COBOL Programmer
Duration: 6 months – contract to hire
Location: Harrisburg, PA – 4 days remote. one day onsite (every Tuesday)
Required Skills:
After 6 months of training, willingness to provide 24/7 rotating (every 8th week) on-call support.
Strong proficiency in COBOL development and debugging.
Experience with Mainframe IBM technologies (JCL, COBOL, DB2, CICS, PostgreSQL).
Experience with Eclipse or Heirloom preferred.
Experience in working with DB2 databases in a COBOL environment, including data retrieval, updates, and troubleshooting.
Hands-on experience with CICS for developing and maintaining online transaction processing applications.
Understanding of cloud environments and experience supporting or migrating COBOL-based systems to the cloud.
Experience in developing and executing unit tests and functional test coverage to ensure high code quality.
Ability to test application modifications across multiple programming platforms and ensure accuracy.
Experience leading or participating in code reviews to ensure quality and alignment with project requirements.
Ability to conduct technical reviews to detect defects in requirements, design, code, or test cases.
Proficient in version management tools and maintaining code repositories.
Familiarity with SDLC processes, including following coding practices, control concepts, and error-detection techniques.
Ability to document code changes and maintain technical documentation.
Experience in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating risks in software projects.
Ability to support production systems through incident management, code corrections, upgrades, and patches.
Experience working with senior developers, providing task estimates, and managing task activity.
Experience assisting with proof-of-concept and prototype development.
Thanks
ayaan.ali@panzersolutions.com
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