COBOL Developer

Role: Cobol Developer

Location: New York, NY

Duration: Long Term (36 months)

Job Description:

Mandatory Skills:

• Minimum of five (5) years of recent experience developing applications using COBOL for CICS and batch programs.
• Superior proficiency with mainframe applications built with JCL, COBOL and CICS.
• Experience working with VSAM files and DB2, integrating existing designs with new requirements.
• Strong experience developing in Mainframe environment resolving complex and conflicting design issues.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience developing applications in IBM VSE mainframe environment.
• Experience working with stored procedures and SQL in MS SQL 2005 or above.
• Quick job utility language experience.
• Experience developing applications in REXX.
• Experience developing applications in IBM VSE mainframe environment.
• Experience working with stored procedures and SQL in MS SQL 2005 or above.

Technical Ability Mandatory Requirements:

• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and information gathering skills along with fundamental technique troubleshooting abilities.
• Strong SQL knowledge working with complex queries and stored procedures.
• Proficiency in LINUX Shell scripting, C#, and VB.NET
• Proficiency in SSRS reports' development and administration.
• Strong analytical skills demonstrated by the ability to receive and analyze requirements and propose a suitable solution that adheres to the team's methodology.
• Ability to work in multiple environments: IBM Mainframe, Windows Server, and SQL Server.
• Proficiency in mainframe applications encompassing COBOL and CICS.
• Proficiency in Control-M creating Jobs, Smart Folders, Schedules with complex interdependencies. Understanding of data structures and their relationship to ETL applications.
• Ability to quickly understand complex mainframe systems.
• Exceptional presentation and organizational skills.
• High written and oral communication skills.