Mainframe Developer Intermediate

Machine Learning Technologies, LLC; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Machine Learning Technologies, LLC is seeking a skilled software developer in Lincoln, NE. The role focuses on COBOL and CICS development with strong JCL and DB2 SQL experience.

You will contribute to full-stack tasks and legacy maintenance while following department standards. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's or technical CS degree with at least 5 years of development work, excellent troubleshooting, and clear communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or technical CS degree, or equivalent with 5+ years development experience.
• Experience in COBOL and CICS development.
• Strong SQL experience using DB2; QMF queries and table creation.
• Experience with JCL and job scheduling.
• Agile/SCRUM experience is a plus.
• Ability to troubleshoot and follow standards and processes.
• Excellent communication and reliability.

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 in project implementation.
• Perform daily tasks of analysis, programming and testing as needed.
• Assist with capturing business requirements, design, system architecture and development.
• Maintain legacy applications in COBOL, COBOL/CICS that interact with IS.
• Must have recent COBOL and CICS development experience; JCL and scheduling knowledge.

Skills

COBOL

CICS

SQL

QMF

JCL

Agile SCRUM

Back-end development

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Technical Degree in Computer Science

Tools

DB2

Job description

• 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.