Are you an experienced Cobol Developer with a desire to excel? If so, then Talent Software Services may have a job for you! Our client is seeking an experienced Cobol Developer to work at their company in Berkeley Heights, NJ.

Position Summary: We're looking for a Senior Application Analyst with experience in mainframe systems. You will be working in Payment Transaction Settlement on multiple PTS application platforms. You’ll be providing system and application support of primarily a mainframe environment and end-to-end application delivery. You will be responding to system and application issues, leading hardware and software upgrades, disaster recovery procedures, system audits, and implementing client programming projects. It’s a customer-focused senior application analyst position with an emphasis on analyzing business requirements, creating functional technical designs, and code development utilizing IDMS, DB2, VSAM and COBOL in a batch environment.

Primary Responsibilities/Accountabilities:

• Developing program logic for new applications or analyzes and modifies logic in existing applications.
• Performance tuning and testing of mainframe code, troubleshooting performance problems, preparing code for deployment and finishing all vital Waterfall SDLC documentation.
• Writing code, programs, tests, and analyzes new application software.
• Working on online and batch applications that support credit & debit card processing.
• Writing and modifies COBOL programs to process data to fund and bill merchants & clear to associations.
• Unit testing program changes using IDMS, DB2, JCL, PROCs and test VSAM and flat files.
• Providing recommendations towards the development of new code or reuse of existing code.
• Developing customized solutions within the platform to support critical business functions and meet project objectives, client requirements, and company goals.
• Interacting with Product Managers, Project Managers, GIO (Global Infrastructure Operations) resources and Client/Partner IT resources to collaborate on projects.
• Consulting with users, to determine software or system functional specifications.
• Attending meeting and conference calls to review the business requirements document.
• Designing and developing computer systems or programs, based on user defined requirements.
• Creating high level and detailed design documents that support credit & debit card processing projects.
• Presenting design documents via TEAMS meeting to the business for sign off.
• Developing mainframe applications for PTS application set across platforms.
• Providing leadership, supervision and coaching for a specific project.
• Delivering project documents, HLD, DDD, timelines, I-plans to the project manager.
• Adhering to established standards and consults with senior managers on technology solutions.
• Responsible for assigning resources and delegating tasks to meet project deliverables.
• Will be part of the on-call rotation to handle issues that could occur with the application such as job abends.
• The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree with 8 years of experience in applicable field OR Advanced Degree in applicable field with 6 years of relevant experience.
• 8 years of mainframe experience in IBM JCL, CA7, JCL, and utilities, COBOL, REXX, EasyTrieve, VSAM, IDMS, Endevor, File Master, Dispatch, View, UniTech and Remedy utilities.
• Experience with MasterCard, Visa, Discover, American Express and Diner's International merchant acquiring; settlement balancing and error processing.
• Experience with the Waterfall Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Preferred:

• Advanced Degree and/or Technology Certifications.
• Experience in merchant acquiring system and credit & debit card international processing & integration services.
• Experience in settlement, interchange, and authorization targets for application modifications.
• Exposure to common Merchant Acquirer Information Security concepts and practices.
• Have functional-technical knowledge of payment authorization, fraud detection systems, and smart routing applications.
• Experience with payment e-commerce systems, payment gateways, and payment processors.