Senior Remote COBOL Developer, Government IT

GovCIO; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 54,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work within US

Training and Certification Support

Employee Perks and EAP

Job summary

GovCIO is seeking an experienced COBOL Programmer to support the AMS Edit Book Update process. The role is fully remote within the United States and requires the ability to obtain a USPS Public Trust clearance. You will code, test, and research existing processes to meet project timelines.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of COBOL and DB2 experience, familiarity with Changeman for package promotion, and a proven ability to collaborate with PMs, SMEs, and staff to deliver compliant solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience with COBOL & DB2.
• Experience with Changeman to create packages and promote code.
• Ability to scan libraries to find keywords/phrases for research.
• May lead project teams within assigned unit, develop, plan and manage tasks.
• Respond to incidents in ServiceNow.
• Familiar with creating ServiceNow Change requests following USPS processes.
• Participate in meetings relating to specific technical projects or tasks.
• Clearance required: USPS Public Trust.

Responsibilities

• Analyzes user/business software system requirements and determines needs.
• Determines the functionality of an application and performs upgrades over time.
• Maintains documentation to support software development policies, standards, and procedures.
• Develops, analyzes, prioritizes, and organizes requirement specifications, data mapping, diagrams, and flowcharts.
• Translates highly technical specifications into clear non-technical requirements.
• Develops and documents features and user stories with acceptance criteria.
• Assists team with preparation of cost estimates.
• Implements best practices for scalability, supportability, maintenance and performance.
• Creates current and future state documentation related to existing interfaces.
• Creates Interface Control Documents (ICD) documenting existing and future interfaces.

Skills

COBOL

DB2

Lead project teams

Incident response

Requirements gathering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Changeman

ServiceNow

Job description

GovCIO is seeking an experienced COBOL Programmer to support the AMS Edit Book Update process. The role is fully remote within the United States and requires the ability to obtain a USPS Public Trust clearance. You will code, test, and research existing processes to meet project timelines.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years of COBOL and DB2 experience, familiarity with Changeman for package promotion, and a proven ability to collaborate with PMs, SMEs, and staff to deliver compliant solutions.