Developer III (COBOL)

(THIS IS A PART TIME POSITION (NOT TO EXCEED 20 HOURS PER WEEK)

• Review production systems to understand major technical components and relate them to business areas
• Use Cobol to analyze routines, procedures, TIP screens, ECL, batch jobs and FTPs which make up discrete parts of the systems
• Analyze DMS and RDMS database structures, data dictionaries and source code for discrepancies or inaccuracies
• Document system specifications and solutions to facilitate knowledge transfer
• Monitor and perform diagnostic/debugging activities on the mainframe
• Coordinate project activities among other team members, users, and/or requestors
• Act in advocacy role as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in all relevant phases of the IES Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Work closely with Architects and others on the applications development team to refine solution design
• Report status of current tasks and outstanding issues to supervisor and project leads
• Other duties as assigned

Consultants may be eligible to telecommute for more than 50% of their work hours, up to and including 100% remote work. Telecommuting arrangements require direct manager approval and are subject to change based on program needs. Consultants approved for 100% remote work must attend monthly in-person meetings at the Albany office and be available for major milestone meetings as needed.

1. Level III- More than seven (7) years of experience working on complex projects with 2 or more years in a leadership role as a Developer
2. More than Seven (7) years of experience working directly with COBOL 74 and/or 85 programming on mainframes.
3. Five or more years of experience with system analysis and design, programming and unit and integrated testing on mainframes., 1. Seven or more years of experience developing and maintaining COBOL applications, including COBOL routines, procedures, TIP screens, ECL, and batch jobs.
4. Four to five years of experience monitoring production support; performing error diagnosis and debugging in a mainframe environment; working with RDMS and DMS database structures, data dictionaries, and source code; and supporting information technology solutions for an Integrated Eligibility System program in a Health and Human Services domain.
5. One to two years of experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, conducting code walkthroughs and testing activities, and reviewing, translating, and extracting business rules and process logic from COBOL code in a mainframe environment.