Sr. Mainframe Developer (COBOL/DB2/Natural)

City : Austin

State : Texas

Neos is Seeking a Sr. Mainframe Developer (COBOL/DB2/Natural) for a long-term contract role with our client in Austin, TX.

***REMOTE (TEXAS) - ONLY CANDIDATES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN TEXAS WILL BE CONSIDERED***

Workers may be required to come ONSITE into the office (Austin, Texas 78778)

with seventy-two hours' notice.

No calls, no emails, please respond directly to the "apply" link with your resume and contact details.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

Scope / Description of Services

The Worker(s) will provide the following services:

• Perform advanced automated systems development work as a member of the project team implementing the four standardized NASWA SIDES exchanges:
  • Additional Fact-Finding (ADF)
  • Determinations
  • Monetary Charges
  • Benefit Charges
• Perform activities during all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including:
  • Requirements analysis
  • Documentation
  • Coding
  • Testing
  • Troubleshooting
  • Customer support
• Develop and test COBOL, Natural, and JCL applications to meet design specifications.
• Document current processes.
• Create and review project specification modifications.
• Develop test cases for new and modified programs.
• Analyze, document, design, and develop logical structured applications that can be maintained by others.
• Test applications in accordance with agency standards.
• Ensure adherence to programming documentation, procedural standards, and management objectives.
• Integrate incoming and outgoing NASWA SIDES exchange data streams into the existing legacy processing architecture.
• Modify:
  • Runtime routines
  • User interface screens
  • Database tables
  • Batch processing jobs
• Execute dedicated analysis for each NASWA SIDES exchange because of differing:
  • Data formats
  • Validation rules
  • Processing triggers
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 8 years Advanced proficiency writing, testing, and debugging COBOL, Natural, and JCL applications within large-scale mainframe environments.
• 8 years Hands-on experience analyzing, modifying, and optimizing DB2 tables, schemas, and relational databases.
• 8 years Knowledge of scripting and batch processing, including modifying CICS/Map online screens, runtime routines, and batch jobs.
• 8 years Knowledge of Web API development using SOAP, REST, XML, and JSON, including mapping external web-service data into legacy mainframe processing.
• 8 years Experience implementing secure authentication and authorization using LDAP, SAML, or OIDC.
• 8 years Experience analyzing existing legacy routines and batch processing workflows to integrate new functionality and modify DB2 databases.
• 8 years Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principles, software design, and application programming.
• 8 years Ability to accurately test software applications using data-driven development approaches.
• 8 years Skill in troubleshooting, testing, scheduling, installing, implementing, and supporting software systems.
• 8 years Expertise analyzing undocumented or highly customized legacy code to perform impact analysis and gap assessments.

Preferred Qualifications

• 2 years Experience implementing or maintaining NASWA SIDES exchanges.
• 3 years Functional knowledge of:
  • Additional Fact-Finding (ADF)
  • Determinations & Decisions (DD)
  • Monetary/Potential Charges (MPC)
  • Benefit Charges (BC)
• 2 years Experience with SDLC tools including Visio and ALM Octane.
• 3 years Experience handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII) within state or federal agencies.
• 3 years Experience with identity management and authentication frameworks including Azure, Okta, LDAP, and Entra.

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