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Cedar Park Group is hiring an experienced Developer Level III with expertise in mainframe batch systems and cloud-native modernization. The ideal candidate will bring strong experience in COBOL, batch processing, and financial transaction systems, while also being comfortable re-engineering these workloads for Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) or other modern cloud environments. This role plays a key part in supporting critical state financial systems, responsible for ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant processing of payments, collections, and reconciliations that directly impact citizens statewide.
Schedule/Shift: Full-time, 40 hours per week. Onsite in Albany, NY, following the schedule required by the State ITS program.
Position Overview:
The Developer Level III will analyze, design, and develop high-volume batch processing solutions for large-scale financial and child support systems. You will modernize legacy mainframe workflows, improve performance and auditability, and migrate workloads to a cloud-native architecture. This role requires close collaboration with analysts, QA, data conversion, and program SMEs to ensure stability, accuracy, and compliance with all federal and state standards.
Requirements (Mandatory & Desired):
Mandatory:
- 7+ years developing and maintaining batch processing solutions for large-scale financial management systems.
- 7+ years of experience with mainframe batch technologies (COBOL, ECL, DMS/RDMS).
- 2+ years in a lead developer capacity on complex projects.
- Experience migrating mainframe batch processes to cloud-native platforms.
Desired:
- 3+ years working with Integrated Eligibility Systems (IES) or Child Support Services.
- Familiarity with financial reconciliation, state disbursement units (SDU), UIFSA interstate transfers, and tax intercept processes.
- Knowledge of data governance, sequencing, and audit trail design for payment systems.
- Experience designing monitoring, exception handling, and scheduling for high-volume batch jobs.
- Experience with Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) tools such as Cloud Functions, Dataflow, and Pub/Sub.
- Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
Responsibilities:
- Analyze existing mainframe batch jobs and workflows, designing equivalent solutions on a modern cloud platform.
- Build and maintain high-volume batch processes handling collections, disbursements, and reconciliations.
- Implement robust error handling, monitoring, and recovery for mission-critical financial transactions.
- Partner with QA teams on volume and reconciliation testing.
- Collaborate with data teams on ETL design and historical data integrity.
- Ensure compliance with federal and state child support regulations and reporting standards.
- Identify and implement process improvements for performance, reliability, and compliance.
Benefits:
- PTO
- Vacation pay
- Bonus pay
- Health insurance
- 401k
Why Join Us:
Join Cedar Park Group and experience a company that genuinely values your growth and success. Beyond our standard benefits like bonuses, PTO, health insurance, and training and career advancement, you will have an entire team dedicated to your success. Your personal recruiter will help you with your credentialing and document process. If you're ready to take the next step in your career and experience the difference a dedicated team can make, we invite you to join Cedar Park and become part of our family. Your career growth and success are our top priority!