES MICROFOCUS VISUAL COBOL RUNNING UNDER IIS ON MS WINDOWS 2022 SERVERS. THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BUSINESS FUNCTIONS AND TROUBLESHOOTING, MODIFICATION, AND ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING FUNCTIONS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE EXISTING SCDMV APPLICATION FRAMEWORK. PROJECTS MAY INCLUDE BUSINESS LOGIC SUPPORTING ON-LINE SYSTEMS, BATCH PROGRAMMING, DATA EXTRACTION, AND REPORTS INVOLVING ALL SCDMV BUSINESS AREAS. THIS ENGINEER WILL WORK CLOSELY AND WILL BE INVOLVED WITH BOTH THE UI TIERS WHICH ARE MS .NET APPLICATIONS (VB.NET, C#.NET) AND THE DATABASE TIERS IN BOTH SQL AND ORACLE. PRODUCTION TROUBLE SHOOTING SUPPORT WILL BE EXPECTED SO SOME LEVEL OF PRODUCTION SUPPORT EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED. THIS CONTRACTOR WILL BE EXPECTED TO WORK WITH MINIMAL SUPERVISION, WILL BE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH BUSINESS AREA SPECIALISTS, DEVELOP TECHNICAL APPROACHES AND DESIGNS, CODE, TEST, AND SUPPORT THESE FUNCTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS MUST BE EXCELLENT.
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
- ANALYZE THE SCDMV PHOENIX II, WEB SERVICE, AND BATCH BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
- TAKE THE LEAD IN ANALYZING AND TROUBLE-SHOOTING ASSIGNED SYSTEM PROBLEMS
- PROPOSE SOLUTIONS
- CODE, TEST, PROMOTE, AND INTERACT WITH IMPACTED USERS ENSURING THAT SOLUTION MEETS REQUIREMENTS.
- PROVIDE DAILY AND WEEKLY STATUS TO THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):
- 8+ Years of Development with MICROFOCUS Visual COBOL in Windows Server 2019/2022, batch and under IIS.
- 4+ Years Experience with Visual Studio 2019/2022 including the ability to use the debugger
- 4+ Years of Application programming against RDBMS(Oracle, SQL).
- Bachelor’s degree in IT, OR related discipline with 8 years of experience or minimum 10 years related experience without degree
Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):
- Experience with MICROFOCUS COBOL Version 7 and higher
- Ability to write complex queries using SQL for Oracle and MS SQL DB.
- IIS Configuration/Setup
- Skilled in C# and .NET
- Microsoft Certification – please indicate specific certificate on resume
- Microfocus Certification – please indicate specific certificate on resume