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# Mainframe COBOL - JCL Developer (Healthcare Billing)

- **Company:** Intersources Inc.
- **Location:** Albany, NY, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $25,000.0
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** COBOL (Programming Language), Databases, Data Transmissions, Data Security, Database Queries, Software Debugging, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Job Control Language (JCL), Mainframes, Oracle (Applications), Software Deployment, Software Engineering, SQL Stored Procedures, Systems Architecture, Z/OS, Data Processing, Mainframe Programming, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 6, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www2.jobdiva.com/portal/?a=62jdnw10t7d77ytz0lbaey9qxonk3b05a9tqw96rb7z6hlfo7xj79l9g6mp6aj2o&compid=0/jobs/29674312#/jobs/29674312

## About the Role

* 84 Months Experience developing and maintaining mainframe batch programs using IBM COBOL to add, modify, process data in a mainframe database management system such as CA-IDMS
 * 84 Months Experience with developing/ maintaining a billing system(s) that bills Medicare, Medicaid, & commercial insurance for services rendered
 * 84 Months Experience working with Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) Health Insurance transactions. This includes but is not limited to the 837& 835 transactions
 * 84 Months Experience with IBM JCL utilizing utilities such as IDCAMS, IEBGENER, IEFBR14, SORT, etc.
 * 60 months Experience working with PHI and HIPAA in a complex health related organization.
 * 12 months Experience encrypting data with mainframe ASPG MegaCryption in an IBM z\OS environment.
 * 36 months Experience with ORACLE performing functions such as writing complex queries, creating packages, stored procedures, functions, & tables.

## Description

Daily Tasks will include but are not limited to the following:

 * Execute full software development life cycle (SDLC)
 * Use IBM COBOL, JCL, CA-IDMS, CA-ADS to develop/maintain batch/online applications in an IBM z/OS environment. Perform analysis, design, coding, and testing of changes based on State/Federal mandates or requests from the Client State Operations Finance Group.
 * Support billing of Medicare, Medicaid, Third Party Health Insurance (TPHI), & individuals (private parties). Monitor batch production jobs, analyze results, and address any aborts/system failures as needed. Diagnose and debug production issues reported via ITSM.
 * Prepare database scripts for the purpose of creating/modifying Oracle tables, packages, stored procedures, indexes, constraints, triggers, etc .
 * Maintain/support multiple batch based data feeds/exchanges between Oracle and IDMS environments.
 * Maintain/support encryption of mainframe data as needed using ASPG MegaCryption.
 * Work with members of the Billing unit, DBA unit, and the office for Information Technology Services to migrate batch and online application changes to the QA and Production platforms following standard migration procedures.
 * Work with business owners, users, and technical support staff to identify changes that are needed and the solution for implementing them.
 * Mentor and assist other programmers, both state and consultant, providing guidance for debugging, troubleshooting, securing and deploying applications, data access, data communications and system architecture configurations.
 * Report status of current tasks and outstanding issues to supervisor.


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