What are the responsibilities and job description for the COBOL Mainframe Programmer/Developer position at Synectics Inc.?
Job Description
Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.
Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.
Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.
Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.
Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.
- Under general supervision, designs, codes, tests, modifies and debugs computer software.
- Analyzes, researches, and resolves problems.
- Develops program documentation.
- This role involves translating business requirements into robust programming solutions, maintaining and enhancing custom software, and providing production support.
- This is a consulting position offering a challenging opportunity to contribute to critical projects and enhance your technical skills in a dynamic environment.
- Translate analysis and design documents, as well as specifications, into well-structured programs.
- Maintain and enhance custom developed software by modifying and testing user data entry screens, batch processing, reports, queries, and menus.
- Conduct thorough reviews of existing code, data, and business processes to support non-database functions.
- Execute test program changes, update test files, run tests, review results, and ensure the correctness of program changes based on provided requirements.
- Identify and correct data errors through application logic and develop data analysis/summary reports utilizing IBM and Microsoft tools.
- Assist with the conversion from COBOL application to web-based application.
- Prepare both program-level and user-level documentation to support the software development lifecycle.
- Enhance software to reduce operating time or improve efficiency, following organization guidelines and procedures for code management and deployment.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in COBOL development on Mainframe, JCL development and maintenance
- Proven experience with COBOL, DB2 , JCL, Control-M
- Solid understanding of the full software development life cycle, including design, development, integration testing, and deployment.
- Ability to troubleshoot, test, and debug computer software to produce required outcomes.
- Strong analytical skills to support non-database functions, correct data errors, and develop data analysis/summary reports.
- Experience in preparing comprehensive documentation for both program-level and user-level.
- Excellent communication skills to obtain user sign-off on all changes prior to moving to production.
- Capability to follow organization guidelines and procedures for checking out source code, migrating changes, etc.
- Commitment to enhancing software for improved efficiency and reduced operating time.
- Java programing knowledge
- AWS hands on experience
- Postgres DB experience
- Kofax
- Possess a deep understanding of the COBOL programming language, and JCL on IBM/DELL mainframe operating systems.
Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.
Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.
Vision Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.
Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.
Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.
