Mainframe Developer

State of North Carolina

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About The Position

The North Carolina Department of Revenue is seeking a Mainframe Developer to provide analysis, programming, testing, implementation, and ongoing production operational support for the Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS) mainframe business applications system. Your primary responsibility will be incident management and problem resolution related to assigned production systems and associated data files. You will also perform analytical and programming activities to maintain existing applications and develop code and solutions that support the system. These tasks are time critical and must be performed according to established problem management policy. Knowledge of complex systems is required in order to solve problems timely and keep systems operational. You will research incidents and problems appropriately, determine a solution, implement the solution with supervisory approval, and document pursuant to problem management standards. You will use established life cycle development phases and established software development and maintenance standards. You will also ensure that all quality assurance, change management, configuration control, security and user recovery procedures are followed. The position will be responsible for the following: · Communicating with user liaisons/end-users to determine the scope and functions of new or existing systems. Charts and examples are often used for clarity. · Developing requirements, conceptual designs, and detail design documents to present to the user for approval at the appropriate phases of life cycle development. · Performing all the programming duties associated with a particular program or project. · Evaluating completed program assignments to check for accurate interpretation of program specifications and testing requirements. · Evaluating and testing systems to ensure that requirements have been met in a project and to bring that project to completion and into production. You will work with operations, database group, server administrators, network group, end-users, user liaisons and other affected parties. This position is required to work within an on-call rotation supporting critical taxpayer-facing applications.

Requirements

• Experience developing and maintaining mainframe-based management systems using COBOL, Easytrieve, JCL, CICS, SQL and DB2
• Experience working in an environment with TSO/ISPF, and Z/OS
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging mainframe applications using COBOL, Easytrieve, JCL, CICS, SQL and DB2
• Experience in technical and functional requirements documentation
• INSTALL/1 experience
• ITIL Framework experience

Responsibilities

• Communicating with user liaisons/end-users to determine the scope and functions of new or existing systems. Charts and examples are often used for clarity.
• Developing requirements, conceptual designs, and detail design documents to present to the user for approval at the appropriate phases of life cycle development.
• Performing all the programming duties associated with a particular program or project.
• Evaluating completed program assignments to check for accurate interpretation of program specifications and testing requirements.
• Evaluating and testing systems to ensure that requirements have been met in a project and to bring that project to completion and into production.

Benefits

• The state of North Carolina offers excellent comprehensive benefits. Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis). Some highlights include:
• The best funded pension plan/retirement system in the nation according to Moody’s Investor’s Service
• Twelve paid holidays per year
• Fourteen vacation days per year which increase as length of service increases and accumulates year-to-year
• Twelve sick days/year which are cumulative indefinitely
• Paid Parental Leave
• Personal Observance Leave and Community Service Leave
• Longevity pays lump sum payout yearly based on length of service
• 401K, 457, and 403(b) plans
• Eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees