COBOL/CICS Developer (Payroll)

Overview

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Tier One Technologies is seeking a COBOL/CICS Developer to support Payroll applications for our US Government client.

- This will be a 100% remote Contract-to-Hire position.

- Must be a US Citizen.

- SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.

Responsibilities

- Ensure that requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods.

- Translate high-level product development strategies into system requirements specifications and work with other engineering disciplines to develop detailed, lower-level implementation requirements.

- Establish and coordinate the development of standards, practices, and procedures related to overall product development.

- Design interfaces and integrate system elements to ensure they function together as a cohesive system.

- Assess system performance using established evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.

- Act as a customer liaison and support business development activities to understand and shape requirements.

- Participate in system conceptual design and document design concepts.

- Participate in design reviews of hardware and software components to ensure their applicability to the current system and maintain requirements traceability through compliance verification and validation.

- Review test plans and procedures to ensure they meet contractual requirements and participate in testing activities to validate requirements.

- Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts in making required changes.

- Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify database identifiers for database management systems, or direct others in coding these descriptions.

- Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.

- Review project requests describing database user needs and estimate the time and cost required to complete the project.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent training required.

- 4+ years of experience in COBOL, CICS, JCL and DB2.

- Prior experience supporting Payroll applications is a plus.

- Experience utilizing Agile methodology.

- Excellent communication skills.

- Must be a US Citizen (no dual citizenship).

- Able to obtain DoD Public Trust clearance.

- Must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years.

- Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last 5 years. Military Service excluded.

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