Senior COBOL Developer

Job Title: Senior COBOL Developer (13251)


Location: Blythewood, SC (Onsite)


Client: State of SC/South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles (SCDMV)


Duration: 12 Months Contract with possibility to Extension

Job Description:


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The State of South Carolina is looking for a Programmer - Consultant - Senior COBOL Developer


Why is this position open: New position to support the maintenance and development of the core DMV business systems for South Carolina's Drivers and Vehicles.


Will close to submissions on Monday, August 24th, 2026, 5:00PM EST.


Interview Process:2 Rounds of Virtual Interviews


Duration of the Contract: 12 Months


Possibility for Extension: Yes


Work Location: Fully Onsite


Candidate location: Candidate MUST be a CURRENT SC, NC, or GA Resident AND be willing to relocate to SC at least 5 business days prior to the start date at their own expense.

Full job description attached and required and preferred skills are listed below.


Additional details: The selected resource MUST relocate to SC at least 5 business days prior to the start date in order to complete fingerprinting, which must be done in South Carolina.

Scope of the project:


This assignment is for maintenance, support, and development of the core DMV business


systems supporting South Carolina's drivers and vehicles. This system supports legislative


and federal requirements for traffic violation processing for South Carolina. This system is a


Client-Server system utilizing COBOL as the back end and .NET as the human interface.


The position is withing the COBOL development team as the Senior Programmer / Team


Lead. This position reports to the SCDMV COBOL development manager and will directly


support the SCDMV core business system known as Phoenix.


This position will require CJIS information security certification which SCDMV will sponsor.


Candidate must be able to work independently. Excellent communications skills are


required.

Daily duties / responsibilities:


1. Analyze the Phoenix core business system and assigned tickets for development and/or


system modification.


2. Take the lead in analyzing and proposing solutions to assigned tickets and projects


3. Partner with business units to develop business specifications, translate those business


specifications into technical specifications, and obtain business sign-off of specifications.


4. Code, test, promote, and interact with impacted users ensuring that solution meets


requirements as documented in the specifications.


5. Production support for the Phoenix system


6. Provide daily and weekly status to the development manager and business analyst(s)


Required Skills:


10+ Years of Experience with Visual COBOL V9 and higher architecture and programming.


10+ Years of experience with computer system analysis, design, coding, testing,


debugging, and implementation techniques and practices for developing new systems or


modifying existing systems.


10+ Years of Experience developing and maintaining complex, mission critical applications


in a Windows based Client Server environment.


10+ Years of Experience Leading a technical software development team in planning and


deployment of software systems.

10+ Years of Experience coding and testing complex COBOL based business systems in an


Oracle SQL database and Windows based client-server environment.


10+ Years Experience providing Level 3 (L3) production support


10+ Years Experience functioning as the primary contact with business units to develop


and review business and technical specifications and ensure delivery of specified


functionality.


Preferred Skills:


Oracle 19+ SQL


Familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET / C# development environment


Experience working in a Governmental environment


Preferred Certifications:


Visual COBOL technical certifications


Additional Skills:


Experience mentoring and guiding less experiences technical colleagues


Proven proficiency communicating effectively with users, vendors, staff members and


management both orally and in writing.


Ability to plan, define, lead, direct, instruct, and review project work and personnel.


Education:


Prefer Bachelor's Degree In Computer Science or a closely related discipline with 10 Years


of Experience. Experience in a government agency environment is extremely helpful