Mainframe Developer
Contract W2
Contract Independent
12 Months
No Travel Required
Remote
Depends on Experience
Beacon Systems, Inc
Fitment
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Job Details
Skills
- COBOL
- Natural
- JCL
- ADABAS
- DB2
Summary
Position: Mainframe Developer
Location: 100% Remote
Duration: 12 Months
Position Summary: The Mainframe Developer will design, develop, test, and support enhancements to existing mainframe applications used across State of North Dakota programs. The role is primarily hands-on development with COBOL, Natural, JCL, and databases such as ADABAS and DB2 (Oracle familiarity is a plus). The ideal candidate translates business requirements into practical technical solutions, produces clear documentation, collaborates in Agile teams, and participates in a shared on-call rotation.
Key Responsibilities
Technical Analysis & Design (mid-to-senior scope)
- Analyze requirements and produce practical technical designs for moderate to complex changes within established patterns/standards.
- Create and update design documentation (program specs, data mappings, flow diagrams) and walk through with stakeholders for approval.
- Recommend incremental improvements that align with existing architecture (no enterprise architecture ownership).
Coding & Configuration
- Develop and maintain programs using COBOL and/or Natural.
- Author and troubleshoot JCL for batch processes, job streams, and error handling.
- Build test scenarios and perform unit, system, and acceptance testing; document results.
- Participate in peer code reviews and apply feedback to improve quality.
- Maintain runbooks, deployment notes, and solution documentation.
- Provide production support in a rotational 24×7 on-call model; perform root-cause analysis and implement fixes.
Project & Team Collaboration
- Provide time and effort estimates for assigned work items and small enhancements; assist on estimates for moderate projects.
- Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (stand-ups, planning, reviews, retros).
- Document tickets, decisions, and work acceptance in team tools.
- Mentor peers informally on standards and procedures as needed (no formal people leadership).
Required Skills & Qualifications
Technical
- Proficient in COBOL (maintenance and net-new development).
- Proficient in Natural (maintenance and net-new development).
- Strong working knowledge of JCL (batch authoring, scheduling handoff, troubleshooting).
- Experience with ADABAS and DB2 (queries, data analysis, understanding of performance basics).
- Familiarity with Oracle concepts and SQL tooling (e.g., PL/SQL Developer or equivalent).
- Comfortable with tools such as QMF, Visio (or equivalents) for data and design work.
- Solid testing discipline and defect management.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Natural/ADABAS in public sector or large enterprise environments.
- Exposure to mainframe CI/CD and change tools (e.g., Endevor, ChangeMan, ISPW).
- Familiarity with job scheduling platforms (Control M, CA 7, TWS).
- Integration experience (e.g., MQ, file-based interfaces, service layers).
Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
- Dice Id: 10230636
- Position Id: 9127371
- Posted 5 hours ago
Company Info
About Beacon Systems, Inc
Beacon Systems (BeaconGov) is provider of strategic technology and business solutions to federal government entities alongside partners with strong federal, state and local backgrounds.
Senior Partners are military veterans who served our country with dignity and commitment. Our solid core staff and existing partnerships can readily access technical and support personnel nationwide.
BeaconGOV specializes in providing comprehensive Information Technology (IT) support services offering complete application development and implementation services, outsourcing, support, and training for enterprise wide systems that all synthesize into a smoothly integrated operation that will consistently aid in the advancement of the business from one level of production and efficiency the next level.
Beacon Systems is a Small, minority- woman-owned, and 8(a)/SDB certified company that demonstrates the season qualities of a larger company. Its management comprises of industry leaders with strong federal backgrounds who have demonstrated running successful companies and committed to results for our clients.
Careers
Senior Partners are military veterans who served our country with dignity and commitment. Our solid core staff and existing partnerships can readily access technical and support personnel nationwide.
BeaconGOV specializes in providing comprehensive Information Technology (IT) support services offering complete application development and implementation services, outsourcing, support, and training for enterprise wide systems that all synthesize into a smoothly integrated operation that will consistently aid in the advancement of the business from one level of production and efficiency the next level.
Beacon Systems is a Small, minority- woman-owned, and 8(a)/SDB certified company that demonstrates the season qualities of a larger company. Its management comprises of industry leaders with strong federal backgrounds who have demonstrated running successful companies and committed to results for our clients.
Careers
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