Sr AS400 Developer

Overview

Job Title: Sr AS400 Developer
Location: Hybrid - King of Prussia, PA (4 days onsite/1 day remote)

Job Type: Independent Contract (Contractor / Non-Employee)
Start Date: ASAP

Pay Rate: $60-65/hr 1099 / C2C

Contract Length: 12+ Months

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Developer - AS400 to join our technology team in Hyderabad. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience in IBM i / AS400 application development, support, and maintenance, along with solid expertise in RPG, RPGLE, CL, DB2/400, and SQL/400. The role involves working on critical business applications, analyzing requirements, developing solutions, and supporting production environments.

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain AS400 applications.
• Analyze business requirements and convert them into technical specifications.
• Develop and support programs using RPG, RPGLE, CL, CLLE, SQLRPGLE, and DB2/400.
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide timely resolution.
• Perform code reviews, unit testing, and defect fixes.
• Work on enhancements, maintenance, and modernization initiatives.
• Support batch jobs, job scheduling, and system monitoring.
• Collaborate with business users, analysts, QA, and infrastructure teams.
• Ensure adherence to coding standards, release processes, and best practices.
• Prepare technical documentation and support knowledge transfer.

Qualifications

Required Skills

• 8+ years of experience in IBM AS400 / iSeries development and maintenance.
• Strong hands-on experience in RPG, RPGLE, CL, CLLE, ILE, and Free Format RPG.
• Good knowledge of DB2/400, SQL/400, DDS, physical/logical files, and stored procedures.
• Experience in incident management, problem management, and production support.
• Familiarity with job scheduling, batch processing, and AS400 utilities.
• Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and handle multiple priorities.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in code migration or modernization from fixed format to free format RPG.
• Exposure to tools such as IBM Job Scheduler, ROBOT, and change management tools.
• Knowledge of MQ, Connect Direct, SFTP, or interface integrations.
• Experience in Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
• Good communication and stakeholder management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in AS400 development.

Pay Range

USD $60.00 - USD $65.00 /Hr.