Mainframe Developer
KONNECTINGTREE INC
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Job Details
Skills
- ADSO
- Acceptance Testing
- Agile
- CA-7
- COBOL
- Collaboration
- Data Mapping
- Database
- Flat File
- IDMS
- Interfaces
- JCL
- Mainframe
- Management
- Microsoft Exchange
- ROOT
- Regression Analysis
- Release Management
- SFTP
- Scheduling
- Software Modernization
- Specification Gathering
- System Integration
- Systems Analysis
- Unit Testing
- VSAM
- Workflow
Summary
About the Role
The State is replacing its aging eligibility platform with a new Eligibility Determination system (EDEN), while the legacy Child Support Enforcement system (ICAR) continues to exchange critical data with it through file-based interfaces and batch processes. The Mainframe Developer will build, test, and support the programs and interfaces that keep both systems working together during the transition.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, enhance, and maintain COBOL and JCL programs that process ICAR–EDEN interface files
- Modify file layouts, data mappings, transformation logic, and validation routines
- Enhance batch workflows, GDGs, and VSAM datasets; support IDMS database applications
- Replace legacy eligibility data sources with EDEN-derived data
- Perform unit testing and support system, integration, regression, and UAT cycles
- Create JCL, PROCs, scheduling definitions, and runbooks; support deployments, cutover, and production issues
- Translate business requirements into technical specifications and collaborate with BAs, testers, and stakeholders
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on COBOL, JCL, and batch processing
- IDMS (schema/subschema, navigation, COBOL integration); ADS/O preferred
- VSAM (DEFINE/REPRO), GDG management, flat file design and parsing
- FTP/SFTP file transfer automation
- Scheduling tools such as CA7 or Control-M
- Legacy system analysis, data mapping, and root cause analysis
- Strong written and verbal communication
Preferred
- Child Support Enforcement, Human Services, or eligibility system experience
- Large-scale legacy modernization or government project experience
- Production support, release management, and Agile/hybrid experience
- Dice Id: 90989459
- Position Id: 9138747
- Posted 31 minutes ago
Company Info
We streamline business operations with pioneering IT solutions, enabling you to focus on core objectives. Our leading-edge technologies and focused approaches drive digital transformation, keeping your organization competitive in an evolving marketplace. By optimizing processes and integrating state-of-the-art tools, we help amplify operational efficiencies and support continuous growth for your business.
Our unparalleled staffing services connect you with top-tier professionals and industry leaders, ensuring your workforce exhibits the necessary skills and expertise to thrive. We rigorously evaluate candidates to match your business needs, fostering progress and triumph. By delivering talent with both technical excellence and cultural alignment, we help build high-performing teams that navigate organizational prosperity.
