Job Description :

Position: Sr. RPG Programmer (Hybrid)
Location: Warren, MI || 3days/week Onsite
Duration: 6+ months

Job Description

The Sr. RPG Programmer s role is to maintain RPG IV, Free Form, and ILE code for a mission-critical IBM i (iSeries) legacy environment. This is a maintenance programming-centric role for a mature legacy platform, focusing on maintenance, debugging, and programming support. This is NOT an on-call support role.

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain RPG IV and Free Form applications running on the IBM i platform.
  • Triage and resolve production issues using ServiceNow ticketing system.
  • Debug legacy RPG code and perform recovery of production processes.
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies with cross-functional team members.
  • Collaborate with team members to analyze and troubleshoot integration-related issues across multiple systems.
  • Leverage internal documentation and knowledge bases to accelerate issue resolution.
  • Engage in knowledge transfer and paired programming.
  • Lead and coordinate code/peer reviews to ensure alignment with business and technical requirements.

Required Experience:

  • 10+ years RPG (IV and Free Form) development experience creating and/or maintaining enterprise transaction applications and processes.
  • Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and production support background.
  • Extensive knowledge of the following:
  • SQL and embedded SQL programming
  • CL programming
  • RPG IV and Free Form
  • ILE concepts
  • Batch and online development
  • XML
  • Working knowledge of DB2 and programmatic data access

Preferred Experience:

  • Development effort estimation techniques
  • Web Services
  • RDI
  • Background in environments with complex system integrations
  • Familiarity with Agile development and SDLC best practices
  • Experience with nightly batch processing cycles and associated recovery procedures
Skills

IBM Db2

IBM iSeries

RPG Free