Senior COBOL Mainframe Engineer – Medicare Claims

Peraton; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Florida is seeking a COBOL Software Developer Advisor to support and maintain the Medicare DME claims system. You will be a principal technical contributor on an Agile team, delivering maintenance and development solutions for the Medicare Fee For Service processing system.

You will design, develop, and enhance core mainframe programs, mentor developers, provide accurate estimates, and coordinate with clients and vendors.

Qualifications

• Education & Experience: BS/BA degree with 8+ years of relevant experience; or MS with 6 years; or HS diploma with 12 years.
• Mainframe development experience in production or maintenance environment.
• Advanced proficiency with mainframe technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, TSO and VSAM.
• Knowledge of health care claims processing, particularly Medicare Fee For Service.
• Ability to perform well in a highly rigorous, structured development environment.
• Demonstrated experience as a senior or principal software developer in a mainframe environment.
• Demonstrated ability to determine and decompose business and technical requirements.
• Application lifecycle methodology experience, specifically Agile/SCRUM.
• Strong communication skills and technical writing ability, including client-facing communication.
• Ability to develop application project solutions and provide accurate estimates.
• Experience with Medicare Part A, Part B, DME or Medicare CWF processing systems.
• Experience working with CMS programs or contracts.
• Experience with DevOps/DevSecOps tools and frameworks through plan, define, build, test, release and deploy processes.
• SAFe experience and/or certification.
• Must be able to achieve and maintain a PublicTrust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Leads technical design sessions and drives implementation of complex software components.
• Applies deep technical expertise to deliver reliable maintenance and development solutions.
• Collaborates to implement end-user and enterprise solutions of high complexity.
• Serves as a principal technical contributor on a persistent Agile development team.
• Demonstrates mastery of mainframe development concepts and engineering techniques.
• Mentors team members and supports knowledge transfer.
• Represents the team in client-facing technical discussions.
• Provides reliable time and resource estimates for tasks and projects.
• Troubleshoots problems and delivers effective solutions.
• Contributes to strategic technical direction and solves complex business problems.

Skills

Mainframe development

Agile/SCRUM

Communication

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Education

BS/BA +8+ yrs OR MS +6 yrs OR HS +12 yrs

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Confluence

Eclipse IDz/RDz

Job description

Peraton in Florida is seeking a COBOL Software Developer Advisor to support and maintain the Medicare DME claims system. You will be a principal technical contributor on an Agile team, delivering maintenance and development solutions for the Medicare Fee For Service processing system.

You will design, develop, and enhance core mainframe programs, mentor developers, provide accurate estimates, and coordinate with clients and vendors.