Cobol developer /Mainframe Batch Developer

Position: Cobol developer/Mainframe Batch Developer

Location: 50% REMOTE - Albany, NY

Visa: H1B TRANFR

Duration: 17 Months

Contract position

Job Details:

Mandatory Qualification:

• Level III- More than seven (7) years of experience working on complex projects with 2 or more years in a leadership role as a Developer
• 7+ years of experience developing and maintaining batch processing solutions for large-scale financial management systems
• 7+ year of experience with mainframe batch technologies (COBOL, ECL, DMS/RDMS) and experience migrating them to cloud-native platform

Desirable Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience as a batch developer on Integrated Eligibility Systems and/or Child Support Services systems
• Experience addressing child support-specific functions such as: Processing and reconciling State Disbursement Unit (SDU). Handling interstate payment transfers under UIFSA (Uniform Interstate Family Support Act). Managing federal offset and tax intercept batch jobs. Maintaining sequencing and audit trails for child support disbursements and adjustments
• Experience using Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) native batch and data processing tools such as Cloud Functions, Dataflow, Pub/Sub.
• Experience designing monitoring and exception handling for high-volume, mission critical batch job
• Experience with federal and state policies impacting child support distribution, reconciliation, and financial reporting
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems or related field

Duties/Responsibilities:

• The candidate will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-volume batch processes.
• The candidate would be responsible for ensuring the reliability and timely processing of financial transactions such as collections, disbursements, adjustments, and reconciliation.
• The candidate will leverage Google cloud platform {Google Cloud Platform} tools to re-engineer legacy mainframe batch jobs into scalable, cloud-native processes that align with modern best practices, identify repeatable patterns to scale/reduce time and compliance requirements.
• The candidate will collaborate with business analysts, data conversion specialists, QA teams and State subject matter experts {SME} to deliver accurate, secure, and compliant batch operations that directly impact the financial integrity of Child Support programs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze existing legacy mainframe batch jobs and workflows to design equivalent batch process in near real-time model on Google cloudBuild cloud-based batch processes to handle high-volume data exchanges, including payment files, bank interfaces, and audit reports
• Ensure batch processing schedules align with child support program needs for collections, disbursements, adjustments, and reconciliation.
• Implement error handling, monitoring, and recovery mechanisms to maintain operational reliability and compliance with federal & state regulations
• Support data migration processes by designing ETL pipelines that ensure accuracy and integrity of historical child support payment and account data
• Partner with QA teams to design and execute tests for batch processes, including volume testing, reconciliation checks, and exception handling
• Identify opportunities to simplify or eliminate redundant processes or recommend business transformation while ensuring compliance with Federal mandates