Expert Software Developer ( Cobol - Mainframe )

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 30 Month(s)

Skills

Cobol
Mainframe
JCL
DB2
IBM Mainframe
MVS
z/OS
IBM MQ Series
IBM DB2
software development
TSO

Job Details

Job: Expert Software Developer ( Cobol - Mainframe ) DURATION: 30 Months LOCATION: Albany, NY Hybrid


Candidate will assist with modernization, conversion and maintenance of the Taxpayer Accounting system (e-MPIRE TA), for Personal Income and other tax types, for the Department of Taxation and Finance.
The existing system runs on the IBM mainframe platform, based on COBOL/JCL/DB2 technologies.

Qualifications
Software Developer- Is involved with all facets of the software development process, including the research, design, programming, testing and implementation of computer software.
Expert- 84+ Months: Candidate is able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.
84 months of COBOL programming experience in an IBM Mainframe Environment utilizing TSO.
84 months of MVS JCL experience.
84 months of IBM DB2 experience for z/OS working with databases.
48 months experience with IBM MQ Series.
60 months of system analysis and design experience for multi-tiered transactional systems.
84 months of experience writing technical design specification documents for multifaceted component bases systems.

Day-to-Day tasks
Participate in requirements gathering,
Analysis and design,
Coding and unit/integration testing.
Create/update program specifications and detail design documents.
Research and fix production issues.
Assist with application performance tuning.
Mentor other programming staff.

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