Senior Mainframe Engineer (Cobol Developer)

Senior Mainframe Engineer (Cobol Developer)

Senior Mainframe Engineer (Cobol Developer) Description:

This person provides ongoing development and maintenance for major financial systems including A/R, Billing and Sales Reporting applications. Leads in small to midsize projects, analysis and design of new or improved systems, ability to deal with complex development issues such as multi-platform development, and small size project management which don’t cross departmental boundaries.

Senior Mainframe Engineer (Cobol Developer) Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or directly related experience
• 6 years development experience as application engineer/sr. programmer analyst
• 5 years mainframe COBOL and/or Mainframe/iSeries development experience
• 5 years relational database experience

Senior Mainframe Engineer (Cobol Developer) Preferred Skills:

• Understanding of logistics order-to-delivery process, distribution functions or transportation processes
• Experience with Account Receivable systems
• Experience with ASI Accounts Receivable system
• Knowledge of Cobol Programming on Mainframe and iSeries platforms
• Knowledge of DB2, Oracle, SQL, SSIS and SSRS
• Ability to be flexible/multi-task based on workflow demands

Senior Mainframe Engineer (Cobol Developer) Key Responsibilities:

• Develops, tests, and implements changes to existing mainframe COBOL programs/applications including integration with MQ and API middleware.
• Works closely with client resources to assist in solution design and implementation
• Supports user/customer community to capture system requirements.
• Works with multiple systems (i.e. Order Processing, Warehouse Processing, Billing, Sales, Credit Processing)
• Manages projects that require work from others.
• Creates project plans and manipulates the key factors (time, resources, and functionality) in order to offer alternatives to project sponsors.
• Communicates project status and issues.
• Enforces good development practices.
• Investigates new technologies and new techniques.
• Develops and modifies internal facing software applications.
• Provides application development life cycle support including specifications, prototypes, development, quality assurance, deployment and support.
• Reviews and evaluates application workflow and user experience.
• Provides adequate tests to ensure program meets specified requirements.
• Coordinates with users and product owners to gather requirements.