COBOL Developer (Onsite)

Job Title:

COBOL Developer (Onsite)

Location:

Atlanta, GA

Duration:

3 months+

Pay Rate:

$50/hr on C2C / 1099 / W2 all inclusive

Interview Process:

In Person Only

Note:

Candidate must understand and commits to being onsite from day 1

Job Description

The client 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

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