Sr. Mainframe Lead

Sr. Mainframe Developer

Location: Trenton, NJ

Duration: Long Term

40 Hrs Job

Hybrid position - 3 days remote, 2 days onsite. Note this is a SENIOR position. Candidate should be a current hands-on developer with some lead experience. The ideal candidate can:

• Clearly and effectively communicate both written and oral with technical and non-technical personnel.
• Contractor will be responsible for analysis, design, coding, component & assembly testing of all application code owned by the Application Team.
• Contractor will be involved in maintenance (including production support), enhancement & development work.
• Contractor will be required to collaborate and provide technical expertise to the Information Technology Office and the Business unit to develop a technical solution to implement business/system requirements.
• All contractor personnel will be under the direct supervision of a Project Manager for the Client's Information Technology Office (ITO) or other designated ITO representative.
• The Solution Architect - Mainframe will develop and/or receive program specification requirements. These specifications will describe the coding to be done.
• Contractor will be required to deliver new or modified programs, successfully unit test their work, develop supportive documentation, and participate with the users in the system testing of their programs.
• Experience with database conversions is desired and helpful.

4-year college degree or equivalent technical study

Qualifications and Skills:

• Current hands-on experience in coding, testing and debugging programs written in COBOL/CICS/DB2.
• Experience with IBM OS/JCL (MVS) and IBM/DB2.
• Experience with CICS.
• Experience in conversions for IDMS/DC to CICS, IDMS to DB2 desired.
• Experience in Usability Testing (participate with the users in the system testing of programs).
• Experience in APPC/LU 6.2 or MQ Programming in Cobol-CICS.
• Experience in coding complex DB2 Stored Procedures.

Responsibilities:

• Attain a complete understanding of the Criminal Case Management system and additional Judiciary applications in order to develop from the business/system requirements.
• Develop and/or receive program specification requirements.
• Contractor will be required to deliver new or modified programs.
• Successfully unit test their work and system testing of programs with users.
• Develop supportive documentation.

Skill - Required / Desired - Amount - of Experience:

• Overall technical and IT experience - Required - 12 Years
• Hands-on experience - COBOL Coding, testing & Debugging - Required - 12 Years
• Hands-on experience IBM OS/JCL (MVS) - Required - 12 Years
• Hands-on experience IBM/DB2 - Required - 10 Years
• Hands-on experience CICS - Required - 10 Years
• Experience developing supportive documentation - Required - 9 Years
• Experience in Usability Testing (participate with the users in the system testing of their programs) - Required - 9 Years
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate with internal and external groups - Required - 9 Years
• IDMS/DC to CICS Conversion - Desired - 9 Years
• 4-year college degree or equivalent technical study - Required - 4 Years
• IDMS to DB2 Conversion - Desired - 9 Years
• Lead experience - Required - 2 Years