Mainframe Developer (Closed)

Description of Work:

The Mainframe Developer with extensive work experience is required for ongoing data modernization project for a large federal claims administration program. Analyze programs and large datasets to document requirements and business rules, develop/modify and test code, validate data, then implement and maintain resulting applications.  The qualified candidate will also support the customer in various stages of the Systems Development Lifecycle and identify and apply best practices in the development of solutions.

Responsibilities for this position include:

• Analyze business processes, procedures, and policy to identify and document business process, requirements, and rules.
• Read COBOL code and translate logic into pseudo-code and contribute to the development of analysis documentation.
• Analyze data sources and datasets to evaluate and document data content and flows.
• Create and maintain a variety of related artifacts (e.g., requirements, process models or diagrams, data matrices, project deliverables).
• Design and develop applications and complete coding activities using COBOL, REXX, VSAM, DB2, JCL and CICS.
• Develop application test and validation plans and cases, conduct testing activities, and evaluate the results of testing to identify deficiencies, recommend corrective action, and work with customer to refine the application to improve results.
• Plan for and conduct implementation activities.
• Compile and write periodic reports and interface on a daily/weekly basis with customer and Northrop Grumman management. 
• Demonstrate strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate technical topics to non-technical audiences, as well as interface with the customer on a daily basis.

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed.

• Bachelor’s degree and 7 years of experience, Master’s degree and 5 years of experience, or 11 years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in developer/analyst role on modernization or application development projects using a systems lifecycle approach.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in analyzing test data and datasets with use of automated tools (e.g., FileAid, SPUFI, QMF).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Mainframe programming knowledge (COBOL, DB2, VSAM, JCL, REXX, CICS, IDMS, ENDEVOR, XPEDITER, INTERTEST).
• Minimum of 5 years of experience developing documentation (requirements, test cases, etc.) in support of the systems development life cycle.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a US Public Trust clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

Candidates with these skills will be given preferential consideration.

• Mainframe SAS experience.
• Experience with Microsoft Visio, Project, Excel, and Word.
• Prior Federal government experience.
• Experience with the Broadcom CA Top Secret security product
• Clearance : Public Trust

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