Mainframe COBOL/IMS Developer
About The Position
CTG is seeking to fill a Mainframe COBOL/IMS Developer position for our client. This role involves developing, maintaining, enhancing, troubleshooting, and providing production support for mainframe applications that handle batch payment processing, voucher payments, and financial reporting systems. The developer will design and modify COBOL programs using IMS DB and MQ technologies, upgrade and enhance MQ COBOL programs, and support MQ server migration initiatives. A key aspect of the role includes reverse engineering complex legacy applications, even those with limited or unavailable source code. The position also requires supporting and enhancing ETBS MQ programs and their integrations with WMIS and Workday, analyzing existing applications to document business rules and logic, creating technical documentation, and migrating legacy code to modern repositories. Additionally, the developer will perform IMS development and administration, collaborate with various teams to resolve issues and implement enhancements, and participate in testing and deployment activities.
Requirements
- Strong COBOL programming skills.
- Extensive experience with IMS DB development and administration.
- Strong IBM MQ expertise, including MQ COBOL programming and integrations.
- Experience with batch processing, payment systems, voucher processing, and financial reporting applications.
- Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and production support skills.
- Ability to reverse engineer legacy applications and extract business rules from existing code and system behavior.
- Experience working with systems where source code may be incomplete or unavailable.
- Strong technical documentation and business logic documentation skills.
- Experience with legacy code migration to modern code repositories.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- 10+ years of Mainframe programming experience.
- 10+ years of experience working with COBOL-based mainframe applications.
- Extensive hands-on experience with IMS DB and IBM MQ.
- Experience maintaining, troubleshooting, deploying, and supporting mission-critical mainframe applications in production environments.
- Experience upgrading and modifying MQ COBOL programs and supporting MQ server migrations.
- Experience supporting ETBS MQ programs and integrations with WMIS and Workday.
- Experience reverse engineering legacy COBOL/IMS applications, including applications with limited or no available source code.
- Experience documenting business rules, technical processes, application logic, and system workflows.
- Experience migrating legacy code into modern source-code repositories.
- Strong IMS administration and development experience.
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field is preferred. Equivalent education and relevant professional experience may be considered.
Responsibilities
- Develop, maintain, enhance, troubleshoot, and provide production support for mainframe applications supporting batch payment processing, voucher payments, and financial reporting systems.
- Design and modify COBOL programs utilizing IMS DB and MQ technologies.
- Upgrade and enhance MQ COBOL programs and support MQ server migration initiatives.
- Reverse engineer complex legacy applications, including COBOL and IMS systems with limited or unavailable source code.
- Support and enhance ETBS MQ programs and integrations with WMIS and Workday.
- Analyze existing applications to identify and document business rules, business logic, system dependencies, and processing workflows.
- Create and maintain comprehensive technical and process documentation.
- Migrate legacy application code into modern source-code repositories and development environments.
- Perform IMS development and administration activities, including troubleshooting, maintenance, and performance support.
- Collaborate with technical teams, business stakeholders, and other project resources to resolve production issues and implement system enhancements.
- Participate in testing, deployment, and implementation activities while ensuring application stability and adherence to established standards.
Benefits
- competitive benefit package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
