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Senior COBOL Developer

Novalink Solutions
  • West Columbia, South Carolina
    3 days ago

    Job Description

    This assignment is for maintenance, support, and development of the core DMV 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 withing the COBOL
    development team as the Senior Programmer / Team Lead. This position reports to the SCDMV COBOL
    development manager and will directly support the SCDMV core business system known as Phoenix.
    This position will require CJIS information security certification which SCDMV 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:
    • 6+ Years of Experience with Visual and/or Micro Focus COBOL
    • Working knowledge of Visual COBOL V9
    • 10+ Years of Experience developing and maintaining complex, mission critical applications in a
    Windows based Client Server environment.
    • 5+ 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.
    • 5+ Years Experience providing Level 3 (L3) production support
    • 5+ Years Experience functioning as the primary contact with business units to develop and review
    business and technical specifications and ensure delivery of specified functionality.
    • 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.
    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 experiences 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:
    Bachelor’s Degree In Computer Science or a closely related discipline with 10 Years of Experience.
    Work Mode:
    Hybrid. Strong preference for fully onsite presence for the training period. After training, a schedule of two
    days remote per week at maximum can be discussed with the resource and hiring manager.
    Candidate Location:
    Candidates must be CURRENT Residents of SC, NC, or GA

    Requirements

    Programmer - Consultant - Phoenix Infrastructure AND MCS

    Scope of the project:
    This assignment is for maintenance, support, and development of the core DMV 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 withing the COBOL development team as the Senior Programmer / Team Lead. This position reports to the SCDMV COBOL development manager and will directly support the SCDMV core business system known as Phoenix.
    This position will require CJIS information security certification which SCDMV 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:
    6+ Years of Experience with Visual and/or Micro Focus COBOL
    Working Knowledge of Visual Cobol V9
    10+ Years of Experience developing and maintaining complex, mission critical applications in a Windows based Client Server environment.
    5+ 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.
    5+ Years Experience providing Level 3 (L3) production support
    5+ Years Experience functioning as the primary contact with business units to develop and review business and technical specifications and ensure delivery of specified functionality.
    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.

    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.



    Numbers & Facts

    LocationWest Columbia, South Carolina
    IndustryStaffing/Employment Agencies
    Company Size20 to 49 employees
    Year Founded2004
    Websitehttp://www.novalink-solutions.com/

    About Company

    Novalink, founded in 2003 , is a leading consulting and staffing company serving clients in public and private sectors in Information Technology, Telecommunications (IT/Telecom), Technical Networks, Finance, and Administration. With government agencies as our primary clientele, our team has a proven track record of success in providing temporary personnel solutions and managing government deliverables-based projects over the past 20 years.

    Skills

    • Analysis Skillsunmatched
    • Business Analysisunmatched
    • Business Developmentunmatched
    • Business Solutionsunmatched
    • Business Supportunmatched
    • Cobol Programming Languageunmatched
    • Communication Skillsunmatched
    • Computer Programmingunmatched
    • Computer Scienceunmatched
    • Computer Serversunmatched
    • Computer Skillsunmatched
    • Computer Systems Designunmatched
    • Debugging Skillsunmatched
    • Governmentunmatched
    • Leadershipunmatched
    • Mentoringunmatched
    • Microsoft .NETunmatched
    • Microsoft C# (C Sharp)unmatched
    • Microsoft Visual Studio .NETunmatched
    • Microsoft Windows Operating Systemunmatched
    • Microsoft Windows Serverunmatched
    • Oracleunmatched
    • Oracle Databaseunmatched
    • People Managementunmatched
    • Production Supportunmatched
    • Project Estimatesunmatched
    • Requirements Managementunmatched
    • SQL (Structured Query Language)unmatched
    • SQL Databasesunmatched
    • Software Developmentunmatched
    • Systems Administration/Managementunmatched
    • Systems Analysisunmatched
    • Team Lead/Managerunmatched
    • Testingunmatched
    • User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)unmatched
    • Vehicle Drivingunmatched

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