Cobol Developer

Job ID: 797731

Position:  Cobol Developer

Client: GA DOL

Location: 148 Andrew young international BLVD

Duration: 3 Months(Possibility of extension)

**Onsite REQUIRED**

Job Description:

·         GDOL is looking for a skilled and experienced COBOL Mainframe Programmer/Developer. This role involves translating business requirements into robust programming solutions, maintaining, and enhancing custom software, and providing production support.

·         The ideal candidate will possess a deep understanding of the COBOL programming language, and JCL on IBM/DELL mainframe operating systems.

·         This is a consulting position offering a challenging opportunity to contribute to critical projects and enhance your technical skills in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities:

·         Translate analysis and design documents, as well as specifications, into well-structured programs.

·         Maintain and enhance custom developed software by modifying and testing user data entry screens, batch processing, reports, queries, and menus.

·         Conduct thorough reviews of existing code, data, and business processes to support non-database functions.

·         Execute test program changes, update test files, run tests, review results, and ensure the correctness of program changes based on provided requirements.

·         Identify and correct data errors through application logic and develop data analysis/summary reports utilizing IBM and Microsoft tools.

·         Assist with the conversion from COBOL application to web-based application.

·         Prepare both program-level and user-level documentation to support the software development lifecycle.

·         Enhance software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency, following organization guidelines and procedures for code management and deployment.

·         Required Experience/Skills:

·         Minimum of 5 years'' experience in COBOL development on Mainframe, JCL development, and maintenance

·         Proven experience with COBOL, DB2 , JCL, Control-M

·         Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle, including design, development, integration testing, and deployment.

·         Ability to troubleshoot, test, and debug computer software to produce required outcomes.

·         Strong analytical skills to support non-database functions, correct data errors, and develop data analysis/summary reports.

·         Experience in preparing comprehensive documentation for both program-level and user-level.

·         Excellent communication skills to obtain user sign-off on all changes prior to moving to production.

·         Capability to follow organization guidelines and procedures for checking out source code, migrating changes, etc.

·         Commitment to enhancing software for improved efficiency and reduced operating time.

·         Hands on experience in Cobol, DB2, CICS and JCL

·         Excellent communication skills

·         Java and open system experience is good to have

·         Good debugging skills and should be ready to take up support activities

·         Java programing knowledge

·         AWS hands on experience

·         Postgres DB experience

·         Kofax