Mainframe Developer with Child Support Services systems. Level III

Position Title: Mainframe Developer with Child Support Services systems. Level III
Work Location: Albany NY
Anticipated Duration: 17 months (November 24, 2025 April 23, 2027)

Mandatory Qualifications

1. Level III More than seven (7) years of experience working on complex projects, with at least two (2) years in a leadership role as a Developer.
2. Seven (7)+ years of experience developing and maintaining batch processing solutions for large-scale financial management systems.
3. Seven (7)+ years of experience with mainframe batch technologies (COBOL, ECL, DMS/RDMS) and experience migrating them to a cloud-native platform.

Desirable Qualifications

1. Three (3)+ years of experience as a batch developer on Integrated Eligibility Systems (IES) and/or Child Support Services systems.
2. Experience addressing child support specific functions, including:
   • Processing and reconciling State Disbursement Unit (SDU) transactions.
   • Handling interstate payment transfers under UIFSA (Uniform Interstate Family Support Act).
   • Managing federal offset and tax intercept batch jobs.
3. Experience maintaining sequencing and audit trails for child support disbursements and adjustments.
4. Experience designing monitoring and exception handling mechanisms for high-volume, mission-critical batch jobs.
5. Knowledge of federal and state policies impacting child support distribution, reconciliation, and financial reporting.
6. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
7. Experience using Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) native batch and data processing tools such as Cloud Functions, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Batch Developer will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-volume batch processes to ensure reliable and timely processing of financial transactions, including collections, disbursements, adjustments, and reconciliation.
They will leverage Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) tools to re-engineer legacy mainframe batch jobs into scalable, cloud-native processes that meet modern standards and compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze existing legacy mainframe batch jobs and workflows; design equivalent cloud-based batch processes for near real-time operation on Google Cloud Platform.
• Build and deploy cloud-based batch processes to handle high-volume data exchanges, including payment files, bank interfaces, and audit reports.
• Align batch processing schedules with program needs for collections, disbursements, adjustments, and reconciliation.
• Implement robust error handling, monitoring, and recovery mechanisms to ensure reliability and compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Support data migration through design of ETL pipelines ensuring accuracy and integrity of historical data.
• Collaborate with QA teams to design and execute volume, reconciliation, and exception handling tests.
• Identify and recommend process simplifications or business transformation opportunities while maintaining compliance with federal mandates.
• Collaborate closely with business analysts, data conversion specialists, QA teams, and State SMEs to deliver secure, accurate, and compliant batch operations.