Software Application Developer

International Business Machines Corporation; Armonk (NY); Remote; USD 141,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

International Business Machines Corporation in Armonk, NY is seeking a Software Application Developer to support client sites across the US, with up to 100% telecommuting.

You will work on requirements analysis, design, and deployment, using COBOL, CICS, and DB2 within an Agile/Scrum environment, drafting designs and testing across environments. This role emphasizes collaboration with cross‑functional teams to deliver reliable enterprise software.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering or related field; 2 years' software development experience.
• Two years' experience must include COBOL, CICS, Assembler, DB2, SPUFI and File Manager.

Responsibilities

• Perform requirements analysis and estimation for application changes.
• Draft and complete designs reflecting system changes and requests.
• Develop program modules and manage required development processes and tools.
• Set up test environments, generate test cases, and execute tests.
• Deploy code to test and production environments and document results.
• Review code changes and coordinate with teams for maintenance and optimization.

Skills

Agile SCRUM

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related

Tools

COBOL

CICS

Assembler

DB2

SPUFI

File Manager

Db2 Admin Tool

Job description

Introduction

Your role and responsibilities

Software Application Developer, IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY and various unanticipated client sites through the US (Up to 100% telecommuting permitted):

• Worked on requirements analysis and estimation.
• Draft and complete the design to reflect system change requests implementation.
• Develop program management functions, write application programming, and develop software modules adopting required development processes and tools.
• Set up required test environments, generate test cases, and perform various tests, documenting before deploying.
• Deploy code to various test and production environments.
• Handle standard documentation, generating reports, and managing the merge process.
• Handle maintenance, issue fixing, resolution management on current running applications, and new deployed application components by coordinating with various teams and application optimization.
• Represent the team at customer high-level requirements review meetings, determine impacts to existing systems, document impacts, and translate them into technical requirements.
• Work on impact analysis on systems for changes to assess the size of customer requests, providing design and construction estimates of the work effort required to fulfil the requirements, and help customers in redefining requirements to meet their business needs.
• Identify the resource skills required for implementing requirements through feasibility analysis.
• Design customer-requested enhancements in pseudo code.
• Create design documents for developers to use the code, test, and promote changes, as well as customer-oriented technical design review documents to allow customers to determine if the design meets their requirements.
• Review code changes done by developers using internal tools.
• Utilize: Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL), Customer Information Control System (CICS), Assembler, DB2, Agile with SCRUM/Sprint, SQL Processor Using File Input (SPUFI), File Manager, Db2 Admin tool.

Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering or related and two (2) years of experience as a Software Developer, Application Developer or related. Two (2) years of experience must include utilizing Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL), Customer Information Control System (CICS), Assembler, DB2, Agile with SCRUM/Sprint, SQL Processor Using File Input (SPUFI), File Manager, Db2 Admin tool. $141185 to $170000 per year. Full time. V226a.

Required technical and professional expertise

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Engineering or related and two (2) years of experience as a Software Developer, Application Developer or related. Two (2) years of experience must include utilizing Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL), Customer Information Control System (CICS), Assembler, DB2, Agile with SCRUM/Sprint, SQL Processor Using File Input (SPUFI), File Manager, Db2 Admin tool.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.