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Title: Mainframe (Micro Focus) Programmer {7+ Yrs. Exp.}
Location: Atlanta, GA {Remote until Covid}
Duration: 12 Months
Skill Set: Microfocus Cobol, Unix, and Mainframe, Testing and Object-Oriented Programming
The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS), Office of Information Technology, is seeking a qualified candidate for the temporary contractor staffing position of Micro Focus Programmer Analyst -Georgia Shines in Atlanta, Georgia.
The GA SHINES Micro Focus Programmer Analyst is responsible for analyzing, understanding and translating business needs into business/technical requirements. This position will analyze, design and develop information systems as well as act as subject matter expert in respective technology.
Responsibilities
- Design, code, test, and implement complex programs and packages.
- Develop appropriate programs and systems documentation according to established IT standards.
- Coordinate analyses necessary to identify viable solution alternatives, create technical documents, high level solution designs and work estimates.
- Conduct systems tests monitor results and take required corrective actions as needed.
- Help support/manage systems during deployment and pilot until effective transition has occurred to the support teams.
- Provide training on respective system or technology solutions to team members and business partners.
- Participate in structured walkthroughs and technical reviews.
- Promote and use the standard systems development life cycle (SDLC) methodologies.
- Define deployment strategies to increase the organization's maturity in tool use.
- Provide technical consultation in new systems development, new package system evaluations, and enhancement of existing systems and participating in structured walkthroughs and technical reviews.
- Select appropriate tools to develop systems and software.
- Deploy and support vendor packaging, designing and building interface around it.
- Provide technical direction in systems analysis, design and development in coordination with enterprise architects and/or solution architects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field; equivalent professional experience will be considered in lieu of degree
- Five (5) years of working experience in Microfocus Cobol, Unix, and Mainframe environment
- Working knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and commonly used QA concepts, practices and procedures
- Prior experience with automated testing tools and stress/load/performance testing environments
- Demonstrated application design and development knowledge in one or more of the following - object-oriented programming, .Net, JAVA/J2EE, SQL, TFS, COBOL, C#
Required / Desired Skills:
| | Skill | Required / Desired | Amount | of Experience | | Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or related field | Desired | | | | | | | | | | Unix Experience | Required | 5 | Years | | Microfocus Cobol | Required | 6 | Years | | Cobol on IBM Mainframe | Required | 6 | Years | | Demonstrated application design and development knowledge in one or more of the following - object-oriented programming, .Net, JAVA/J2EE, SQL, TFS, CO | Required | 6 | Years | | Working knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and commonly used QA concepts, practices and procedures. | Required | 6 | Years | | | |
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