Programmer - Consultant - Senior COBOL Developer

Position is 100% Onsite in Blythewood, SC.

• Candidate MUST be a CURRENT SC, NC, or GA Resident AND be willing to relocate to SC at least 5 business days prior to the start date at their own expense.
• Interview Process: 2 Rounds of Virtual Interviews

The selected resource will need to successfully complete the following screenings once in onboarding:

• 7 Year Standard Background Check & Credit History Check
• 7-Year Certified Driving Record (MVR)
• Fingerprinting - this MUST be done in South Carolina at least 5 business days before the resource starts

The Agency is seeking a Programmer - Consultant - Phoenix Infrastructure AND MCS.

Scope of the project:
This assignment is for maintenance, support, and development of the core Agency business systems supporting South Carolina's drivers and vehicles. This system supports legislative and federal requirements for traffic violation processing for South Carolina. This system is a Client-Server system utilizing COBOL as the back end and .NET as the human interface. The position is within the COBOL development team as the Senior Programmer / Team Lead. This position reports to the Agency COBOL development manager and will directly support the Agency core business system known as Phoenix.

This position will require CJIS information security certification which the Agency will sponsor. Candidate must be able to work independently. Excellent communications skills are required.

Daily duties / responsibilities:

1. Analyze the Phoenix core business system and assigned tickets for development and/or system modification.
2. Take the lead in analyzing and proposing solutions to assigned tickets and projects.
3. Partner with business units to develop business specifications, translate those business specifications into technical specifications, and obtain business sign-off of specifications.
4. Code, test, promote, and interact with impacted users ensuring that solution meets requirements as documented in the specifications.
5. Production support for the Phoenix system.
6. Provide daily and weekly status to the development manager and business analyst(s).

Required Skills:

• 10+ Years of Experience with Visual and/or Micro Focus COBOL
• 1+ Year of Experience with Visual COBOL V9
• 10+ Years of experience with computer system analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation techniques and practices for developing new systems or modifying existing systems.
• 10+ Years of Experience developing and maintaining complex, mission critical applications in a Windows based Client Server environment.
• 10+ Years of Experience Leading a technical software development team in planning and deployment of software systems.
• 10+ Years of Experience coding and testing complex COBOL based business systems in an Oracle SQL database and Windows based client-server environment.
• 10+ Years Experience providing Level 3 (L3) production support.
• 10+ Years Experience functioning as the primary contact with business units to develop and review business and technical specifications and ensure delivery of specified functionality.

Preferred Skills:

• Oracle 19+ SQL
• Familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET / C# development environment
• Experience working in a Governmental environment

Preferred Certifications:

• Visual COBOL technical certifications

Additional Skills:

• Experience mentoring and guiding less experienced technical colleagues
• Proven proficiency communicating effectively with users, vendors, staff members and management both orally and in writing.
• Ability to plan, define, lead, direct, instruct, and review project work and personnel.

Education:

• Prefer Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a closely related discipline with 10 Years of Experience.
• Experience in a government agency environment is extremely helpful.