Application Programmer - Mainframe Systems

The Senior Application Programmer leads and performs complex application design, documentation, development, modification, testing, implementation, and production support. The role requires deep hands-on ADABAS/NATURAL mainframe programming experience and the ability to translate requirements into reliable, maintainable application solutions., * Analyze and refine systems requirements and translate them into application designs and prototypes.

• Plan and design application architecture, output formats, interfaces, and reusable system components.
• Write, debug, modify, and maintain mainframe application code.
• Design and work with data structures, data models, databases, and transaction-processing components.
• Test application functionality with users and resolve defects.
• Integrate application software with supporting infrastructure and system components.
• Support production applications and improve reliability, scalability, supportability, and maintainability.
• Prepare and maintain program, technical, testing, and support documentation.
• Apply information security and information-assurance principles throughout application delivery.
• Evaluate relevant application technologies and recommend appropriate improvements.

Skills Required

• Strong hands-on ADABAS/NATURAL mainframe development background.
• Natural programming language.
• ADABAS database.
• Job Control Language (JCL).
• Time Sharing Option / Interactive System Productivity Facility (TSO/ISPF).
• Predict.
• N2O.
• CA Spool.
• z/OS mainframe operating environment.
• Application design, development, testing, implementation, and production support.
• Systems analysis, database concepts, transaction processing, optimization, and technical documentation.
• Effective written and verbal communication and ability to work collaboratively with technical and business stakeholders.

Skills Preferred

• Experience with one or more additional mainframe technologies such as COBOL, IMS/DB/DC, DB2/SQL, Assembler, SAS, CICS, MF FOCUS, IBM OPTIM, File Manager, SPUFI, ICEMAN/ICETOOLS, SORT, VSAM, CLIST, FTP, CA Gen, CA Endevor, CA OM Web Viewer, IBM WebSphere, Debugger, EntireX, ASP, HTML, or Cloverleaf.

• Minimum seven years of electronic data processing systems design and programming experience.
• Minimum seven years of demonstrated ADABAS/NATURAL programming experience in a mainframe environment.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience with Natural, ADABAS, JCL, TSO/ISPF, Predict, N2O, CA Spool, and z/OS.

Experience Preferred

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise or public-sector mainframe applications.
• Recent production support and application enhancement work in a mission-critical environment.

Additional Experience Required

• Seven years of ADABAS/NATURAL programming within a mainframe environment, with proficiency across the required supporting toolset.

Additional Experience Preferred

• Exposure to additional databases such as DB2, IMS, or FOCUS and integration technologies such as EntireX.

Education Required

• Bachelor’s degree in an information technology-related field or Computer Science.
• Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Education Preferred

• No additional preferred education specified.

Full Time

A large public-sector organization is seeking a Senior Application Programmer to support complex mainframe applications used in enterprise government operations.