COBOL Solution Designer

About the role

We are seeking a COBOL Solution Designer with experience designing, analyzing, developing, and maintaining applications written using COBOL and IDMS for IBM mainframe operating systems. The primary role involves analyzing business requirements and designing COBOL-based solutions for a government payroll system. The position requires comfort with daily agile stand-ups and working under management direction.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements and design COBOL-based solutions.
• Create program specifications, design data structures, and define processing logic.
• Translate high-level product development strategies into system requirement specifications.
• Ensure requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods.
• Design interfaces and integrate system elements to function as a whole.
• Participate in system conceptual design and the documentation of design concepts.
• Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
• Work within a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope.
• Participate in daily agile stand-up meetings.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a relevant field.
• 2-4 years of experience in COBOL and IDMS design, with a focus on COBOL design for the IDMS database.
• Proficiency in COBOL and IDMS.
• Familiarity with the full software development lifecycle.
• Ability to troubleshoot issues and make system changes.
• Knowledge of computer development software across multiple platforms.
• Experience with Agile environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ADSO.
• Experience in banking or payroll domains, particularly with federal, state, or local payroll systems.
• Prior federal government experience.
• Familiarity with how COBOL functions within a payroll transaction environment.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• 401K program with company match after 12 months of tenure.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) on the HDHP plan.
• SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions.
• Corporate discount savings program and other discounts.
• On-demand training program, access to certification prep, and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars after 6+ months of tenure.
• Certification discounts and perks for associations including CompTIA and IIBA.
• Dedicated customer service team for benefits and resources, plus a certified Career Coach.

Location: Indianapolis, Indiana (Remote)