Description
Software Developer
Universal City Ca
Contract 3 months (likely to extend to 2 years)
Job Description
Analyses requirements and designs, develops, and maintains applications on Mainframe and or UNIX environment using ADABAS/NATURAL with the emphasis on analysis and more complex development activities.
Responsibilities:
- Translates the solutions provided from analysis/design into detailed program specifications
- Gathers data to further identify customer change requests, defines scope of work and software/system requirements for implementation
- Reviews and writes or provides input to functional documentation
- Identifies subsystems and interfaces, and performs impact analysis in relation to other systems
- Develops and documents computer programs, applying knowledge of programming techniques and computer systems
- Writes code, revises and adapts existing code, troubleshoots and resolves defects
- Maintains and supports applications to keep them performing in accordance with technical and functional specifications
- Adheres to and provides input to programming standards and techniques
- Designs detailed flowcharts, verifies program logic by preparing test data for trial runs
- Provides input for the test team with regard to test requirements and test plans and assists in the creation of test scripts
- Performs system tests and debugs programs according to results of system test and user acceptance test
- Writes technical documentation to describe program logic and coding
- Performs code peer-reviews
- Liaises with and provides input to the project manager on project progress and issues.
- Provides technical/professional guidance, coaching to the assigned resources
- Prepares or ensures preparation of necessary reports, charts, and correspondence relative to status, progress, costs, and operations for the project manager and business representatives
Technical Profile:
Skills Profile
- Formal systems life cycle methodology experience
- Ability to investigate and solve problems
- Multi-tasking
- Team player
- Oral and written communication skills
Experience/Knowledge
Required:
- 10 years of ADABAS/Natural combined experience on Mainframe and/or Unix
- TSO, JCL, FTP knowledge and expertise
- Strong Batch processing in Mainframe environment
Preferred:
- Music or royalty/copyright experience.
- UNIX knowledge and expertise
Education/Other
- Minimum 4 year business or technical degree