Senior Cobol Developer

Harvey Nash; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 52,348 - 55,104; Part time

Job summary

A leading company in IT seeks a Senior Cobol Developer in Frankfort, KY. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with COBOL systems, strong debugging skills, and a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field. Responsibilities include translating specifications into code, conducting code reviews, and collaborating with analysts to enhance applications. The role offers a competitive hourly salary and requires strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of recent developer experience.
• Experience supporting batch jobs.
• Fluency in English, both written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Understand specifications and translate into working code.
• Conduct code reviews and deliver quality software releases.
• Collaborate to implement enhancements and new applications.

Skills

Application debugging

Systems analysis

Collaborative problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Job description

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Base pay range

$38.00/hr - $40.00/hr

Currently seeking qualified candidates for the position of a Senior Cobol Developer. The ideal candidate should be highly motivated, result-oriented, and experienced in the development and maintenance of a COBOL system.

Top Candidates Should Demonstrate:

1. Capability to excel in the job. Proven ability to collaborate with team to provide a solution.

2. Demonstrated understanding and work skills of IMS, COBOL and TELON.

3. Experience with IMS, PSB’s, DBD’s, PROCOPT’s, PSBGEN’s and fileaid.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering
• 8+ years of recent experience as a developer
• Strong application debugging and troubleshooting skills, systems analysis
• Experience building and supporting mission critical applications
• Experience in full development lifecycle phases
• Must be able to communicate fluently in English, both written and verbal.
• Experience supporting batch jobs.

Desired Skills:

• Knowledge of IMS, COBOL and TELON
• Functional knowledge of Application Lifecycle Methodologies and processes such as Agile Development
• Ability to translate functional specifications into working code

Responsibilities:

• Understand functional specifications and translate into working code
• Estimate the development tasks/effort involved in completing requirements
• Prepare analysis, design, and program documentation
• Conduct code review of modules
• Deliver quality software releases on schedule
• Expected to work on multiple tasks and initiatives concurrently while being accountable for driving success of the project application development
• Responsibilities include systems analysis, coding, testing, and implementation of web application programs, services and data interfaces
• Collaborate with business analysts to implement enhancements and/or new applications
• Analyze user requests and work with users in developing or modifying existing programs
• Modify existing computer programs containing potentially complex logic changes

Adhere to industry standards and software best practice guidelines

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Government Administration

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