AVID Technical Resourcs is seeking an experienced Mainframe Developer with COBOL experience to provide remote support to our Higher Education client in Los Angeles.
Role and Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively with stakeholders and subject matter experts in the development of project plans,
- Elicitation of detailed application requirements for new system functionality,
- Maintain existing programs, conduct root cause analysis of problems or system bugs
- Develop system documentation and conduct unit, system or functional testing of assigned applications.
- Establishes and maintains collaborative partnerships with constituents within IT Services and campus departments to implement new system functionality or to improve existing student systems.
- Conduct research and evaluate emerging IT trends, software tools/products or methodologies to foster continual improvement of application development lifecycle activity
- Provide oncall support during the day time or as assigned.
Required Qualifications
§ 5+ years of application programming experience using COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, TSO and JCL within a z/OS environment; ability to analyze and design complex applications independently.
§ Ability to design applications considering application performance and usability; able to optimize application to improve system performance.
§ Ability to develop design documentation Including functional requirements, user requirements, technical requirements, use and test cases, traceability matrixes, specifications, etc.
§ Excellent technical, analytical, debugging and problemsolving skills with selfmotivation and willingness to learn new concepts, technologies, and processes.
§ Possess the verbal and written communication skills to work effectively with technical and nontechnical personnel at various levels in the organization; ability to use standard English grammar and punctuation.
§ Provide technical assistance and guidance to the design, development, integration, and deployment of application software.
§ Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or Engineering OR three years of relevant professional experience and education.
Preferred Qualifications
§ Knowledge of ntier distributed technologies such as Java, J2EE, JSP, JDBC, HTML, XML, SOAP , RESTful API’s, SQL, JavaScript and TypeScript, Angular, SDLC, ALM, AWS, and objectoriented and database design concepts. (preferred)
§ Experience in developing Financial applications or systems. (preferred)
§ Experience working within higher education information technology. (preferred)
§ Knowledge of cloud based Financial or ERP solutions. (preferred)
Estimated Pay Rate Range
Contract Hourly Rate ranging: $50 - 65 -- Dependent upon Experience
About AVID Technical Resources:
AVID (Applications, Voice, Internet, Data) Technical Resources is a contract and permanent IT recruiting company. Headquartered in Boston with 9 offices around the US, AVID specializes in placing information technology professionals with either an Infrastructure Support or Applications Development background.
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