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# Application Programmer - Mainframe Systems

- **Company:** HonorVet Technologies
- **Location:** Cerritos, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Temporary to permanent
- **Skills:** HTML, Adaptable Database Systems, Applications Architecture, Software Applications, Application Testing, Systems Engineering, Customer Information Control System (CICS), CLIST, COBOL (Programming Language), Software Documentation, Cyber Security, Computer Programming, Databases, Data Structures, Data Warehousing, IBM DB2, Software Debugging, Electronic Data Processing, Endevor, Job Control Language (JCL), IBM Websphere Application Server, IBM Information Management System, Mainframes, SAS (Software), SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Virtual Storage Access Methods, Z/OS, Transaction Processing (Computing), File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Solid Principles, Information Technology, Maintaining Code
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/dc8728bf-1023-4a71-ae9a-ca7fcfda7cde

## About the Role

The Senior Application Programmer for Mainframe Systems will possess knowledge and experience in applications software development principles and methods sufficient to participate in the design, development, testing and implementation of new or modified applications software; organization's operational environment; software design principles, methods and approaches; principles, methods and procedures for designing, developing, optimizing and integrating new and/or reusable systems components; pertinent government regulations; infrastructure requirements, database management principles and methodologies, including data structures, data modeling, data warehousing and transaction processing; functionality and operability of the current operating environment; systems engineering concepts and factors such as structured design, supportability, reliability, scalability and maintainability; optimization concepts and methods; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those
contacted in the course of the work; and speak and write effectively and prepare effective reports.

Experience Required
This classification must have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in electronic data processing systems design and programming with one or more of the software set forth below.
LANGUAGES: COBOL, Natural/ SuperNatural, IMS/DB/DC, DB2/SQL, Assembler, SAS, CICS; MF FOCUS
TOOLS/UTILITIES: MVS JCL, MVS TSO/ISPF, IBM OPTIM, FILE Manager, SPUFI, ICEMAN/ICETOOLS, SORT, VSAM, CLIST, FTP, DYL260/280, CA Gen (CoolGen), CA Endevor, CA Spool, CA OM Web Viewer, IBM Websphere, Debugger, N2O
DATABASES: DB2, IMS, ADABAS FOCUS; OS: z/OS
OTHER: EntireX, ASP, HTML, Cloverleaf.

Additional Experience Required
Minimum of seven (7) years of experience with IMS/DB2/COBOL/CICS programming in a mainframe environment.

Education Required
This classification requires the possession of a bachelor's degree in an IT-related or Computer Science field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

## Description

A Senior Application Programmer for Mainframe Systems is responsible for leading and/or working on the most complex IT applications design, documentation, development, modification, testing, installation, implementation, and support of new or existing applications software.
The Senior Application Programmer for Mainframe Systems is responsible for analyzing and refining systems requirements; translating systems requirements into applications prototypes; planning and designing systems architecture; writing, debugging and maintaining code; determining and designing applications architecture; determining output media/formats; designing user interfaces; working with customers to test applications; assuring software and systems quality and functionality; integrating hardware and software components; writing and maintaining program documentation; evaluating new applications software technologies; and/or ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles and practices to the delivery of application software services.


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