What are the responsibilities and job description for the Colbol Developer position at UNIVERSAL Technologies?
UNIVERSAL Technologies is seeking a Cobol Developer for a hybrid position in Brooklyn, NY. Active LinkedIn preferred. The selected candidate will support ongoing business process improvement initiatives through application design, development, enhancement, and production support within a complex mainframe environment.
***Must be able to work 2 days onsite in Brooklyn, NY.
WHO WE ARE
UNIVERSAL Technologies, LLC is a Women-Owned (M/WBE) IT solutions and consulting company focused on delivering enterprise systems that significantly improve clients IT performance. Since 1997, UNIVERSAL Technologies has delivered high-quality consulting services to public sector and private sector clients in the areas of Application Development, Business and Systems Analysis, Project Management, Cyber Security, Network Engineering, and Enterprise Architecture.
WHAT WE OFFER
- Competitive compensation
- Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Group Life Insurance
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Health Savings Account (HSA) / Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Pre-Tax Transportation Program
- Generous Paid Time Off and Holiday Policy
MANDATORY SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
- Minimum of five (5) years of recent experience developing applications using COBOL for CICS and batch programs
- Strong proficiency with mainframe applications utilizing JCL, COBOL, and CICS
- Experience working with VSAM files and DB2, including integrating existing designs with new business requirements
- Experience developing applications in complex Mainframe environments and resolving conflicting design issues
- Ability to quickly understand and support complex mainframe systems
- Experience analyzing business requirements and designing application solutions
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and production support skills
- Experience identifying and resolving production issues impacting application code modules
- Experience monitoring system processes and executing production data cleanup activities
- Excellent presentation, communication, and organizational skills
- Experience developing applications in IBM VSE mainframe environments preferred
- Experience working with stored procedures and SQL in MS SQL Server 2005 or higher preferred
- Quik job utility language experience preferred
SCOPE OF SERVICES
- Analyze business requirements and design application solutions to support business process improvement initiatives
- Develop, modify, and enhance mainframe applications within a COBOL/CICS environment
- Integrate distributed systems with existing mainframe applications and infrastructure
- Improve and automate existing business processes where appropriate
- Execute production data analysis and cleanup activities
- Monitor assigned system processes and support ongoing operational stability
- Track, document, and report application issues and resolutions accurately
- Identify and troubleshoot production issues impacting code modules and system functionality
- Escalate production timelines and risks as necessary to meet project and operational deadlines
- Collaborate with technical and business teams to support application enhancements and operational objectives
UNIVERSAL Technologies is an equal opportunity employer.