Mainframe Developer (IBM, COBAL, DB2, Ministry of Health)

Job title: Mainframe Developer (IBM, COBAL, DB2, Ministry of Health)

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Job description: “The start date of this job is flexible and in order to find the best candidate the job may remain open much longer than the date mentioned on this posting…..or you may be asked to start sooner than the expected start date if you are able to do so!”

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One of our government clients is looking for a Mainframe Developer (IBM, COBAL, DB2, Ministry of Health)
Length: Contract term is 1 year with a possibility of extension
Location: Kingston, ON

Role:
This resource will be assisting with maintenance development and business requirements gathering for the ministries medical claims system. They will be working in a team including other resources and permanent staff to perform this development work to pass to the testers. This role will be focused on development.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in business requirements walkthroughs.
• Analysis of business requirement documents and liaison with clients.
• Development and design of new programs or enhancements to existing ones (environment: IBM Mainframe – COBOL and DB2, occasional IMS).
• Creation and walk-through of Systems Response documents, Technical Specifications and Implementation Plans.
• Coding of payment programs including new and existing.
• Preparation of test plans, test data, and unit-testing of programs.
• Preparation of implementation plans and promotion of programs.
• As assigned, response to client queries and trouble-shooting of production incidents.
• Updates to key knowledge transfer documents such as the Claims System documentation and the Overview of Architected Payment Systems.
• Conduct/participate in design walkthroughs as well as test case and test results walkthroughs.
• Support testing of the changes by other team members.
• Weekly reporting on status, progress, and key issue/concerns as directed by the Project Lead or Sr. Project Manager.
• Transfer skills and knowledge to selected Ontario Govenment staff.
• The resource may be required to do similar work related to the role, for other initiatives within PRS, as directed by the manager.

Skill Notes: * Please see below matrix for full evaluation criteria

• Experience gathering business requirements and drafting BRD’s, performing analysis
• Strong development experience with COBAL and DB2
• IBM Mainframe experience
• Experience generating documents and system response, creating test plans and implementation plans
• Previous ministry experience an asset
• Experience within banking or insurance industry an asset
• NOT looking for a mid tier JAVA developer

Experience and Skill Set Requirements
Technical Skills
· Experience as a COBOL developer in an MVS environment writing programs that access DB2 and IMS databases
· Experience in structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications.
· Experience with one or more platforms, including the operating system, database technology, communication protocols, middleware and gateways
· Experience developing or maintaining large scale IT systems, including high-volume batch programs
· Development and design of new programs or enhancements to existing ones (environment: IBM Mainframe – COBOL and DB2, occasional IMS)
· Ability to understand and analyze business requirements, and to design structured programs that efficiently satisfy these requirements
· Ability to write programs that are modular, well-structured, and easy to maintain
· Demonstrated success writing system design and implementation documents
· Experience with, and understanding of, relational databases
· Preparation of test plans, test data, and unit-testing of programs
· Preparation of implementation plans and promotion of modules
· Participate in business requirements walkthroughs
· Conduct/participate in design walkthroughs
· Conduct/participate in testing walkthroughs

Analytical Skills
· Ability to analyse and update legacy COBOL code
· Analysis of business requirement documents and liaison with clients
· Development and design of new programs or enhancements to existing ones (environment: IBM Mainframe – COBOL and DB2, occasional IMS)
· Respond to client queries and troubleshooting of production incidents Proven and demonstrable troubleshooting and analytical experience.

Communications
· Strong verbal and written communication skills.
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Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
· Strong consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders.
· A demonstrated team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.

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Expected salary:

Location: Kingston, ON

Job date: Sat, 02 Jan 2021 08:59:54 GMT