Cobol Developer

InterSources Inc.

Albany, NY

JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Analysis Skills, Business Processes, Child Support, Cobol Programming Language, Computer Programming, Customer Support/Service, Debugging Skills, Documentation, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), Government, Information Technology & Information Systems, Knowledge Transfer, Leadership, Mainframe Computer, Production Control, Production Systems, Project/Program Coordination, Software Development, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Status Reports, Systems Analysis, Unit Test
LOCATION
Albany, NY
POSTED
30+ days ago
Position(s) Required: Cobol Developer
Hybrid
Interview: WEBEX
Designated Work Location: 40 North Pearl, Albany NY
Anticipated Duration of the Engagement: 14 months

Mandatory Qualifications:
  • Level III- More than seven (7) years of experience working on complex projects.
  • 2 or more years in a leadership role as a Developer
  • More than Seven (7) years of experience working directly with COBOL 74 and/or 85 programming on mainframes.
  • Five or more years of experience with system analysis and design, programming and unit and integrated testing on mainframes

Desirable Qualifications:
  • Seven or more years of experience with Cobol routines, procedures, TIP screens, ECL, batch jobs.
  • Five or more years of experience monitoring production work and performing error diagnostic/debugging activities in a mainframe environment
  • Experience creating and maintaining documentation related to designing, programming, performing code walk-throughs and testing in a mainframe environment
  • Experience in reviewing, translating and extracting business rules and process logic from COBOL code in a mainframe
  • environment
  • Five or more years of experience with RDMS and DMS database structures, data dictionaries and source code
  • Five or more years of experience working in information technology within a government setting.
  • Five or more years of experience supporting Child Support Management System.

Duties/Responsibilities:
•Daily activities as a Cobol Programmer will include, but are not limited to:
• 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;

About the Company

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InterSources Inc.

It’s all about harnessing the real power of data. InterSources Inc was founded in 2007 providing intelligent data solutions to clients across industries and geographies.

Over the years, we have built products on Business Intelligence & Big Data platform simplifying and transforming the way business intelligence and real-time data analytics empower Corporations and end-users using Softwares like Tableau, Business Objects, MicroStrategy, etc.

In the process, we have enabled companies to use data analytics to help better understand, predict and influence consumer behavior, identify new market opportunities as they emerge, provide to users the data they need, alert the user when and why key business metrics have changed and enable them to make smart decisions.

COMPANY SIZE
100 to 499 employees
INDUSTRY
Computer/IT Services
FOUNDED
2007
WEBSITE
https://www.intersourcesinc.com/