Job Description :
JOB TITLE: SENIOR COBOL CONSULTANT
LENGTH: Long term – possible funding extension in FY 2019- 2020
START DATE: 02.22.19
JOB Location: Ames, IA
Interview Date & Mode – Direct round 1 IN-Person Interview ONLY on Feb 15th.
* THIS IS A100% ONSITE ONLY CONTRACT*
The individual will Work with the business team to understand the business need and how the current code correlates to the same, document the system and ‘to-be’ status of what would be needed for the system to be rewritten in a client server distributed environment.
Client primarily has two environments: Legacy Cobol/CICS/IDMS/VSAM systems and client server/Web .NET systems. Most systems are centralized but there are distributed systems as well that are used in field offices and Client owned and operated facilities. Many systems are home grown while some systems use third-party applications.
Demonstrated through prior experience the ability to:
The role is more of a senior technical analyst.
Trace and document data system logic and flows by reading & analyzing JCL, COBOL programs, CICS definitions, ADSO/IDMS programs and 3rd party utility control cards, SPSS-Mainframe, IDCAMS, SYNCSORT and other common mainframe data manipulation processes.
Extracting and documenting Business Rules embedded in Mainframe programs, third party utilities, and other data manipulation products. This includes both business and functional aspects of the business rules.
Understanding, analyzing and documenting current Mainframe logic and flows and work with the users and business teams to correlate the same with how the systems support the current business, Federal and State requirements.
Create detailed documentation of system analysis that would become the basis for a system rewrite into client server .Net environment.
Must complete assigned task; communicate accurate and useful status updates; follow quality standards; Ability to work in a team environment; strong communication skills; both written and spoken.
Attention to details is a must since the documentation generated would be the basis of system rewrites.
Very clear, strong and precise Verbal and written communication skills are needed in order to work and coordinate with multiple teams.
Prior Medicaid/Medicare Buy-in/Integrated eligibility experience would be a plus.
Work independently with little supervision or guidance