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COBOL Developer Location: Tampa, FL


2016-06-02 12:08:55
Job Type: Contract

Title: COBOL Developer
Location: Tampa, FL
Responsibilities:
  • Provide support and assistance for Change Control deployments.
  • Provide support and assistance for resolution of break-fix tickets on timely bases.
  • Provide support and assistance for internal customers.
Required Experience and Skills:
  • Self-disciplined, strong problem solving/trouble shooting skills.
  • Good communication skills (verbal and written).
  • Strong technical skills (MQ, DB2, CICS, COBOL, JCL, and VSAM).
  • Good leadership skills; available for weekend on-call support.
Essential Job Functions/Duties:
  • Performs and completes specific programming activities to deliver routine programs for supporting business functions.
  • Provides testing of basic and routine functionality to complete and deliver assignments.
  • Follows and contributes with defining specifications, coding standards, and project guidelines to ensure code integrity.
  • Assists with Programming Support
  • Assists in the creation of documentation to meet projects and users requests.
  • Interacts with applications team members to acquire systems knowledge.
  • Creates and executes queries and reports to fulfill information requests.
  • Assists with systems support to ensure applications operability and reliability.Contributes to the Identification and Reporting of Defects in Work Products
  • Participates in the testing of work products and processes to identify defects, to meet standards, and to ensure effectiveness.
  • Contributes input to initial analysis to develop and implement appropriate actions.
  • Participates in Analysis and Testing
  • Contributes to the development of business and functional requirements to ensure stakeholder understanding.
  • Supports the analysis of processes of low complexity to ensure accurate documentation of requirements and processes and to complete test coverage and requirement testability.
  • Contributes to test scripts, set-up, plans, data, and updates to support the testing phase and to ensure test requirements are met.
  • Supports the Analysis and Communication of Business Needs
  • Participates in work sessions to gather relevant information and to ensure understanding of the audience\'s knowledge.
  • Contributes to the analysis, understanding, and application of the appropriate level of details to ensure mapped solutions satisfy business problems and opportunities.
  • Supports conflict resolution activities to ensure the achievement of common goals.
  • Assists in developing business and functional requirements to ensure stakeholder understanding and to serve as a basis for corresponding work products.
Qualification Requirements:
  • 10+ years as a software development engineer with mainframe technologies.
  • 15+ years as an IT professional.
  • Primary Skill:- COBOL, Advanced. JCL Advanced. VSAM, Intermediate. SQL Language Advanced. MQ, Intermediate.
  • Additional Skills: XML, Intermediate. UNIX Fundamentals Beginner. UNIX Shell Beginner. SQL & PL/SQL Beginner. Current subject matter knowledge in performance engineering across mainframe disciplines.
  • Experience in Health Insurance industry, and knowledge of enrollment, policy management and billing functions strongly preferred.
Education Requirements:
  • Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Science, MIS or related field of study. Masters degree preferred.

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