Senior COBOL Developer

Scope of the Project: This assignment is for maintenance, support, and development of the core DMV business systems supporting South Carolina’s drivers and vehicles. The system supports legislative and federal requirements for traffic violation processing for South Carolina. It is a Client-Server system utilizing COBOL as the back end and .NET as the human interface. The position is within the COBOL development team as the Senior Programmer / Team Lead, reporting to the SCDMV COBOL development manager and directly supporting the SCDMV core business system known as Phoenix. This position will require CJIS information security certification, which SCDMV will sponsor.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the Phoenix core business system and assigned tickets for development and/or system modification.
• Take the lead in analyzing and proposing solutions to assigned tickets and projects.
• Partner with business units to develop business specifications, translate those into technical specifications, and obtain business sign-off.
• Code, test, promote, and interact with impacted users to ensure the solution meets documented requirements.
• Provide production support for the Phoenix system.
• Provide daily and weekly status updates to the development manager and business analyst(s).

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience with Visual COBOL V9 and higher architecture and programming.
• 10+ years of experience with computer system analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation techniques for developing new systems or modifying existing systems.
• 10+ years of experience developing and maintaining complex, mission-critical applications in a Windows-based Client-Server environment.
• 10+ years of experience leading a technical software development team in planning and deployment of software systems.
• 10+ years of experience coding and testing complex COBOL-based business systems in an Oracle SQL database and Windows-based client-server environment.
• 10+ years of experience providing Level 3 (L3) production support.
• 10+ years of experience functioning as the primary contact with business units to develop and review business and technical specifications and ensure delivery of specified functionality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Oracle 19+ SQL.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET / C# development environment.
• Experience working in a governmental environment.
• Visual COBOL technical certifications.
• Experience mentoring and guiding less experienced technical colleagues.
• Proven proficiency communicating effectively with users, vendors, staff members, and management both orally and in writing.
• Ability to plan, define, lead, direct, instruct, and review project work and personnel.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a closely related discipline with 10 years of experience is preferred. Experience in a government agency environment is extremely helpful.

Benefits

• Long-term stability with multi-year opportunities and room to grow.
• Comprehensive health coverage.
• 401(k) program for financial security.
• Green Card assistance with immediate processing, if required.