{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"4c9b9c8e05f2ccd91a06ab35","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4c9b9c8e05f2ccd91a06ab35","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4c9b9c8e05f2ccd91a06ab35","title":"COBOL Software Developer, Advisor","description":"About Peraton\n\nPeraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.\n\nAbout The Role\n\nThe Peraton Health, State and Local Sector is seeking COBOL Software Developer, Advisor to join us in supporting and maintaining the Medicare Fee For Service claims processing system. In this role, you will serve as a principal technical contributor on an Agile team providing maintenance and operations support for the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment (DME) contract.\n\nAs a COBOL Software Development, Advisor, you will help plan, direct, and coordinate software development across multiple functional areas of the DME system. This role will operate in a highly structured, rigorous development environment, spanning high-level technical design, hands-on coding, unit testing, and defect resolution. At this level, the candidate is expected to exercise a high degree of independent judgement, serve as a technical authority within the team, and provide leadership and mentorship to developers at all levels.\n\nThe Advisor will design, develop, and enhance core software programs while adhering to strict coding standards. Quality is vital to this mission, this role must build and execute your own unit test plans, test cases, and test data. Additionally, the Advisor role is responsible for installing changes into internal testing regions, troubleshooting and resolving defects, and keeping technical documentation current.\n\nWhat you'll do:\n\nDesigns, codes, unit tests, and debugs complex enhancements and fixes to the Medicare health claims processing system while adhering to strict coding standards.\nLeads technical design sessions and drives implementation of complex software components.\nApplies deep technical expertise to deliver reliable, high-quality maintenance and development solutions.\nIntegrate technical knowledge and business understanding to implement end-user and enterprise solutions of high complexity with minimal direction.\nServes as a principal technical contributor on a persistent Agile development team supporting maintenance and operations.\nDemonstrates advanced, practical mastery of mainframe development concepts, practices, and engineering techniques.\nConsult with team members, cross-functional organizations, clients, and vendors to resolve complex technical issues.\nServes as a mentor and technical resource to developers, actively supporting team growth and knowledge transfer.\nRepresents the team during client-facing technical discussions, communicating complex issues clearly and effectively.\nProvide reliable time and resources estimates for your assigned tasks and projects to ensure sprint predictability.\nTroubleshoot problems independently and deliver effective, well-reasoned solutions.\nContributes to the strategic technical direction of the development team and assists in developing solutions to complex business and technology problems.\nQualifications\n\nWhat you'll need:\n\nEducation & Experience: BS/BA degree with 8+ years of relevant experience; or Master's degree with 6 years of relevant experience; or HS diploma with 12 years of relevant experience.\nMainframe development experience in production or maintenance environment.\nAdvanced proficiency with mainframe technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, TSO and VSAM.\nKnowledge of health care claims processing, particularly Medicare Fee For Service.\nAbility to perform well in a highly rigorous, structured development environment.\nDemonstrated experience as a senior or principal software developer in a mainframe environment.\nDemonstrated ability to determine and decompose business and technical requirements.\nApplication lifecycle methodology experience, specifically Agile/SCRUM.\nStrong communication skills and technical writing ability, including client-facing communication.\nAbility to develop application project solutions and provide accurate estimates.\nExperience with Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B, DME or Medicare Common Working File (CWF) specific processing systems.\nExperience working with or in support of CMS programs or contracts.\nExperience with DevOps/DevSecOps tools and frameworks through plan, define, build, test, release and deploy processes.\nSAFe experience and/or certification.\nMust be able to achieve and maintain a Public Trust clearance.\n\n Preferred Qualifications:\n\nExperience with Assembler language in a mainframe environment.\nFamiliarity with development and collaboration tools: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Eclipse (IDz/RDz).\nExposure to modern languages such as Java or Python.\n\nDetails\n\nTarget Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.\n\nBenefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.\n\nApplication Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.\n\nEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.","company":"Peraton","rawCompany":"peraton","city":"Washington","state":"DC","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-09-23T09:48:07.158Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1251.00","title":"Computer Programmers","slug":"computer-programmers"},{"code":"15-1211.00","title":"Computer Systems Analysts","slug":"computer-systems-analysts"}],"industries":[{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"COBOL Software Developer, Advisor","description":"About Peraton\n\nPeraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.