IT Help Wanted: [itroundtable] iSeries/COBOL Programmer Analyst from Nityo InfoTech USA

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

[itroundtable] iSeries/COBOL Programmer Analyst from Nityo InfoTech USA

Job Title: iSeries/COBOL Programmer Analyst

Duration: Permanent

Location: Egg Harbor Township, NJ

Client offers:
Competitive salary, career advancement and an excellent benefits package including Vacation/Sick/Holiday pay, Medical/Dental/Disability/Life and AD&D insurance & 401k

Responsibilities:

1) Evaluate business computer systems, programming requirements and processes for new systems, enhancements and maintenance to existing systems. Research alternative approaches to solving complex business system issues.

2) Consult with users to define functions to be automated, objectives, desired features and report structure. Participate in the development of business requirements, functional requirements and functional specification.

3) Assist in establishing an overall project plan and database design. Create program specifications (program logic, data mapping, screen and report layouts, job flow, etc.) to the level necessary to code the project. Create and execute unit test plans, system test plans and detailed implementation plans. Provide post-implementation support. Develop and maintain application and system documentation.

4) Participate in the project coding phase by writing COBOL computer code using embedded SQL to satisfy the project requirements.

5) Participate in the general problem definition and resolution activities. Analyze existing system logic and provide innovative, practical, automated solutions.

6) Participate in the application on-call support rotation.

7) Participate in the general data base administration functions:
* Design, install, monitor, maintain and performance tune production DB2 databases
* Maintain development, test and production DB2 collections
* Refresh development and test DB2 collections from the production collection on as needed basis
* Administer database backups and weekly reorganizations
* Analyze DBA procedures and problems to automate and improve existing procedures

Requirements

1) Must be able to maintain control in stressful situations and be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. The ability to interpret a variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with abstract and concrete variables is a must.

2) Must also have a moderate to high level working knowledge of the following:

Languages: COBOL, CL, SQL and embedded SQL

Database: DB2 and relational database concepts

Reporting Tools: SEQUEL

Operating System: OS/400 V5R4

Change Management: Turnover

Scheduling: ROBOT