NYS IES PRD-Developer Level 3; COBOL Developer, Part Time

Opportunity Details

Full Time

NYS IES PRD
- Developer Level 3 (COBOL Developer, Part Time)

Albany, NY (Hybrid)

Outcomes. Delivered.

Voyatek delivers outcome-driven technology solutions to public sector agencies and higher education institutions nationwide. For example, our technology:

• Facilitates access to nutritious food for children of mothers participating in the WIC program
• Supports first responders in reducing opioid overdoses within their communities
• Empowers colleges and universities to identify and thwart financial aid fraud
• Equips teachers with valuable insights to identify students requiring additional support
• Enhances efficiency for state tax agencies, leading to 99% faster return processing and quicker refunds for taxpayers

With a focus on Tax & Revenue, Health & Human Services, and Justice & Public Safety, Voyatek combines the scale to support large complex projects with the agility and accessibility of a boutique solutions provider. Together, Voyatek and its customers work to improve population wellbeing, create safer communities, and foster a thriving economy.

We're more than a technology company -- we're an outcomes company. We encourage our employees to think differently, ask tough questions, and relentlessly pursue what's best for our customers and the residents they serve.

We believe that the value of technology is defined by its human impact. If you agree, you've come to the right place.

Voyatek is seeking applicants to occupy the position of Level 3 Developer - Senior Java Developer within our team NYS Integrated Eligibility Systems located in Albany, NY (hybrid). This position is a 31 month contract.

The mission of the Integrated Eligibility System (IES) is to enhance the well-being of New Yorkers by transforming health and human service delivery through coordinated business practices, modernized technology, and strategic partnerships. IES will provide eligibility, enrollment, case management, and payment functionality for Health and Human Service programs currently served by the Welfare Management System, Benefits Issuance Control System and other State systems.

IES will build on the successful opening of the New York State of Health (NYSoH) by leveraging assets created for the health benefit exchange to modernize the eligibility system for health and human service programs.

• Review production systems to understand major technical components and relate them to business areas
• Use Cobol to analyze routines, procedures, TIP screens, ECL, batch jobs and FTPs which make up discrete parts of the systems
• Analyze DMS and RDMS database structures, data dictionaries and source code for discrepancies or inaccuracies
• Document system specifications and solutions to facilitate knowledge transfer
• Monitor and perform diagnostic/debugging activities on the mainframe
• Coordinate project activities among other team members, users, and/or requestors
• Act in advocacy role as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in all relevant phases of the IES Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Work closely with Architects and others on the applications development team to refine solution design
• Report status of current tasks and outstanding issues to supervisor and project leads
• Other duties as assigned

Part time - not to exceed 20 hours per week

Consultants may be eligible to telecommute for more than 50% of their work hours, up to and including 100% remote work. Telecommuting arrangements require direct manager approval and are subject to change based on program needs. Consultants approved for 100% remote work must attend monthly in-person meetings at the Albany office and be available for major milestone meetings as needed.

• Level III
  - More than seven (7) years of experience working on complex projects with 2 or more years in a leadership role as a Developer
• More than Seven (7) years of experience working directly with COBOL 74 and/or 85 programming on mainframes.
• Five or more years of experience with system analysis and design, programming and unit and integrated testing on mainframes.

• Seven or more years of experience developing and maintaining COBOL applications, including COBOL routines, procedures, TIP screens, ECL, and batch jobs.
• Four to five years of experience monitoring production support; performing error diagnosis and debugging in a mainframe environment; working with RDMS and DMS database structures, data dictionaries, and source code; and supporting information technology solutions for an Integrated Eligibility System program in a Health and Human Services domain.
• One to two years of experience creating and maintaining technical documentation, conducting code walkthroughs and testing activities, and reviewing, translating, and extracting business rules and process logic from COBOL code in a mainframe environment.

The wage range for this role reflects the wide array of factors considered in compensation decisions. These factors include, but are not limited to, skill sets,…