Senior COBOL Developer

Job Title: Senior COBOL Developer

Job Location: Harrisburg, PA (Hybrid 1 day onsite weekly)

Job Type: 06-12 Months Contract

Overview: The Developer is responsible for using approved programming languages, operating systems and source code to create, enhance, and maintain application solutions that meet the identified functional and non-functional business requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Code/build application solutions in a COBOL/DB2/CICS environment from specifications provided by Requirements Analysts and Application Integration Architects.
• Assist in migration and future support of the current system in a cloud environment utilizing existing COBOL code.
• Develop and execute unit tests and functional test coverage for assigned coding changes to ensure code quality.
• Perform testing of application software modifications utilizing various programming platforms and productivity tools and review results for accuracy.
• Perform coding and testing in multiple systems and/or processes.
• Follow processes and procedures to ensure the quality of technical solutions.
• Lead and/or assist with presentations in code reviews.
• Participate in broader technical reviews used to detect defects in requirements, design, code, test cases, or other project artefacts.
• Perform documentation of all code changes.
• Support Senior Developers in compiling detailed activity task management including recording work effort and providing estimates of time to complete tasks.
• Support Senior Developers in the design and development of proof of concept and prototype application environments.
• Develop and maintain code repositories according to established version management approaches and methods as defined.
• Follow code construction fundamentals for coding practices, guidelines for the use of data, control-related concepts, and error-detection practices
• Assist in the identification and evaluation of risks; participate in mitigation and control activities.
• Provide rotating 24/7 on-call support in support of systems and applications in production.
• Perform production support activities including incident and problem management, code corrections, upgrades and patches.