Mainframe Cobol Developer

Job title: Mainframe Cobol Developer

Location: Brookfield, WI

Duration: 12 months

Job description:

•         Design, code, test, debug, document, maintain, and modify computer programs of high complexity, significance, and risk

•         Participate in application architecture functions including estimating and defining time tables, cost and project tasks

•         Recommend solutions to improve business with a focus on core architecture, technology strategies and standards

•         Guide others through change impact analysis

•         Establish, refine and integrate development and test environment tools and software as needed

•         Review, analyze, refine and integrate development and test environment tools and software as needed

•         Create and recommend improvements to unit, test plans and testing process based on assessment of organizational needs

•         Collaborate closely with teams in all stages of software development lifecycle including design, development and testing of the system

•         Design basic and detailed program specifications while ensuring that expected application performance levels are achieved by managing interfaces, service levels, standards, and configurations

•         Guide technical staff and business partners to investigate, review, and solve complex, multidisciplinary business problems

•         Monitor operating efficiency and organizational needs of existing application systems and identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications of developed projects and recommend technical solutions

•         Demonstrate solid understanding of the business needs driving the projects

Basic Qualifications:

•         Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience

•         7 years of experience with developing and implementing applications

•         10 to 15 years of experience in Hogan CAMS

Preferred Skills/Experience

•         HOGAN Mainframe Cobol, JCL, IMS DB, MQ and VSAM development experience. Strong Endevor, FileManager, EZTRIEVE and TSO Development skills, Tool experience.

•         Excellent debugging skills

•         Good understanding of third-party dependency management and transitive dependency issues

•         Strong knowledge on IMS database

•         Understanding of the software development life cycle

•         Experience with implementation and release management activities

•         Good understanding of unit/system and functional testing methodologies

•         Experience working in large transaction-based systems

•         Experience writing technical designs

•         Experience documenting technical functions

•         Strong Communication and good leadership skills

•         Have a strong ability and interest in working with a diverse range of technical and non-technical teams.

•         Strong proclivity to follow coding standards and execute a best practices approach in build processes.

Desired Skills:

•         Preferred Banking domain knowledge

•         Quality leadership and mentoring skills

•         Ability to work under minimal supervision

•         Ability to foster strong collaboration among team members and multitask effectively

•         Ability to investigate and recommend best practices and process improvements

•         Detail oriented and able to debug complex errors.

•         Subject matter expert in:

•         Programming

• Implementation