Mainframe Developer

EITACIES Inc.; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k)

Job summary

EITACIES Inc. in Lincoln, Nebraska is seeking an Intermediate Mainframe Developer to join a 12-month project on site. You will work within an Agile team to deliver mainframe solutions.

Responsibilities include maintaining and enhancing COBOL/CICS applications, writing SQL for DB2, and supporting existing services. You should have 5+ years of experience and strong analytical and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or technical CS degree with 5+ years of development experience.
• Experience with COBOL/CICS, JCL, DB2, QMF, XPEDITER.
• Proficiency in troubleshooting and supporting legacy systems.
• Ability to work on a team implementing projects in Agile environments.
• Strong communication and adherence to standards and processes.

Responsibilities

• Perform analysis, programming and testing for mainframe projects.
• Maintain legacy COBOL/CICS applications and interact with Information Systems.
• Assist with capturing requirements, design, and system architecture.
• Contribute to front-, middle-, and back-end development within an Agile team.
• Troubleshoot issues and provide production support as needed.

Skills

COBOL

CICS

JCL

DB2

QMF

XPEDITER

Agile SCRUM

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Technical Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience (5+ years)

Tools

Micro Focus Cobol

App Master Builder

Visual Studio

XPEDITER

Job description

Benefits

• 401(k)

Mainframe Developer - Intermediate

Location: Lincoln, Nebraska - Onsite

12 Months project duration

Interviews will be conducted onsite - Lincoln, Nebraska.

We are looking for a dedicated Application Developer to join our team of performance driven professionals in helping to build the best of applications in support of business units. Agile development methodology is utilized.

Requirements

• Qualified applicants will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or hold a Technical Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent combination of education and minimum 5+ years development experience).


• Explore and gain a thorough understanding of the business.


• Troubleshoot problems and provide support on existing products and services.


• Work as part of a software development team in the implementation of projects.


• Perform daily tasks of analysis, programming and testing as needed.


• Assist with capturing business requirements, design, system architecture and development.


• Maintain legacy applications (minor new development) in Micro Focus Cobol, Cobol and CICS that interact with Information Systems.


• Must have most recent experience within the last year coding programs in COBOL.


• Experience with SQL utilizing DB2 accessing by programs, writing queries in QMF and creating tables is required.


• Experience with JCL and job scheduling is required.


• Experience in software development utilizing Agile with SCRUM is desired but not required.


• Perform front-end, middle-tier and back-end development.


• Skilled in troubleshooting and weighing relative costs and benefits of potential actions.


• Extremely detailed oriented and able to follow standards, methodologies, principles and processes.


• Strong verbal and written communication skills.


• Regular and reliable attendance is required.

Experience With

• Cobol and CICS - candidates MUST be able to develop in COBOL AND CICS - no exceptions.


• Job Control Language (JCL) and job scheduling.


• IBM mainframe (z/OS), TSO.


• All aspects of the software development lifecycle and workflow.


• Visual Studio for source control.


• SQL, DB2, QMF, XPEDITER.

Preferences

• Experience developing in MicroFocus Cobol using App Master Builder and Native COBOL will be given high preference.


• Experience with application development in highway inventory systems.


• Experience with SQL Server 2012 and higher.


• Experience with designing and building secure ASP.NET applications would give candidate ability to program in C# as well as COBOL.


• Experience with Web/Windows Services.


• Experience with SSRS reports.


• Experience with Agile development methodology of 2+ years, Experience with Mainframe Migration.