Senior Mainframe Applications Developer (COBOL, DB2, Natural, CICS)

Senior Mainframe Applications Developer (COBOL, DB2, Natural, CICS)

Location : Austin Texas ( 100% Remote Role in Texas )
 

Experience: Minimum 12-15+ Years Must 

 

 

Looks for someone with experience working for the State / Federal Workforce or Labor Department. ( Minimum 2-3+ Years )

 

Advanced proficiency in writing, testing, and debugging COBOL, Natural, and JCL applications within a large-scale mainframe environment.

Hands-on experience analyzing, modifying, and optimizing DB2 tables, schemas, and relational databases to integrate new data structures into existing systems.

Knowledge of scripting and batch processing in legacy and current technology to modify online user screens (CICS/Map environments), runtime routines, and complex background batch processing jobs.

Knowledge of Web API Development, including SOAP, REST, XML, and JSON, REST, with specific experience mapping and parsing external web-service data streams into legacy mainframe backend processing.

Experience implementing secure user authentication and authorization protocols using enterprise frameworks such as LDAP, SAML, or OIDC.

Experienced in analyzing existing legacy routines and batch processing workflows to integrate new functional elements and modify underlying DB2 database tables.

Knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principles, practices and techniques of application programming and software design

Ability to accurately test software applications using a data driven development approach

Skill in solving problems; in scheduling, testing, installing, and implementing programs; and in troubleshooting computer software systems

Expertise in analyzing undocumented or highly customized legacy code routines to perform precise gap analysis and impact mapping.

Prior experience specifically implementing or maintaining NASWA SIDES (State Information Data Exchange System) exchanges and technical specifications.

Strong functional knowledge of UI program workflows, specifically involving Additional Fact-Finding (ADF), Determinations and Decisions (DD), Monetary/Potential Charges (MPC), and Benefit Charges (BC).

SDLC tools – Visio, ALM Octane

Experience handling and securing sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (PII) within a state or federal agency framework.

Experience with automating identity management services to include user authentication and authorization using an authentication framework, using Azure, Okta, LDAP, Entra