Mainframe Application Development Support Specialist

Dale Workforce Solutions; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Dale Workforce Solutions in Columbia, SC provides day-to-day support for application development teams using mainframe tools. You’ll assist developers with troubleshooting, support code promotion, testing, deployment, and documentation.

The role partners with customers to identify process improvements and support modernization efforts to boost developer productivity. Strong mainframe skills with JCL and DB2/SQL/IMS are required; distributed Java/Web is not part of the role.

Qualifications

• JCL and mainframe development experience.
• Security reporting using SORT/SyncSort.
• Query skills with DB2/SQL/IMS.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for application development teams utilizing mainframe development tools and utilities.
• Assist developers with troubleshooting development, testing, and implementation issues.
• Support code promotion, testing, and deployment activities.
• Partner with customers to identify process improvements and development efficiencies.
• Participate in modernization initiatives focused on improving developer productivity.
• Assist in maintaining development support documentation, standards, and procedures.
• Support application-level security administration and access requests as needed.
• Participate in vendor tooling initiatives, upgrades, and support activities.
• Assist with Disaster Recovery exercises and business continuity activities.

Skills

JCL

Security Reporting

Query skills (DB2/SQL/IMS)

Tools

GitHub / Endevor / IBM DBB / ChangeMan

FreezeFrame / DumpMaster

COBOL

Job description

• Security Reporting (using SORT/SyncSort)
• Query skills (DB2/SQL/IMS)

Required Skills

• JCL
• Security Reporting (using SORT/SyncSort)
• Query skills (DB2/SQL/IMS)

Nice to Have

• Source Control (GitHub, Endevor, IBM DBB, ChangeMan)
• FreezeFrame or DumpMaster
• COBOL programming

Not Looking For

• Distributed programming support (Java/Web)

Day to Day

• Provide day-to-day support for application development teams utilizing mainframe development tools and utilities
• Assist developers with troubleshooting development, testing, and implementation issues
• Support code promotion, testing, and deployment activities
• Partner with customers to identify process improvements and development efficiencies
• Participate in modernization initiatives focused on improving developer productivity
• Assist in maintaining development support documentation, standards, and procedures
• Support application-level security administration and access requests as needed
• Participate in vendor tooling initiatives, upgrades, and support activities
• Assist with Disaster Recovery exercises and business continuity activities