Mainframe Programmer Analyst

Position : Mainframe Programmer Analyst

Location : Wethersfield, Connecticut 06161

Candidate must be within 100 miles

Duration : 12+ Months

The agency desires to maintain a hybrid work schedule. Two days per week onsite minimum. Due to the nature of the upcoming work, face-to-face discussions are most productive especially at the beginning of large project planning sessions.

Summary :

Provide general support of Client's licensing applications. Upcoming initiative includes the replat formeing of the mainframe-based licensing system. The candidate must be proficient with mainframe platform skills including CICS, batch analysis, and SOAP web services. With the licensing system moving to to a new platform, necessary skills include.NET development, and web services. Advanced skills developing Restful web services is a primary consideration for this engagement.

The project that we are gearing up for is the refactoring of a mainframe application to a modern underlying infrastructure. The candidate will be expected to assist with the transition of the legacy mainframe application from CICS, COBOL, VSam to a .NET framework, C#, SQL environment.

The ideal candidate :

will be proficient in .NET, C#, and SQL

must have a strong understanding of CICS, COBOL, VSam to support the legacy system transition will additionally have strong skills for developing RESTful API's to support data exchange between various systems

SCOPE OF WORK

What does the project / work entail. Include all detailed requirements.

Assist with major projects including AAMVA-related

Cross-train in generating web-services used to communicate between in-house and out-of-house applications that may, or may not, also reside on a mainframe

Become familar with day-to-day support with the goal of accepting responsibilities such as : a) supporting m / f customer support; b) completing requests for ad hoc reporting; 3) analizing and enhancing existing CICS and batch code in order to enhance processing or to resolve issues

Provide assistance in re-platforming mainframe applications to a yet-to-be-determined platform

Experience

• .NET, .NET, Proficient (4-6 Years), Yes

C#, C#, Proficient (4-6 Years), Yes

CICS, CICS, Novice (1-3 Years), Yes

COBOL, COBOL, Novice (1-3 Years), Yes

RESTful API's, RESTful API's, Novice (1-3 Years), Yes

SQL, SQL, Proficient (4-6 Years), Yes

VSam, VSam, Novice (1-3 Years), Yes