Mainframe Developer

RESPONSIBILITIES

Kforce has a client in Westlake, TX that is seeking a Mainframe Developer.

Summary:

You are energized and hard-working to learn and grow to provide solid system stability to our applications. You will work closely with our operations partners and vendors and work on projects big and small to enhance the applications based on system requirements, product requirements, business requirements, or IRS/SEC requirements. We offer dedicated time each month to develop new skills and investigate new technologies.

Duties:

• Design, deploy and support software releases into production environments
• Employ your data security skills to keep our customers' information safe
• Identify the root cause of problems and designs and implements technical design solutions to address them

REQUIREMENTS

• BS/BA or advanced degree, or equivalent experience preferred
• 7-10 years of software development experience in business critical, enterprise-wide applications
• Excellent mainframe development skills in

COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, JCL, IBM

Utilities, FileAID, Endevor, SQL, Debuggers, Schedulers, and IOMs

• Ability to perform detailed analysis for maintenance and enhancement projects in the batch and online environments
• Detailed-oriented and execute thorough unit, functional and regression testing
• Ability to perform hands on detailed analysis
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment, closely working with product, architecture, and other engineering teams
• Be proactive in your work in development and designing solutions
• Experienced in handling high severity/ critical production issues
• Excellent documentation skills Nice to have/willing to learn:
• Proven experience writing COBOL/Native stored procedures is a plus
• Experience in Distributed Technologies such as Java and service based architecture via RESTful APIs
• Awareness or exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, particularly in hybrid mainframe-cloud integration scenarios The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role.

We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future. We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note:

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