What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cobol Programmer position at Sibitalent Corp?
Job Title: Cobol Developer
Worksite Location: 3545 Lakeland Dr, Flowood, Mississippi, 39232-8839, United States
THIS IS ONSITE 5 DAYS A WEEK FROM DAY 1
Need to have healthcare claims experience
Top Skills' Details
1. COBOL programming on a Mainframe
2. CICS (10-15% of development will be done on CICS)
3. healthcare experience (knowledge of what a claim is, what a deductible is, what an EOB is, what out of pocket is, types of insurance a payer might provide (i.e. Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, etc.), what is a denial, etc.)
Secondary Skills - Nice to Haves
• mainframe
• IBM
• AS400
• iSeries
Job Description
**Must be able to pass a hair follicle drug screen that covers the last 6 months.**
BCBS has an IBM mainframe that runs mission a critical app which is their claims adjudication system. One of the COBOL programmers on the team left BCBS, and BCBS is looking for an immediate backfill with a hybrid on site candidate for a 6 months contract to hire. They make changes to the claims system so that claims adjudicate at first pass so that a processor doesn’t have to process them. Periodic reviews that happen and they have to make routine updates. All medical claims adjudication apps are in COBOL so these are mission critical applications.
- This person is just going to be responsible for the applications side and not systems administration.
- This person should be familiar with COBOL programming specifically on a mainframe.
- This person should also be able to communicate the business side of a payer and the claims adjudication process.
Additional Skills & Qualifications
- Personality – someone who has a lot of confidence in their technical abilities and feels like they can figure it out.
- They are not looking for someone who will be tentative about everything and can’t make decisions. BCBS wants someone that can set a plan and act on those actions.
- Mentorship for the other team member would be key as well.
- Employee Value Proposition (EVP)
Work Environment
- This person will need to be based in Jackson, MS.
- BCBS is good with this person working a hybrid onsite/remote work schedule.
- Core hours will be Mon - Fri, 8-4:30 pm CST.
- Business Drivers/Customer Impact
