Mainframe Developer Intermediate

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC is seeking a disciplined mainframe developer with 5+ years of COBOL and CICS experience. The role involves analyzing business needs, coding, testing, and maintaining legacy COBOL/CICS systems that interact with IBM DB2. Candidates should be proficient in JCL, TSO, and SQL, with exposure to SCRUM/Agile preferred.

Responsibilities include collaborating with a software team, documenting design, and ensuring adherence to department standards. Lincoln, NE area.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Technical Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent combination) with 5+ years of development experience.
• Strong background in COBOL and CICS; able to develop in both with no exceptions.
• Experience with JCL and job scheduling, IBM mainframe (z/OS), TSO.

Responsibilities

• 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 on project implementations.
• Perform daily tasks of analysis, programming and testing as needed.
• Assist with capturing business requirements, design, system architecture and development.
• Maintain legacy applications in Micro Focus COBOL, COBOL and CICS; recent COBOL experience required.
• Contribute to front-end, middle-tier and back-end development; adhere to standards.

Skills

COBOL

CICS

JCL

SQL

DB2

QMF

z/OS

TSO

Agile/SCRUM

Visual Studio

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Technical Degree in Computer Science

Tools

COBOL development tools

Job description

US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

• 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 the Department's 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 Department 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 (Structured Query Language).
• DB2
• QMF