Mainframe Consultant

Candidates MUST be local at time of submission. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Must be able to work onsite in the office 2x a week (Tues/Weds) for hybrid models. Office is located in Dimondale, Michigan.

Interview Process: Virtual Interview via MS Teams with possible onsite 2nd round interviews. Candidates submitted must be willing to come onsite for a face-to-face meeting if requested. A screenshot photo of the candidate will be required for any interviews as well as a vendor present at the beginning of the virtual interview to validate the candidate.  
 

Top Skills & Years of Experience:
• Ability to write detailed technical design documents and develop COBOL applications.  
• Must be proficient and experienced at writing and modifying system documentation.
• Clear communication skills and ability to lead meetings and follow-up.
• Validate test data and test results.
 

 Maintain and update technical and managerial skills.
 Share news and knowledge with unit staff.
 Maintain and develop knowledge and skills in technical management, including team building, teamwork, and
career development.
 Manage or serve on special projects or evaluation committees as assigned.
 Assist Senior Management in establishing and ensuring a professional workplace environment.
 Must be able to perform secure coding and release management.
 Must be able to perform development on internal and external applications.
 Must be able to successfully work independently.
 Must be proficient and experienced at writing and modifying system documentation.
 Provide clear communication both verbally and in writing.
 Must be able to clearly explain technical information to both technical and non-technical individuals.    
 Must be able to assist in the gathering of requirements (traditional waterfall and agile) for all IT solutions and be
able to develop the application requested from the requirements.
 Validate and finalize Local Change Board and Enterprise Change Board documents.
 Ensure proper change management for all requested fixes to production systems.
 Ensure proper change management for all requested changes to system designs and system architecture
standards are documented.
 Validate test data and test results.
 Develop and monitor defect tracking logs and facilitate problem resolution.

Skills: 
Ability to lead meetings. Clear Communication, follow-up, ability to write detailed technical design documents and
develop Cobol applications.
Additional highly desired skills/experience: Xgen, Algol, Unisys, Bl products, Programmer’s Workbench, Cande, DMSII,
COMS, WFL, ERGO.
Must have experience and knowledge of project/work estimation and ability to provide estimates for when their part of
the work will be done, knows data capture software, etc.