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Mainframe Application Programmer

JRD Systems
Downey, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 11/26/2025 CLOSED ON 12/25/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mainframe Application Programmer position at JRD Systems?

The Senior Application Programmer for Mainframe Systems is responsible for analyzing and refining systems requirements; translating systems requirements into applications prototypes; planning and designing systems architecture; writing, debugging and maintaining code; determining and designing applications architecture; determining output media/formats; designing user interfaces; working with customers to test applications; assuring software and systems quality and functionality; integrating hardware and software components; writing and maintaining program documentation; evaluating new applications software technologies; and/or ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles and practices to the delivery of application software services.

Skills Preferred

Strong background using IMS, JCL, CICS, and SPUFI via COBOL and DB2.

Experience Required

This classification must have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in electronic data processing systems design and programming with one or more of the software set forth below. LANGUAGES: COBOL, Natural/ SuperNatural, IMS/DB/DC, DB2/SQL, Assembler, SAS, CICS; MF FOCUS; TOOLS/UTILITIES: MVS JCL, MVS TSO/ISPF, IBM OPTIM, FILE Manager, SPUFI, ICEMAN/ICETOOLS, SORT, VSAM, CLIST, FTP, DYL260/280, CA Gen (CoolGen), CA Endevor, CA Spool, CA OM Web Viewer, IBM Websphere, Debugger, N2O; DATABASES: DB2, IMS, ADABAS, FOCUS; OS: z/OS; OTHER: EntireX, ASP, HTML, Cloverleaf.

Experience Preferred

Experience with IMS/DB2/COBOL/CICS programming in a mainframe environment.

Additional Information

This assignment will require onsite work 5 days (M-F) per week initially and gradually allowing up to 2 days telework days after 6 months, depending on the current project requirements.

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