COBOL Developers
Client: Georgia State Labor Board
No of opening: 5
Location: Atlanta, GA
Duration: 6+ month
MOI: Phone/Skype
We have multiple contract openings for COBOL Developers supporting the Georgia State Labor Board. Since it is a State entity, the rates are not always very high, but if you know of any COBOL Developers looking that will work in Atlanta, please let me know. Listed below is the job description:
We are seeking 5 COBOL Developers for a 6 month+ contract (with options for extensions) in Atlanta, GA. These roles will be onsite in downtown Atlanta, GA and will be responsible for the following:
- VSAM to DB2 Conversions.
- Provide design leadership in large or complex development projects with COBOL/CICS expertise involving application development, migrations, and additions to existing applications.
- Participate in project meetings with other technical staff and business owners and subject matter experts
- Work with other leads/architects to define best practices and coding standards. Review application in progress of development to ensure compliance with overall design parameters and corporate development standards
- Assess and develop high level design requirements for project and communicate in writing or in meetings with development team. Assess detailed specifications against design requirements
- Write technical documentation including program specifications, data flow diagrams, etc.
- Guide and mentor less experienced programmers/developers on technical work/issues
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology or other related technical discipline.
- Experience in coding mainframe applications using COBOL,CICS, DB2, VSAM
- Experience in the use of HTML and JavaScript
- Experience with Easytrieve/JCL
Nice to have experience:
- Experience with Java is a plus
- Experience will Dell Transaction Processing Environment/Batch Processing Environment is a plus
Attributes desired:
- Motivated self-starter – works well independently, but ability to also work well in a team environment
- Demonstrates professional behavior under pressure
- Ability to resolve complex and diverse issues by identifying underlying or hidden problems and patterns
- Clear understanding of end-to-end application delivery in a multi-platform environment (mainframe, client server, web).
- Knowledgeable and experienced in the full Systems Development Life Cycle and Testing Methodologies.
- Comfortable in interacting with staff and management, including Executive levels.
- Must be meticulous in creating high quality, high value deliverables
- Ability to write technical design documentation in clear and understandable fashion
- Possess well developed communication skills – oral, written, listening. Good analytical and negotiation skills, and close attention to detail.
- Ability to multitask and stay well organized
- Must have strong collaboration skills
Shailesh
Source InfoTech Inc,
shailesh@sourceinfotech.com
646-201-5320