COBOL/CICS Developer - Payroll applications (US Citizen)

Job Description

Please note that all applicants must be US Citizens and no C2C candidates will be accepted.

Summary:

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• Tier One Technologies is seeking a COBOL/CICS Developer to support Payroll applications for our US Government client.
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• This will be a 100% remote Contract-to-Hire position.
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• Must be a US Citizen.
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• SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.
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Responsibilities:

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• Ensure that requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods.
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• Translate high-level product development strategies into system requirements specifications and work with other engineering disciplines to develop detailed, lower-level implementation requirements.
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• Establish and coordinate the development of standards, practices, and procedures related to overall product development.
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• Design interfaces and integrate system elements to ensure they function together as a cohesive system.
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• Assess system performance using established evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.
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• Act as a customer liaison and support business development activities to understand and shape requirements.
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• Participate in system conceptual design and document design concepts.
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• Participate in design reviews of hardware and software components to ensure their applicability to the current system and maintain requirements traceability through compliance verification and validation.
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• Review test plans and procedures to ensure they meet contractual requirements and participate in testing activities to validate requirements.
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• Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts in making required changes.
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• Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify database identifiers for database management systems, or direct others in coding these descriptions.
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• Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.
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• Review project requests describing database user needs and estimate the time and cost required to complete the project.
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Qualifications:

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• Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent training required.
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• 4+ years of experience in COBOL, CICS, JCL and DB2.
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• Prior experience supporting Payroll applications is a plus.
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• Experience utilizing Agile methodology.
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• Excellent communication skills.
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• Must be a US Citizen (no dual citizenship).
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• Able to obtain DoD Public Trust clearance.
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• Must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.
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• Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last 5 years. Military Service excluded.
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