Hybrid COBOL Developer & Support Analyst

Objectway; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Objectway seeks a Development and Support Analyst in the United Kingdom. The role blends development and application support in a hybrid pattern, collaborating with analysts, QA, project management and other programmer/analysts to ensure smooth delivery.

The candidate will work on COBOL with embedded SQL, assist in creating specifications, and help with unit testing, while supporting customers and traveling to client sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Education to degree level preferred, however candidates will be primarily assessed on practical work experience.
• A minimum of 2 years commercial experience of COBOL.
• Good knowledge of COBOL with ‘embedded SQL’ coding.
• Business analysis skills would be advantageous.
• Ability to communicate ideas and thoughts clearly and concisely is essential.
• Presentation skills would be advantageous.
• Willingness to travel - occasional visits and working at client sites.
• Experience of COBOL.NET, VB.NET, GitLab, and developing financial systems is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Work in a hybrid role alternating between development and application support.
• Assist in producing detailed specifications and programming functional requirements; support unit testing.
• Support dedicated customer support team and be involved in all aspects of application support for Objectway products.

Skills

COBOL

embedded SQL

communication skills

travel readiness

Education

Degree level preferred

Tools

GitLab

VB.NET

COBOL.NET

Visual Studio 2017

NET

SQL Server

XML/XSLT

Job description

Objectway seeks a Development and Support Analyst in the United Kingdom. The role blends development and application support in a hybrid pattern, collaborating with analysts, QA, project management and other programmer/analysts to ensure smooth delivery.

The candidate will work on COBOL with embedded SQL, assist in creating specifications, and help with unit testing, while supporting customers and traveling to client sites as needed.