COBOL DB2 Developer

Georgia  ‐ Onsite
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Our client, a Fortune 500 company, seeks an energetic problem solver with technical proficiency in the area of Cobol, DB2, analysis and design principles.  This applicant must be highly motivated to meet project deadlines and technology challenges. The technical developer will work directly with the technical team to understand technical and data requirements.  The candidate will perform requirements, design, technical design, build, unit test, system test and support user acceptance test.  The candidate's primary responsibility will be to develop new applications while adhering to established change control policies and prescribed procedures.

Education:  4-year College Degree preferably in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering or related field

Responsibilities:

  • Lead the conversion of multiple databases written in IDMS to DB2.
  • Work with business owners to gather requirements, prepare functional specifications, form project plans and communicate progress throughout the software development life cycle.
  • Work with the technical team lead to review, analyze and define requirements for development of the replacement application
  • Analyze and design technical solutions for complex business requirements
  • Has the ability to create efficient SQL queries and understands how to optimize them for performance.
  • Identify and resolve programming problems by following routine methods and established system development methodologies

Skills Required:

  • 6-9 years of application development using DB2
  • 3-5+ years of experience performing DB2application functions
    • build and maintain DDL to create database objects on TEST systems
      • Tablespaces
      • Tables
      • Indexes
      • Triggers
      • Stored procedures
      • Image copies/reorgs if needed
  • Knowledge of DB2 utilities, IBM DB2 Admin Tools and IBM DB2 Table Editor
  • TSO ISPF
  • Cobol
  • MVS JCL
  • Disciplined in the area of application change control using a Source Manager such as Changeman
  • Extensive design experience
  • Ability to produce high quality code for production use
  • Knowledge of all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills, coupled with solid teamwork ethic and customer focus.
  • Experience with MS Office applications
  • Must be independent and self-motivated, with a knack for taking the initiative, overcoming obstacles
  • Strong understanding relational (conceptual, logical, physical) data models

Skills Preferred:  

  • Experience with IDMS
  • Experience with SAS
  • Experience with Changeman
  • Experience with Scheduling software
  • Experience with Xpediter
  • Experience with MQ Series
  • Experience with TMON for DB2
  • Experience with HPSM problem/request system
Start date
ASAP
Duration
6-12 months+
(extension possible)
From
Open Systems, Inc.
Published at
16.11.2013
Project ID:
628763
Contract type
Freelance
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