Application Technical Specialist (Unix Administrator / DCR or COBOL Programmer)

Zettalogix INC; Trenton (NJ); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

Zettalogix INC in Trenton, NJ seeks an Application Technical Specialist to support and maintain mission-critical legacy DCR applications running on SCO Unix environments. This contract role will be hybrid onsite in Trenton, NJ, collaborating with business users and development teams to resolve issues and implement enhancements.

You will develop, troubleshoot, and reverse engineer legacy code with limited documentation, manage batch jobs and shell scripts, and document changes and procedures to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of overall application development experience.
• 3+ years of experience with DCR programming language.
• 3+ years of SCO UnixWare administration experience.
• 3+ years of Unix Shell Scripting experience.
• 3+ years of production support experience for legacy applications.
• Experience supporting legacy DCR applications on SCO Unix.
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and debugging capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support and maintain legacy DCR applications operating on SCO Unix platforms.
• Provide administration and support for SCO UnixWare environments.
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot Unix shell scripts used in batch processing operations.
• Monitor and support mission-critical processing systems in production environments.
• Perform flat-file processing and manage scheduled batch jobs.
• Debug, analyze, and reverse engineer legacy code with limited or outdated documentation.
• Collaborate with business users, developers, and technical teams to resolve application issues and implement enhancements.
• Evaluate system modifications and recommend improvements to application functionality and performance.
• Identify and implement best practices, standards, and process improvements to ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Coordinate development and support activities as needed across application teams.
• Create and maintain technical documentation relating to application functionality, support procedures, and system changes.
• Participate in incident resolution, root cause analysis, and ongoing production support activities.

Skills

DCR language

Unix shell scripting

Problem solving

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Application development

Tools

SCO UnixWare

Unix tooling

Job description

We are looking for an Application Technical Specialist (Unix Administrator / DCR or COBOL Programmer) to support and maintain mission-critical processing systems. This position will be a contract role and will support legacy DCR applications running on SCO Unix environments. This role will be hybrid onsite in Trenton, NJ.

What You’ll Do

• Support and maintain legacy DCR applications operating on SCO Unix platforms
• Provide administration and support for SCO UnixWare environments
• Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot Unix shell scripts used in batch processing operations
• Monitor and support mission-critical processing systems in production environments
• Perform flat-file processing and manage scheduled batch jobs
• Debug, analyze, and reverse engineer legacy code with limited or outdated documentation
• Collaborate with business users, developers, and technical teams to resolve application issues and implement enhancements
• Evaluate system modifications and recommend improvements to application functionality and performance
• Identify and implement best practices, standards, and process improvements to ensure high-quality service delivery
• Coordinate development and support activities as needed across application teams
• Create and maintain technical documentation relating to application functionality, support procedures, and system changes
• Participate in incident resolution, root cause analysis, and ongoing production support activities

What You’ll Need

Required

• 5+ years of overall application development experience
• 3+ years of experience with DCR programming language
• 3+ years of SCO UnixWare administration experience
• 3+ years of Unix Shell Scripting experience
• 3+ years of production support experience for legacy business applications
• Experience supporting legacy DCR applications on SCO Unix
• Experience with flat-file processing and batch job management
• Strong problem-solving, troubleshooting, and debugging capabilities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with both technical and business stakeholders

Preferred

• 2+ years of experience with legacy procedural programming languages such as COBOL, RPG, or C
• Experience debugging and reverse engineering legacy applications with limited documentation
• Experience with flat-file processing environments
• Advanced skills in technologies such as SharePoint, SAP, Curam, ServiceNow, HL7, or PEGA
• Experience supporting large-scale government or enterprise-level business applications