COBOL Developer

COBOL Developer

Location: Renton WA Duration: 6 Months Rate: 60/hr on C2C (Local Please)

This position is responsible for the maintenance and development of applications on iSeries including involvement with major third-party vendor support. The maintenance and development activity will predominantly use COBOL and RPG on iSeries.

A successful candidate will be highly self-directed and have experience and knowledge of software design, build, and testing methodologies. Candidates will need to demonstrate the ability to research, analyze, troubleshoot, and solve software problems. Willingness to support existing system implementations is a must.

The applicant will work on small and strategic projects among other support and development assignments. A successful candidate will have aggressive learning goals and may support business partners using 24x7 applications that require on-call responsibilities.

Skills Required:

• Ideal candidates will have a strong background with iSeries platform development using COBOL, RPG, and CL.
• Experience with ASI is a plus, but not mandatory.
• Strong database skills pertaining to application development specifically DB2.
• Ability to work and lead an Agile development team with the flexibility to perform all functions of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements analysis, system analysis, and QA.
• Strong experience with software design patterns and automated unit testing.
• Experience in other programming languages with a strong willingness to learn PACCAR development tools.
• Excellent analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and highly self-motivated and flexible.
• Strong knowledge of software development methodologies.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment with no supervision, and lead teams in design and technology projects.
• Strong application development experience and ability to work with users to troubleshoot reported issues.
• Excellent communication skills (written, verbal, presentation).
• Ability and willingness to work weekends and evenings to support on-call responsibilities as needed is required.