AS400 Developer ( with COBOL )

AS400 Cobol Programmer - iSeries

• Immediate Long term contract. There might be a possibility of Direct Hire down the road
• Client is in Illinois. You need to be local to IL or close by with an ability to go to the office to pick up the laptop etc
• Duties include on-call support, analysis & debugging, documentation and testing. Monthly ON-CALL. 3 people in the team. Very stable application.
• They are a renowned health insurance company.

REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum of 7 years experience
• Online and batch programs using Cobol on the iSeries (AS400)
• Understanding of EDI / LDEX processing
• Skills COBOL, RPG, CL, DB2, SQL, QUERY400, ROBOT, SFTP, IMPLEMENTER, ALDON
• Responsible for end-to-end development and Maintenance of software

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Code, debug and maintain several COBOL modules on an IBMi platform.
• Convert multiple job code modules from FTP to SFTP file transfer protocol.
• Create a rolling monthly SQL table load of currently active client/product counts.
• Analyze and fix job code errors that occur in production batch processing.
• Use COBOL and CL, along with some minor SQL , RPG and QShell scripting, for back-end legacy batch maintenance and enhancements, on AS400 / iSeries / IBM i mainframe.
• Utilize Aldon and Robot Schedule tools for source code versioning and batch job oversight

The COBOL coding is minimal. Its a stable application. primary work is the FTP to SFTP conversion

The anticipated hourly rate range for this position is ($50-60). Actual hourly rate will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, retirement and/or other benefits are available after a waiting period.