COBOL Software Developer

Peraton; Tampa (FL); On-site; SGD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton Health, State and Local Sector seeks a COBOL Software Developer to join an Agile team supporting Medicare Fee-For-Service processing systems on a mainframe environment. You will contribute to maintenance and operations, delivering reliable, high-quality solutions with COBOL, JCL, CICS, TSO, and VSAM.

You will work within SAFe/Agile Scrum, assist in designing, developing, and enhancing software per established procedures and coding standards, and help maintain technical documentation.

Qualifications

• Education/Experience requirements: BS/BA or HS with 4+ years in software development.
• US citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain/maintain Public Trust clearance.
• Experience with mainframe tech: COBOL, JCL, CICS, TSO, VSAM.
• Ability to work in structured development environments.
• Preferred: experience as a software developer in a mainframe environment.
• Ability to decompose business/technical requirements.
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodologies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to estimate project tasks accurately.
• Must maintain Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Designs and codes enhancements to the health claims processing system.
• Participates in persistent Agile development teams for maintenance and operations.
• Develops components in a legacy mainframe environment.
• Assists in design activities for maintenance solutions.
• Prepares and executes unit tests to validate changes.
• Documents technical solutions and collaborates with clients and team members.
• Provides time and resource estimates for tasks and projects.
• Contributes to solving complex business and technology problems.

Skills

Citizenship requirement

PublicTrust

Strong communication

Agile/SCRUM

Software development

Requirements decomposing

Education

BS/BA in CS/SE

HS diploma with 4 years experience

Tools

COBOL

JCL

CICS

TSO

VSAM

Mainframe tooling

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

IDz/RDz (Eclipse)

Job description

What you'll need:

• Education & Experience: 2 years withBS/BA, or a High School diploma with 4years of experience.

• U.S. Citizenship

• Must be able to achieve andmaintainPublicTrust clearance.

• Experiencewith mainframe technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, TSO and VSAM.

• Abilityto perform well in a highly rigorousstructureddevelopment environment.

• Demonstratedexperience as a software developer in a mainframe environment, preferred.

• Demonstratedability todetermineand decompose businessand technicalrequirements.

• Experience withapplication lifecyclemethodologyexperience,specifically Agile/SCRUM.

• Strong communicationskills and technical writingability.

• Ability to develop application project solutions andprovideaccurateestimates.

• Must be able to achieve andmaintainPublicTrust clearance.

PreferredQualifications:

• Knowledge of health care claims processing, particularly Medicare FeeForService.

• Mainframe development experience.

• Experience with Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B,DMEor Medicare Common Working File (CWF) specific processing systems.

• Experience working withor in support ofCMSprograms orcontracts.

• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOpstools and frameworks through plan, define, build, test, release and deploy processes.

• SAFeAgileexperience and/or certification.

• Experience with Assemblerlanguagein a mainframe environment.

• Familiarity with development and collaboration tools: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Eclipse (IDz/RDz).

• Familiarity withmodern languages such as Java or Python.

ThePeraton Health, State and LocalSectorisseeking a COBOLSoftware Developer,to join us in supporting andmaintainingthe Medicare FeeForService claims processing system. In this role, youwillbe acontributing memberof an Agile teamproviding maintenance and operations support for the Durable Medical Equipment (DME) contract.

As a COBOL SoftwareDeveloper, you will work within a highly structured and rigorous development environment that follows theSAFeAgile/Scrum framework. This position offers anopportunity to build foundational engineering skills whilesupporting a critical healthcare platform.Youwillworkprimarily with mainframe technologies, including COBOL and JCL, to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions.

You willassistin designing, developing, and enhancing software programs according to established procedures and coding standards. You will also build and execute unit test plans, test cases, and test data to ensure high-quality deliverables.

You will collaborate closely with your team to plan and execute work assignments, ensuring all project due dates and sprint commitments are met. Additionally, you will help install software changes into internal testing regions, troubleshoot and resolve discovered defects, andassistin keeping technical documentation current.

What you'll do:

• Designs, codes, unit tests, and debugs enhancementsand fixesto the health claims processing system.

• Participates as a member of a persistent Agile development teamsupporting maintenance and operations.

• Completes development to implementcomponentsof moderate complexity under general directionwithin a legacy mainframe environment.

• Participatesin design activitiesrelated to maintenance solutions.

• Demonstratesgeneral useand application of concepts, practices, and techniques.

• Designs,preparesand executes unit teststovalidatechanges prior to release,andrepresentsteam to clients.

• Provides solutions to a variety oftechnicalproblems.

• Applies technical knowledge todelivermaintenance solutions across one or more technology areas.

• Applies company and 3rd party technologiessolutions of moderate complexitywith general direction.

• With only general direction, implements end-user or enterprise solutions of moderate complexitywith general direction provided.

• Integrates technicalexpertiseand business understanding todeliver stable, reliablesolutions for clients.

• Consults with team members and other organizations, clients,and vendors ontechnicalissues.

• Provides timeandresource estimates for assignedtasks andprojects.

• Assistsin developingsolutions to complex business and technology problems in areas of provenexpertise.