Mainframe COBOL Developer

Job Description

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances.

At Kyyba, the overall well‑being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere. We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.

Position – Mainframe COBOL Developer

Location:
Dearborn, MI

Duration:
Open ended long term

Pay Rate: $60 - $70 per hour on W2 with benefits

• Work closely with Global Securitization Partners to understand their product vision and break it down into a practical backlog of user stories for the engineering development team.
• Handle Development, Enhancements and Production Support in the autonomous Product Driven Organization (PDO) team.
• Analyze and resolve issues in Securitization applications.
• Analyze and design application enhancements/corrections per requirements.
• Develop and execute unit test plans and scripts to validate that assigned modules meet technical specifications.
• Balance "doing it right" with "speed to delivery" by identifying and mitigating risk, generating options, educating business and other decision-makers, and taking on justified technical debt.
• Handle rotational On‑Call Support.
• Lead assignments with minimal direction and escalate issues as necessary to management.
• Be flexible to respond to changing priorities.
• Develop a deep understanding of the product, understand the problems to be solved and deliver value to the customer.
• Work with Product Manager to understand product vision.

• Job Control Language (JCL):
  Must be able to write structured jobs, debug JCL errors, understand Schedule IDs.
• Mainframe DB:
  Understand relational databases, code and debug SQL statements, understand keys and indexes.
• IBM DB2:
  Same as Mainframe DB.
• COBOL:
  Code and debug standard COBOL programs with moderate complexity.
• Mainframe Systems:
  Experienced in ISPF, File Manager, CA7, Syncsort, sFTP.

• Postgre
  
  SQL: 5 years of experience utilizing Postgres and writing code and SQL accessing Postgres tables.
• Relational Databases:
  General database use and design knowledge including table design and key field identification.
• Agile Software Development: 3 years of experience in Scrum and/or Waterfall based development.
• Jira:
  Understanding and knowledgeable in JIRA boards and user story development. Experienced breaking projects down into manageable pieces, prioritizing and estimating tasks and duration.

• 401k
• Term life
• Voluntary life and disability insurance
• Optional Pre‑paid legal plan
• Optional Identity theft plan
• Optional Medical and dependent FSA
• Opportunity for advancement
• Long‑term assignment with opportunity for hire by client

• An INC 5000 company for 10 years
• Corp! Michigan Economic Bright Spots
• Crain’s Detroit Business Top Staffing Service Companies in Detroit
• Tech Serve Alliance Excellence Award- IT and Engineering Staffing & Solutions
• Best of Mich Business winner in HR Wizards & Partnerships
• Metro Detroit Elite Category:
  Recruitment, Selection & Orientation for 101 Best & Brightest
• 101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work for in Michigan

Kyyba is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Kyyba does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non‑disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. Minorities / Females / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

It is the policy of Kyyba to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy regarding requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact Kyyba at .