Job Title:Development Professional with COBOL, TSO, and JCL experience
Job Number:0900BIX

Job Category:Systems
Primary Location:USA-IN: INDIANA-INDIANAPOLIS
Schedule:Full-time
Job Type:Regular
Employee Status:Regular
Travel:Yes, 25% of the time
Job Posting:2009-Oct-16
Description


Programmer with skillsand expereince in COBOL, TSO and JCL required for a long term government contract at Indianapolis. Must be able to legally work in the U.S. and able to obtain and maintain a government security clearance.

Essential Job Functions

• Performs routine product design, systems analysis and programming activities on application software to ensure that company technology needs are met.
  
• Performs routine design, implementation and maintenance of single product modules/subsystems to ensure proper functioning of products.
  
• Develops, codes, tests and debugs new software or enhancements to existing software to enhance product efficiency.
  
• Performs bug verification, release testing and beta support for assigned products; researches problems discovered by quality analysts or product support to ensure that appropriate solutions are developed.
  
• Researches and understands marketing requirements for a product, including target environment, performance criteria and competitive issues to ensure that product meets market demands appropriately.
  
• Researches new technology and development tools to remain informed of current technology and changes to old technology.
  
• Assists in the development of technical and user manuals in order to ensure that documentation enables more efficient use of product.
• Develops test plans to verify logic of new or modified programs.
• Gathers information from the system, analyzes program and time requirements, and prepares documentation to change existing programs.
• Writes specifications for programs of low to moderate complexity.
  
• Writes programs according to specifications provide by higher level staff or business analysts to ensure that client requirements are met.
  

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience
  
• Bachelor's degree in software engineering, computer science or related field preferred
  
• Four or more years of product design and support or systems development experience
  
• Experience working with software development life cycle, methodologies, design and implementation
  
• Experience working with product systems design principles, relational databases, firewall theory and configuration
  
• Experience working with appropriate programming languages, operating systems, hardware and software
  
• Experience working with company software and hardware products and related business issues that may impact overall business plans
  
• Experience working with mainframes, scheduling software and other relevant technologies
  
• Experience working with the entire development process, including specification, documentation and quality assurance
• Expereince/knowledge of the Defense Joint Military Pay system is a plus
• Experience in system analysis, coding, documentation, and testing required.

• Basic - Advanced programming skills using COBOL, JCL, and TSO
• Analytical and design skills at multiple product level
  
• Communication skills to communicate with customers, support personnel and management and for providing relevantdocumentation and status reportsto appropriate individuals and teams
  
• Problem solving skills, creative thinking, and design skills for design and debugging of products
  
• Data analysis and software testing skills to test modifications and enhancements
  
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and switch between tasks quickly
• Knowledge of military pay (DJMS) and the military pay record is highly desired
• Knowledge of additional mainframe operating systems, software, and utilities
• Use of testing software such as test director is desired
• Must be able to successfully complete a National Agency Check with Inquires (NACI) investigation