COBOL Developer

Hereford Insurance Company

New York, NY, United States

14 days ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Experience required

5 years minimum

Compensation

$62,400.0 - $93,600.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

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Tech stack

Db2400 IBM System I Batch Processing COBOL (Programming Language) Databases Software Debugging Embedded SQL File Transfer Reverse Engineering Data Streaming System Testing Systems Integration

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Terminal Emulators File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Control Language Integration Tests Codebase Tools for Reporting Legacy Systems

Job description

Enhance NYCRIB Reports: Modify existing COBOL/400 applications to incorporate updated data fields, calculations, and submission criteria required for NYCRIB compliance.
Maintain Codebase: Analyze, debug, and optimize legacy COBOL (CBLLE/SQLCBLLE) and Control Language (CL/CLLE) programs.
Manage DB2/400 Databases: Maintain data structures, write complex embedded SQL queries, and manage physical/logical files to support reporting modules.
Support Batch Processing: Troubleshoot, optimize, and execute high-volume overnight batch jobs, managing print spool files and transmission queues.
Execute Comprehensive Testing: Create robust unit and integration test plans to validate financial metrics and prevent data discrepancies in state submissions
Document Specifications: Maintain rigorous functional and technical documentation detailing system logic, data flows, and NYCRIB compliance updates.

Required Technical Skills

Languages: Strong proficiency in COBOL/400, ILE COBOL, and CL/CLLE.
Database: Deep knowledge of DB2/400, embedded SQL, physical files (PF), and logical files (LF).
Platform Utilities: Expert use of PDM, SEU, SDA, RDi (Rational Developer for i), and native interactive debugging tools.
Integrations: Experience handling file transfers (FTP/SFTP) and terminal emulation configurations.

Requirements

Experience: Minimum of 5-8+ years of hands-on development experience on the IBM i (AS/400) platform.
Domain Knowledge: Prior experience working within the Insurance or Financial sectors, specifically handling Workers’ Compensation, policy, or claims data.
Compliance Exposure: Direct familiarity with statistical reporting bureaus (such as NYCRIB, NCCI, or state rating boards) is highly preferred.
Problem Solving: Proven track record of independently decoding, reverse-engineering, and repairing undocumented legacy systems.