COBOL Programmer

Job description:

• Computer systems specialists provide technical guidance for the development and troubleshooting of computer systems.
• They identify system data, hardware or software components required to meet user needs. They also develop guidelines for implementing secure systems to customers or installation teams.
• May require a bachelor's degree in a related area with at least at least 6 years or equivalent experience in the field or in a related area.
• The purpose of this request is to procure mainframe software development services for ODOT's Commerce & Compliance Application Development (CCAD) team.
• The primary tasks the contractor shall perform are as follows:
• Provide COBOL software development efforts related to CCAD initiatives.
• Provide JCL development related to mainframe work.
• Provide CICS development related to mainframe work.
• Provide coding to access DB2 DBMS.
• Conduct reverse engineering of current state systems.
• Create current state and future state process documentation.
• Use a variety of information gathering techniques (e.g., interviews, facilitation, diagrams) to gather, define and document complex business data requirements from business teams.
• Identify areas for improvement in current systems.
• Conduct, document and present impact analyses.
• Create and manage requirements.
• Create and support the creation of functional specifications for data models, customizations, extracts, and reports.
• Create implementation documentation and support the implementation process.
• Develop design changes in the asset management software and development and testing environments and collaborate integration into the existing business production environment with the rest of the team.
• Plan and support data cleanup activities.
• Prepare test data, implement and support test activities including the creation of test plans and test cases; test enhancements and track results.
• Plan and support user acceptance testing.
• Coordinate with other team members to reach project milestones and deadlines.
• Engage and build strong working relationships with IT, business partners.
• Conduct remote training (for business and technical audiences).
• Troubleshoot issues, determine causes and provide options for fixing the issues.
• Experience with mainframe technologies like JCL, CICS, COBOL (mandatory)
• Ability to create software design documentation (mandatory)
• DB2 skills, with SQL understanding (mandatory)
• Business analysis requirements gathering (desirable)
• Strong communication skills (desirable)
• Testing of design and development (desirable)
• Familiarity with data science tools, such as Python
• Ability to work remotely
• Ability to complete work without direct supervision
• Familiarity with automating processes

Skills:

• DB2
• COBOL
  SQL
• CICS
• jcl
• Mainframe
• MicrosoftOffice