Job Description :
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Position Title: COBOL DB2 Programmer
Location: Pleasanton, CA
Duration: 1 Year
Ability to quickly understand and code Mainframe COBOL /DB2 programs per technical and user requirement specifications.
Provide production support maintaining, troubleshooting, and problem solving with existing State Fund Mainframe COBOL/DB2 business programs and systems.
Develop project plans and detailed schedules.
Use industry and/or State Fund mandated standard coding techniques and testing processes
to ensure quality.
Document all programming work per State Fund standards.
Enhance existing State Fund systems to meet new business requirements.
Explain and/or document complex problems and solutions in an understandable manner to both technical and non-technical State Fund personnel.
Present technical solutions and alternatives to management and decision makers at a level of understanding commensurate with the audience.
Configure, build and maintain the production run processes. Mainframe job and processes. (JCL,COBOL,DB2,EZTRIEVE)
Solve problems that arise with database data, production runs and/or the systems products (on-line screens, reports files or interfaces
Tuning and optimization of COBOL/DB2 programs and systems.
Maintenance of system documentation.
Troubleshoot, Identify and correct reported or suspected errors with code, logic and/or data.
Apply necessary and discretionary system changes and/or fixes, making system enhancements as required by IT management, business units, statutes, contracts or the system’s underlying architecture and/or technology as authorized by State Fund IT management.
Helpdesk related activities for Policy system related problems and issues.
Create new applications, programs and/or interfaces in order to resolve problems.
Technical Lead or assistant with development teams.
Share knowledge, mentor and train State Fund staff, on a regular and ongoing basis through the State Fund Mentoring and Skills Enhancement program as well as shadowing and consistent transfer of information form Consultants to State Fund project team members.
Technical Knowledge and Skills:
7+ years of hands-on experience in the Information Technology industry.
5+ years of hands-on experience in the mainframe COBOL enterprise applications.
5+ years of hands-on experience in the coding and programming.
In-depth expertise in a broad variety of IT skills, such as project planning, systems development, systems design, systems maintenance, helpdesk/user support, documenting system requirements and changes, infrastructure implementation, and network administration.
Professional IT Certifications are desirable.
Good communications skills and the ability to interact with business users.
Work in fast-paced team environment with focus on quality.
Work on projects with minimal supervision.
3+ years of hands-on experience in IT Project management
Demonstrable Skills:
Must have the ability to work collaboratively with other support team members and independently on assigned tasks and deliverables with minimum supervision.
Must be self-motivated, working closely and actively communicating with the person to accomplish time critical tasks and deliverables.
Must be able to ask questions and share information gained with other support team members, recording and documenting this knowledge.
Must be able to elicit and gather user requirements and/or problem description information, and record this information accurately.
Must listen carefully and act upon user requirements.
Must be able to convey and explain complex problems and solutions in an understandable language to both technical and non-technical persons.
Must be able to present technical solutions to management and decision makers.
Must be able to follow the lead of others on assigned projects as well as take the lead when deemed appropriate.
Must be able to think creatively and critically, analyzing complex problems, weighing multiple solutions, and carefully selecting solutions appropriate to the business needs, project scope, and available resources.
Suresh
Osair Technologies LLC