Mainframe Developer

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in a field of study related to technology or finance. Work experience can substitute on a year for year basis for the degree

Candidate MUST have a minimum of 7 years of experience in multiple IT areas and 2 3 years of relevant architecture experience

Candidate must have advanced to expert level knowledge and understanding of architecture, applications systems design and integration, specifically Tibco Mainframe FOCUS and JCL, mainframe batch schedulers, chaining jobs between predecessors and dependents, and column delimited flat text file structures are required for this position

Candidates with resumes reflecting experience with Cool GEN, COBOL, DB2 z/OS, and DB2 Database will be given preference

Experience with master files

Experience with complex queries involving multiple data sources

Experience with reading, creating, and updating flat files

Experience with multiple include statements. JCL

Experience with reading, creating, and editing flat files

Experience with submitting ad-hoc jobs. Applications Development KSAs

Knowledge of the SCRUM Framework

Knowledge of financial systems such as an ERP

Experience with Entity Relationship Diagrams

Experience with documenting and communicating technical requirements

Experience in coordinating with Business Analysts to capture business requirements

Ability to bridge the gap between technical and business language

Responsibilities

Replacement of Central, Payroll and Departmental FLAIR functionality Redevelopment of agency incoming and outgoing interfaces to the statewide accounting system

Implementation of Information Warehouse data to support agency specific reporting requirements

The computing asset modifications to complete the FDOT PALM System Transition (FPST) will take place over the course of two years in alignment with the Florida PALM Project scheduled timeline

To prepare for the transition to Florida PALM, our agency is seeking a resource knowledgeable in Tibco Mainframe Focus/WebFocus to lead the effort of updating our numerous Focus assets

Focus has been used copiously by the department to develop reports, interfaces, and applications for the past twenty years. It is important we find a resource capable of analyzing these programs and documenting their specifications

Analyze and document existing computing assets, including technical specifications and established business rules

Assist with debugging and troubleshooting existing processes when needed. a. Diagnose and resolve issues after performing root cause analysis

Provide guidance and assist with remediating and upgrading legacy assets. a. Coordinate with business analysts, other developers, and products owners to remediate to the new state-wide accounting system. b. Coordinate with database administrators in analyzing and remediating existing data structures

Read and document Mainframe FOCUS queries and convert them to T-SQL queries

Convert Focus mainframe programs using mainframe flat files as a data source to use database tables instead