Mainframe Developer

Role: Mainframe Developer
Location: McLean, VA (5 Days Onsite)
Duration: 6+ Months Contract

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop and maintain Mainframe COBOL & JCL to meet support and/or project requirements
• Interface with business and IT teams to understand business requirements and translate business requirements into formal technical requirements and application code
• Work with IT support teams (EIA, DA/DBA, server teams) to ensure support and project requirements are developed and successfully implemented
• Develop and execute unit test and integration plans/scripts to validate that application changes meet technical specifications.
  Responsible for full System Development Life Cycle
• Work with business team to complete acceptance testing and participate in integration testing
• Participate in production support/pager duty rotation including weekend and off-hour support coverage
• Provide Solution Delivery Methodology artifacts associated with application components.
• Participate in technical reviews at appropriate stages of development

Requirement:

• 5+ years of mainframe Development background in design, analysis and coding: COBOL (CICS), JCL, CICS, CA7
• IT technical background & mainframe programming experience
• Experience in all components of software delivery with concentration in requirements, design and development.
• Quick starter to troubleshoot/resolve incidents and business support items
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for working in a global environment
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to multi-task effectively
• Prioritize Business Impact and Urgency
• Perform application support tasks like: systems support, security reviews, & maintenance tasks
• Testing experience
• Ability to learn new technologies and methodologies quickly

SKILL REQUIREMENTS FOR MAINFRAME DEVELOPER:

COBOL (CICS), CA7, DB2 and/ or SQL, Other Mainframe Technologies & Tools