Beacon Technologies is seeking a Programmer Analyst IV for our client partner. This position will provide expert level programming and analysis for KIDS Mainframe and distributed applications on projects with federal, state, administrative mandate. The program is a large/complex (1000 program, 400 table) MVS/COBOL/DB2/CICS system with additional .NET distributed applications. Successful candidates must have proven development experience in MVS/SAS/COBOL/CICS/DB2/JCL languages and also some Microsoft .Net Web development experience. Candidates will have experience with structured analysis and design, as well as an understanding of full Systems Development Life Cycle. Project duties will be to work as a programmer analyst and part of a team to develop and maintain child support applications.
Project duties will also include scheduling, analysis, design, coding, testing, quality assurance, ad hoc reporting (SAS), development of user documentation, training materials and help screens. First consideration will be given to those candidates that have experience with child support enforcement systems or large case management, financial or state automated systems (i.e., UI, TANF, TAX). Preference will be given to qualified candidates with business in Child Support business area, prior experience with the KIDS system, and familiarity with State of Wisconsin application systems, procedures, and development standards.
POSTING IS FOR WISCONSIN BASED CANDIDATES ONLY (OR THOSE WILLING TO RELOCATE TO WISCONSIN WITHIN 30 DAYS OF THE START DATE). Candidates that are NOT located IN WISCONSIN or willing TO RELOCATE will NOT be considered and should not be submitted.
Top Desired Skills Required For The Position

• Application Development and Support of CICS/DB2/COBOL/SAS/JCL Mainframe Systems and also Microsoft .Net Application
• Development utilizing DB2 or similar relational database.
• Changeman and Control-M.
• Ability to identify and create test data, create and modify files and JCL to support validation/QA of system changes.
• Experience using SQL, SPUFI, Platinum, File Manager, Debugger, QMF Tools or equivalent.
• Experience completing Unit/Development Testing, Systems Testing, and Supporting User Acceptance Testing.
• Experience supporting a financial and case management child support system – all phases of the systems development life cycle.

Qualifications & Desired Experience

• Analytical/Problem Solving Skills 10 years
• Excellent oral and written communication skills 10 years
• Experience in Technical Writing and Documentation 10 years
• Application Development and Support – all phases of the systems development life cycle – supporting a CICS/DB2/COBOL/SAS/JCL
• Mainframe Systems 10 years
• Application Development and Support of IIS/ASP.NET/MVC/DB2/Oracle Server Based Systems 3 years
• Databases – DB2 10 years
• CICS, COBOL 10 years
• Changeman 10 years
• IT Technology - Skills and Concepts 10 years
• SAS 5 years
• Financial and Case Management Child Support Enforcement: Systems development and maintenance experience 10 years
• Knowledge of BMC Products (Control-M, Control-D, Control-O) for scheduling and output 5 years

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