External Job Posting Title Cobol Software Developer

Peraton; Northern (KY); On-site; USD 66,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton is seeking a Software Development, Senior Associate to join our Health, State and Local sector to support Medicare Fee-for-Service claims processing on a legacy mainframe with COBOL/JCL/CICS/TSO/VSAM. You’ll work on an Agile SAFe team delivering maintenance and enhancements, ensuring stability and performance in a highly structured environment.

Responsibilities include designing, coding, unit testing, and debugging changes, participating in design reviews, providing estimates, and

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: 2 years with BS/BA, or a High School diploma with 6 years of experience.
• Requires 2-5 years of mainframe development experience.
• Proficiency with mainframe technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, TSO and VSAM.
• Ability to perform well in a highly rigorous, structured development environment.
• Demonstrates experience as a software developer in a mainframe environment, preferred.
• Demonstrates ability to determine and decompose business and technical requirements.
• Experience with Agile/SCRUM.
• Strong communication skills and technical writing ability.
• Ability to develop application project solutions and provide accurate estimates.
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps tools and frameworks through plan, define, build, test, release and deploy processes.

Responsibilities

• Designs, codes, unit tests, and debugs enhancements and fixes to the health claims processing system while adhering to strict coding standards.
• Participates as a key contributing member of a persistent development team supporting maintenance and operations.
• Completes development to implement complex components within a legacy mainframe environment.
• Works under general direction to resolve defects, implement change requests, and support operational stability.
• Participates in design activities related to maintenance solutions.
• Provides time and resource estimates for assigned tasks and projects.
• Assists in developing solutions to complex business and technology problems in areas of proven expertise.

Skills

Mainframe development

COBOL

JCL

CICS

TSO

VSAM

Agile/SCRUM

SAFe

US citizenship

Public Trust clearance

Education

BS/BA

High School diploma +6 years

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

Eclipse (IDz/RDz)

Job description

Responsibilities

ThePeraton Health, State and LocalSectorisseeking aSoftware Development, Senior Associateto join us in supporting andmaintainingthe Medicare FeeforService claims processing system. In this role,you’llbe a keycontributing memberof an Agile teamprovidingmaintenance and operations supportfor the Medicare Durable Medicare Equipment (DME) contract.

As aSoftwareDevelopment, Senior Associate, you will work within a highly structured and rigorous development environment that follows theSAFeAgile/Scrum framework. Thisrolefocuseson the ongoing support, maintenance, and stability of the legacy mainframe systems, including COBOL and Assembler components, thatprovidecritical Medicare Claims processing operations.

Responsibilities:

• Designs, codes,unit tests, and debugsenhancementsand fixesto the health claims processing systemwhile adhering to strict coding standards.

• Participates as akey contributingmember of a persistent development teamsupporting maintenance andoperations.

• Completes development to implement complex componentswithin a legacy mainframe environment.

• Works under general directionto resolve defects, implement change requests, and support operational stability.

• Participatesin design activitiesrelated tomaintenance solutions.

• Demonstratesgeneral useand application ofdevelopmentconcepts, practices, and techniques.

• Designs,preparesand executes unit teststovalidatechangeprior 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 technologies tosoftware solutions of moderate complexity.

• Implements end-user or enterprise solutions of moderate complexitywithonlygeneral directionprovided.

• Integrates technicalexpertiseand business understanding to createstable andreliablesolutions for clients.

• Consults with team members and other organizations, clients,and vendors on complex issues.

• Provides timeandresource estimates for assignedtasks andprojects.

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

Qualifications

• Education & Experience:2 years withBS/BA, or a High School diploma with6years of experience.

• Requires 2-5 years of mainframe development experience.

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

• Abilityto perform well in a highly rigorous, structureddevelopment environment.

• Demonstrates experience as a software developer in a mainframe environment, preferred.

• Demonstrates ability todetermineand decompose businessand technicalrequirements.

• Experience with application lifecyclemethodology,specifically Agile/SCRUM.

• Strong communicationskills and technical writingability.

• Ability to develop application project solutions andprovideaccurateestimates.

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

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

• SAFeexperience and/or certification.

• Must be able to obtain andmaintainPublicTrust clearance.

• Must be a US Citizen.

Preferred Qualifications

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

• Experience with Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B, DME or Medicare Common Working File (CWF) specific processingsystems.

• Experience working with or in support ofCMSprograms or contracts.

• Experience with Assembler language in a mainframe environment.

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

• Exposure to modern languages such asJava or Python.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$66,000 - $106,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.