Cobol Programmer

Our client, a financial services company located in Harrisburg, PA is seeking a Cobol Mainframe Programmer. Candidates should have strong COBOL, DB2 and CICS skills.

This position requires working in the office 1 day a week.

• Code/build application solutions in a COBOL/DB2/CICS environment.
• Assist in migration and future support of current system in a cloud environment utilizing existing COBOL code.
• Develop and execute unit tests and functional test coverage for assigned coding changes to ensure code quality.
• Perform testing of application software modifications utilizing various programming platforms and productivity tools and review results for accuracy.
• Perform coding and testing in multiple systems and/or processes.
• Follow processes and procedures to ensure the quality of technical solutions.
• Participate in broader technical reviews used to detect defects in requirements, design, code, test cases, or other project artifacts.
• Perform documentation of all code changes.
• Develop and maintain code repositories according to established version management approaches and methods as defined.
• Follow code construction fundamentals for coding practices, guideline for use of data, control-related concepts, and error-detection practices
• Assist in identification and evaluation of risks; participate in mitigation and control activities.
• Provide rotating 24/7 on-call support in support of systems and applications in production.
• Perform production support activities including incident and problem management, code corrections, upgrades and patches.

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILLS

• 5+ years of programming in a COBOL/DB2/CICS mainframe environment
• Working knowledge and understanding of DB2, SQL, JCL, CICS.
• Experience with IBM mainframe environment.