Mainframe Developer - COBOL/JCL

Technical Skills :

- COBOL, DB2, JCL, SQL

- Good Knowledge of Endevor, Quick3270, Microfocus ALM, MQ Series/ALM tools, CVS or similar Code Vault

- Has some background in DB Modelling

- IT technical background & mainframe programming experience

- Experience in all components of software delivery with concentration in requirements, design and development.

- Quick starter to troubleshoot/resolve incidents and business support items

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

- Ability to multi-task effectively

- Prioritize Business Impact and Urgency

- Perform application support tasks like: systems support, security reviews, & maintenance tasks

- Testing experience

- Ability to learn new technologies and methodologies quickly.

Nice to have :

- Exposure to collaboration tools like SharePoint, Fileshare

Minimum Educational Qualification : A degree in Computer Science or equivalent or a related discipline; or equivalent work experience.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities :

- Adhere to security and control, and change control processes

- Design, develop and maintain Mainframe Cobol and DB2 stored procedures to meet support and/or project requirements.

- Learn and support various custom frameworks (C based)

- Interface with business and IT teams to understand business requirements and translate business requirements into formal technical requirements and application code.

- Work with IT support teams (DBA, server teams) to ensure support and project requirements are developed and successfully implemented

- Develop and execute unit test and integration plans/scripts to validate that application changes meet technical specifications.

- Responsible for full System Development Life Cycle

- Work with business team to complete acceptance testing and participate in integration testing

- Participate in production support/ duty rotation including weekend and off-hour support coverage

- Provide Solution Delivery Methodology artefacts associated with application components.

- Participate in technical reviews at appropriate stages of development

- Making the existing system Health Benefit Processing (Smile) GenAI-ready will be one of the main tasks over the next few years.