Need local
POSITION
Junior / Mid-Level Mainframe Developer
LOCATION
Jersey City, NJ-hybrid must be local
DURATION
6-12-month contract
REQUIRED SKILLS
Responsibilities
- Provides day to day, support, ad-hoc requests and maintenance of designated software and systems.
- Handles complex application features and technical designs.
- Assists in accomplishing of technical departmental goals and objectives.
- Responsible for the analysis of project requirements, design and the development of technical specifications.
- Develops, tests, debugs and implements code for existing and / or proposed business applications.
- Ability to perform a variety of tasks of varying complexities and work independently in a dynamic (changing) environment.
- Able to lead a project and / or set of assignments, take ownership, and operate with minimum supervision and guidance.
- Responsible for all procedural and code documentation on assigned projects.
- May perform the role of Lead / Project Coordinator for projects with limited scope / duration.
- Excellent understanding of the entire project life cycle.
- Works with Business Users and other leads to transform business requirements into functional specifications / application implementation requirements.
- Actively participates in the development process, Quality Assurance cycle, and implementation to ensure that standards have been followed.
- Provides first time Implementation coverage & Support for applicable PSE & Production mainframe code changes.
- May participate in Production Incident Management calls for supported Application.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience.Experience coding and debugging Mainframe Platforms.Strong hands-on knowledge of COBOL SQL coding, CICS, debugging and utilities.JCL / PROC, VSAM, SYNCSORT and file-based interfaces.CICS coding, performance / tuning / design concepts, debugging and utilities.Strong Relational Database skills : DB2 / SQL and file-based interfaces.Proficient with Xpediter, Intertest and other mainframe tools.Strong knowledge of CA-Scheduler, and IBM utilities.Knowledge of MQSeries coding in both the batch and CICS environments.Knowledge of XML a plus.Proficient using Microsoft Word, EXCEL, PowerPoint, VISIO.