Sr. RPG Support Programmer (IBM iSeries)

Resource 1 is in need of a Sr. RPG Support Programmer for a long-term contract position with the potential for hire to full-time employment. Selected candidate must be local to the Livonia, MI area to be able to work onsite Tues-Thurs every week. The Sr. RPG Support Programmer s role is to maintain a mission-critical IBM i (iSeries) legacy environment. This is a support-centric role for a mature legacy platform, focusing on production support, debugging, and maintenance.

Responsibilities:

• Support and maintain RPG applications running on the IBM i platform.
• Triage and resolve production issues using ServiceNow ticketing system.
• Debug legacy RPG code and perform recovery of production processes.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies with cross-functional team members.
• Collaborate with team members to analyze and troubleshoot integration-related issues across multiple systems.
• Leverage internal documentation and knowledge bases to accelerate issue resolution.
• Engage in knowledge transfer and paired programming.
• Lead and coordinate code/peer reviews to ensure alignment with business and technical requirements.

Required Experience:

• 10+ years RPG development experience creating and/or maintaining enterprise transaction applications or process.
• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and production support background.
• Extensive knowledge of the following:

• • SQL and embedded SQL programming
  • CL programming
  • RPG (all versions)
  • ILE concepts
  • Batch and online development
  • XML
  • Working knowledge of DB2 and programmatic data access

Preferred Experience:

• Development effort estimation techniques
• Web Services
• RDI
• Background in environments with complex system integrations
• Familiarity with Agile development and SDLC best practices
• Experience with nightly batch processing cycles and associated recovery procedures

Medical insurance and a 401(k) plan is offered to all eligible W2 employees.