Role overview

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or a relevant field.
5+ years of mainframe experience using COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2.
Prior experience working with FOCUS COBOL.
U.S. citizen with ability to obtain DoD Public Trust clearance and meet residence and travel requirements.

Responsibilities

Ensure requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods.
Translate high level product development strategies into system requirement specifications and collaborate with other engineering disciplines to develop lower level implementation requirements.
Design interfaces and integrate system elements so they work as a cohesive whole.
Generate system-level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures.

Key facts

Remote from: Indiana (USA)
Fixed term
Senior (5-10 years)
English

Other skills

Teamwork
Customer Service
Verbal Communication Skills
Social Skills
Problem Solving

About the company

A.C.Coy Company

Information Technology & Services

The A.C.Coy Company is a national technical staffing and consulting firm with its corporate headquarters located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The A.C.Coy Team is very proud of the fact that we have been providing outstanding, quality-based staffing services, to both our clients and candidates for thirty four (34) years. The A.C.Coy Team is a dynamic, responsive organization that can deliver the top-notch talent and expertise clients need to come up to speed and ultimately surge ahead - even as information technology becomes increasingly complex and finding resources to manage processes becomes increasingly difficult. At A.C.Coy, we are committed to working with clients to understand their business inside and out and to earn a level of trust that goes beyond the typical client/supplier relationship. We enjoy lasting, ongoing relationships with our clients and consider ourselves a partner in their success.

Company details

Company typeSME

IndustryInformation Technology & Services

Company size51 - 200

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Job description

Overview:

Tier One Technologies is seeking a COBOL/CICS Developer to provide system development, enhancement, and maintenance support for a payroll application of our U.S. 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 requirement specifications and works with other engineering disciplines to develop lower level detailed implementation requirements.
Establish and coordinate development of standards, practices, and procedures as related to the overall product development.
Design interfaces and bring system elements together so they work as a whole.
Assess performance using evaluation criteria and technical performance measures.
Customer liaison and support for business development activities and to understand and shape requirements.
Participate in system conceptual design and documentation of the design concepts.
Contribute in design reviews of components (hardware and software) to ensure applicability to the current system and traceability of requirements through compliance verification and validation.
Generate system level requirements verification procedures and customer acceptance test procedures.
Review test plans/procedures and ensure they meet the objectives of the contractual requirements and participate in the testing process to validate requirements.
Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts to make changes.
Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.
Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.
Review project requests describing database users' needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or relevant field is recommended.
5+ years of mainframe experience using COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2.
Prior experience working with FOCUS COBOL.
Ability of designing, coding and testing software requirements.
Basic knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery.
Familiarity and knowledge of the Agile methodology is a plus.
Ability to work independently.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.
Must be a US Citizen (no dual citizenship).
Able to obtain DoD Public Trust clearance.
Must not have traveled outside the US for a combined total of 6 months or more in the last 5 years.
Must have resided in the US for the last 5 years.