Mainframe Architect

Mainframe Architect

Client seeks to procure a contractor to fill the Mainframe Programmer/ Analyst role to support migration of the current legacy system to the new unemployment insurance system.

Business Need/Justification: Currently, there are insufficient IT staff members to:

• Support the analysis of mainframe programs to port to a new unemployment insurance application
• Develop the 180 interfaces for a new unemployment insurance application
• Support legacy data cleansing
• Perform data conversion for the new system project.

In order to avoid falling behind with the new project development schedule dictated by the Client, the agency seeks to procure a contractor to fill the Mainframe Programmer/ Analyst role to support migration of the current legacy system to new unemployment insurance system.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements: Required Skills:

• Knowledge and programming skills with COBOL 10 years, CICS 10 years, VSAM 10 years, JCL 10 years, and SQL
• Knowledge and experience in modifying mainframe applications beginning with a user request through coding, testing and implementation 10 years.
• System and data analysis skills.
• Program unit and integration test script development and test execution skills.
• Ability to write system and interface specifications.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.

Desired skills:

• Strong organizational skills.
• Self-directing and ability to provide technical leadership to others
• Works well in matrix teams
• Knowledge and experience with IMS
• JAVA
• Testing skills
• Understand impact of interface and systems design decisions on technology, information flow, and/or business processes.
• MS Office skills • Visio skills
• HP-ALM skills

Responsibilities include:

• Maintain, enhance, and develop mainframe programs for new interfaces, conversion, data cleansing, and processing for legacy systems.
• Program test script development and test execution.
• Analyze existing programs and document their functionality.
• Corrects bugs in existing mainframe programs.
• Systems and data analysis.

Skill Matrix:

• Technical knowledge and experience with COBOL
• Technical knowledge and experience with CICS
• Technical knowledge and experience with VSAM files and relational databases
• Technical knowledge and experience with JCL
• Technical knowledge and experience with SQL based programs
• Knowledge and experience in modifying mainframe applications beginning with a user request through coding, testing and implementation
• System data analysis skills
• Program unit and integration test script development and test execution skills
• Ability to write system and interface specifications.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
• JAVA
• MS Office, Visio and HP-ALM Skills

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.