Mainframe Programmer

Senior Recruitment Specialist @ JRD Systems | MBA, Technical Recruiting

Job Title – Mainframe Programmer

Location – Downey, CA (Onsite)

Duration – 12+ month

Only on W2 & Candidates Local to California are preferred

A Senior Application Programmer for Mainframe Systems is responsible for leading and/or working on the most complex IT applications design, documentation, development, modification, testing, installation, implementation, and support of new or existing applications software. The Senior Application Programmer for Mainframe Systems is responsible for analyzing and refining systems requirements; translating systems requirements into applications prototypes; planning and designing systems architecture; writing, debugging and maintaining code;

determining and designing applications architecture; determining output media/formats; designing user interfaces; working with customers to test applications; assuring software and systems quality and functionality; integrating hardware and software components; writing and maintaining program documentation; evaluating new applications software technologies; and/or ensuring the rigorous application of information security/information assurance policies, principles and practices to the delivery of application software services.

The Senior Application Programmer for Mainframe Systems will possess knowledge and experience in applications software development principles and methods sufficient to participate in the design, development, testing and implementation of new or modified applications software; organization’s operational environment; software design principles, methods and approaches; principles, methods and procedures for designing, developing, optimizing and integrating new and/or reusable systems components; pertinent government regulations;

infrastructure requirements, database management principles and methodologies, including data structures, data modeling, data warehousing and transaction processing; functionality and operability of the current operating environment; systems engineering concepts and factors such as structured design, supportability, reliability, scalability and maintainability; optimization concepts and methods; establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of the work; and speak and write effectively and prepare effective reports.

• Must have a strong background in ADABAS/NATURAL, JCL, TSO/ISPF, Predict, and N2O.

This classification must have a minimum of seven (7) years of experience in electronic data processing systems design and programming with one or more of the software set forth below.

LANGUAGES:

COBOL, Natural/ Super Natural, IMS/DB/DC, DB2/SQL, Assembler, SAS, CICS; MF FOCUS; TOOLS/UTILITIES: MVS JCL, MVS TSO/ISPF, IBM OPTIM, FILE Manager, SPUFI, ICEMAN/ICETOOLS, SORT, VSAM, CLIST, FTP, DYL
260/280, CA Gen (Cool Gen), CA Endevor, CA Spool, CA OM Web Viewer, IBM Websphere, Debugger, N2O; DATABASES: DB2, IMS, ADABAS, FOCUS; OS: z/OS; OTHER:
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X, ASP, HTML, Cloverleaf.

This classification must have a minimum of seven (7) years of demonstrated experience in ADABAS/NATURAL programming within a mainframe environment, with proficiency in the following areas:
Language:
Natural Database: ADABAS Tools and Utilities: JCL, TSO/ISPF, Predict, N2O, CA Spool OS: z/OS Additional Technologies:
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X, Super Natural, Cloverleaf.

This classification requires the possession of a bachelor’s degree in an IT-related or Computer Science field. Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

• This assignment will require onsite work 5 days (M-F) per week initially for at least 6 months and gradually allowing up to 2 days telework depending on the current project requirements.

Mid-Senior level

Contract

Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting