Cobol Developer Contract

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Client: Government
Type: Contract
Role: Cobol Developer
Term: 1 Year + 2 year extension
Pay Rate: Negotiable
Start date: ASAP
Req ID: 5839
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On behalf of our Public Sector client, Wirehead has a new contract opportunity for a Mainframe Cobol Developer.

Requirements: What you’ll need

Skills, Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications
Deliverables:

• Draft technical requirements, and prepare detailed technical solution design for maintenance of operational enhancement of mainframe systems
• Write or change, maintain and unit test programs in IMS DB/DC Mainframe using IBM COBOL for ZOS, PL/I, BTS, JCL and CLIST, following existing standards.
• Write or change, maintain and unit test programs for conversion, and Integration (between the mainframe and application servers using tools such as Connect Direct and IMS connect), following existing standards.
• Promote programs from development to system test. System test online and batch programs. All work must follow existing standards.
• Provide support in the development & production environments.
• Develop, maintain and print reports using Clist. TSO, etc. All work is required to be completed following the MSB’s system development life cycle (SDLC).
• Prepare specifications, and document all modifications and enhancements made following existing standards.
• Provide ICON application support for the users on an ongoing basis; and
• Work with solution design lead to create data migration strategy and prepare data migration packages
• Provide application support, including participation in on-call rotation
• Support the testing teams during system and user acceptance testing
• Prepare deployment packages of code and instructions for builds in Development, UAT, and participate in knowledge transfer

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

• Over 8+ years of overall experience in entire Software Development Life Cycle
• Experience maintaining and supporting mainframe solutions and databases
• Strong knowledge of data migration processes involving mainframe systems
• Strong IBM COBOL experience and expertise with the mainframe environment
• Experience in implementing system to system integration (through APIs, web services) involving mainframe applications
• Experience working in a similar technical environment
• Experience creating and maintaining reports within mainframe system
• Demonstrated experience in the use of tools to support application analysis
• Successfully completed technical analysis of legacy applications for similar, complex environments
• Experience creating data reports for data migration
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills

Must haves:

• 5+ year experience in designing, developing and maintaining complex, mission-critical mainframe applications, operating on-line and in batch using an IMS platform and COBOL language.
• Prior Working experience with:
• Mainframe – IBM z/OS
• IMS DB/DC
• IBM COBOL
• PL/I
• ISPF
• TSO
• JCL/Clist
• Experience in implementing system to system integration (through APIs, web services) involving mainframe applications
• Experience leading data integration and migration initiatives. Including leading discovery sessions with stakeholders and members of technical team to gather, analyze and document requirements for data migration.
• Experience translating business requirements, functional specifications, system documentation, and use cases including developing detailed programming specifications, user interface designs, prototypes, configuration and customization, compiling data driven programs, conducting unit tests and debugging code.

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply for this opportunity by using the Apply button or sending your resume directly to careers@wirehead.com

We thank all candidates for their interest but advise that only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted directly. Rest assured that your resume will be kept on our database and will be considered for all future opportunities.

***This opportunity is in Toronto; preference will be given to local candidates. Wirehead does not offer a relocation package. We encourage you continue to refer to our Job listing page as new opportunities become available and updated on a regular basis. Thank you again for your interest in Wirehead!