Job Description :
Role: ADABAS Developer
Duration: 6+ months contract
Location: Woodland Hills, CA
Interview Process: Telephonic followed by Skype!
Job Description:
ADABAS/Natural Developer
Duties:
Analyzes requirements and designs, develops, and maintains applications on Mainframe and or UNIX environment using ADABAS/NATURAL with the emphasis on analysis and more complex development activities.
Responsibilities:
Translates the solutions provided from analysis/design into detailed program specifications
Gathers data to further identify customer change requests, defines scope of work and software/system requirements for implementation
Reviews and writes or provides input to functional documentation
Identifies subsystems and interfaces, and performs impact analysis in relation to other systems
Develops and documents computer programs, applying knowledge of programming techniques and computer systems
Writes code, revises and adapts existing code, troubleshoots and resolves defects
Maintains and supports applications to keep them performing in accordance with technical and functional specifications
Adheres to and provides input to programming standards and techniques
Designs detailed flowcharts, verifies program logic by preparing test data for trial runs
Provides input for the test team with regard to test requirements and test plans and assists in the creation of test scripts
Performs system tests and debugs programs according to results of system test and user acceptance test
Writes technical documentation to describe program logic and coding
Performs code peer-reviews
Liaises with and provides input to the project manager on project progress and issues.
Provides technical/professional guidance, coaching to the assigned resources
Prepares or ensures preparation of necessary reports, charts, and correspondence relative to status, progress, costs, and operations for the project manager and business representatives
Skills Profile:
Formal systems life cycle methodology experience
Ability to investigate and solve problems
Multi-tasking
Team player
Oral and written communication skills
Experience/Knowledge Required:
10 years of ADABAS/Natural combined experience on Mainframe and/or Unix - TSO, JCL, FTP knowledge and expertise
Strong Batch processing in mainframe/UNIX environment
Preferred:
Music or royalty/copyright experience.
UNIX knowledge and expertise
Required Skills:
Natural
ADABAS
BATCH PROCESSING
CODING
MAINFRAME
Additional Skills:
ARCHITECTURE
COACHING
CORRESPONDENCE
DEBUG
DOCUMENTATION
FTP
FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATIONS
JCL
LIFE CYCLE
OPERATIONS
PROJECT MANAGER
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
SYSTEM LEVEL
TEAM PLAYER
TECHNICAL DESIGN
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
TEST PLANS
TEST SCRIPTS
UNIX
USER ACCEPTANCE
STRUCTURED SOFTWARE
WRITING FUNCTIONAL
Education:
Bachelor''s Degree - 4 year business or technical degree.