Mainframe Developer

Work Arrangement: Hybrid

In-Person Interviews Only - No exceptions

4-year college degree or equivalent technical study

SUMMARY:

Contractor will be required to collaborate and provide technical expertise to the ITO and Agency unit to develop a technical solution to implement business/system requirements. All contractor personnel will be under the direct supervision of a Project Manager for the Agency’s Information Technology Office (ITO) or other designated ITO representative.

The Mainframe consultant will develop and/or receive program specification requirements. These specifications will describe the coding to be done. Contractor will be required to deliver new or modified programs, successfully unit test their work, develop supportive documentation, and participate with the users in the system testing of their programs. Experience with database conversions is desired and helpful.

Qualifications and Skills:

*Hands-on experience in coding, testing and debugging programs written in COBOL/CICS/DB2.

*Experience with IBM OS/JCL (MVS) and IBM/DB2.

*Experience with CICS

*Experience in conversions for IDMS/DC to CICS, IDMS to DB2.

*Experience in Usability Testing (participate with the users in the system testing of programs)

The ideal candidate can:

*The consultant must have the ability to clearly and effectively communicate both written and oral with technical and non-technical personnel.

Responsibilities:

Attain a complete understanding of the Civil Case Management system and additional Judiciary applications in order to develop from the business/system requirements.

Develop and/or receive program specification requirements.

Contractor will be required to deliver new or modified programs.

Successfully unit test their work and system testing of programs with users.

Develop supportive documentation.

Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience

COBOL Coding, testing & Debugging-Required 5 Years IBM OS/JCL (MVS)-Required 5 Years

CICS including Coding, testing & debugging-Required 5 Years

IBM/DB2 including Coding, testing & debugging-Required 5 Years

Experience developing supportive documentation-Required 5 Years

Experience in Usability Testing (participate with the users in the system testing of their programs)-Required 5 Years

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate with internal and external groups-Required 5 Years

Stored Procedures-Required 5 Years

Overall technical and IT experience 5 plus years-Required 5 Years

4-year college degree or equivalent technical study-Required 4 Years

IDMS to DB2 Conversion-Desired 5 Years

IDMS/DC to CICS Conversion-Desired 5 Years

Question 1

One-hour unpaid lunch. Do you accept this requirement?