Cobol Developer

Overview

We are seeking a Cobol Developer who will support our NYS client by developing, maintaining, and supporting legacy applications within the Integrated Eligibility System (IES) program. The role will analyze production systems, extract business rules from COBOL applications, develop solutions aligned with technical architecture standards, and support testing, troubleshooting, documentation, and SDLC activities.

Responsibilities

• Review production systems to understand major technical components and relate them to business areas.
• Develop applications based on technical requirements, design and architecture principles, and standards.
• Use tools to analyze and extract business rules from legacy code.
• Produce work products and applications that reflect and ensure system design and delivery are in line with business needs and the project plan.
• Document system specifications and solutions to facilitate knowledge transfer.
• Monitor and perform diagnostic/debugging activities.
• Coordinate project activities among other team members, users, and/or requestors.
• Act in an advocacy role as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in all relevant phases of the IES Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Work closely with Architects and others on the applications development team to refine solution design.
• Report status of current tasks and outstanding issues to supervisor and project leads.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Mandatory Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience working on complex projects, including 2+ years in a leadership role as a Developer.
• 7+ years of experience in application development and support of legacy applications utilizing multiple languages, including COBOL-74 and COBOL-85, with at least 6 months in an Integrated Eligibility System Program.
• 7+ years of experience with system analysis and design, programming, and unit and integrated testing.
• 7+ years of experience programming in real-time and batch processing environments.
• 7+ years of experience monitoring production systems, troubleshooting/debugging, working with database structures, data dictionaries, and source code, and supporting State EBT and EBT card issuance applications within a State IT environment.
• 7+ years of experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, conducting code walkthroughs and testing, and reviewing, translating, and extracting business rules and process logic from legacy COBOL applications.