\n\nAbout The Role\n\nThe Peraton Health, State and Local Sector is seeking COBOL Software Developer, Advisor to join us in supporting and maintaining the Medicare Fee For Service claims processing system. In this role, you will serve as a principal technical contributor on an Agile team providing maintenance and operations support for the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment (DME) contract.\n\nAs a COBOL Software Development, Advisor, you will help plan, direct, and coordinate software development across multiple functional areas of the DME system. This role will operate in a highly structured, rigorous development environment, spanning high-level technical design, hands-on coding, unit testing, and defect resolution. At this level, the candidate is expected to exercise a high degree of independent judgement, serve as a technical authority within the team, and provide leadership and mentorship to developers at all levels.\n\nThe Advisor will design, develop, and enhance core software programs while adhering to strict coding standards. Quality is vital to this mission, this role must build and execute your own unit test plans, test cases, and test data. Additionally, the Advisor role is responsible for installing changes into internal testing regions, troubleshooting and resolving defects, and keeping technical documentation current.\n\nWhat you'll do:\n\nDesigns, codes, unit tests, and debugs complex enhancements and fixes to the Medicare health claims processing system while adhering to strict coding standards.\nLeads technical design sessions and drives implementation of complex software components.\nApplies deep technical expertise to deliver reliable, high-quality maintenance and development solutions.\nIntegrate technical knowledge and business understanding to implement end-user and enterprise solutions of high complexity with minimal direction.\nServes as a principal technical contributor on a persistent Agile development team supporting maintenance and operations.\nDemonstrates advanced, practical mastery of mainframe development concepts, practices, and engineering techniques.\nConsult with team members, cross-functional organizations, clients, and vendors to resolve complex technical issues.\nServes as a mentor and technical resource to developers, actively supporting team growth and knowledge transfer.\nRepresents the team during client-facing technical discussions, communicating complex issues clearly and effectively.\nProvide reliable time and resources estimates for your assigned tasks and projects to ensure sprint predictability.\nTroubleshoot problems independently and deliver effective, well-reasoned solutions.\nContributes to the strategic technical direction of the development team and assists in developing solutions to complex business and technology problems.\nQualifications\n\nWhat you'll need:\n\nEducation & Experience: BS/BA degree with 8+ years of relevant experience; or Master's degree with 6 years of relevant experience; or HS diploma with 12 years of relevant experience.\nMainframe development experience in production or maintenance environment.\nAdvanced proficiency with mainframe technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, TSO and VSAM.\nKnowledge of health care claims processing, particularly Medicare Fee For Service.\nAbility to perform well in a highly rigorous, structured development environment.\nDemonstrated experience as a senior or principal software developer in a mainframe environment.\nDemonstrated ability to determine and decompose business and technical requirements.\nApplication lifecycle methodology experience, specifically Agile/SCRUM.\nStrong communication skills and technical writing ability, including client-facing communication.\nAbility to develop application project solutions and provide accurate estimates.\nExperience with Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B, DME or Medicare Common Working File (CWF) specific processing systems.\nExperience working with or in support of CMS programs or contracts.\nExperience with DevOps/DevSecOps tools and frameworks through plan, define, build, test, release and deploy processes.\nSAFe experience and/or certification.\nMust be able to achieve and maintain a Public Trust clearance.\n\n Preferred Qualifications:\n\nExperience with Assembler language in a mainframe environment.\nFamiliarity with development and collaboration tools: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Eclipse (IDz/RDz).\nExposure to modern languages such as Java or Python.\n\nDetails\n\nTarget Salary Range: $112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.\n\nBenefits Statement: Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at https://www.careers.peraton.com/benefits.\n\nApplication Statements: The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates. By applying to this job, you are expressing interest in the role and the Company. During the review of your application, you may be required to participate in an on-camera interview, as well as participate in a process to verify your identity. Use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools of any kind during Peraton interviews is strictly prohibited unless the candidate has obtained prior written authorization. All interview responses must be the candidate’s own.\n\nEEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.","datePosted":"2026-09-23T09:48:07.158Z","dateModified":"2026-09-23T09:48:07.158Z","hiringOrganization":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Peraton","sameAs":"https://jobsearcher.com"},"jobLocation":{"@type":"Place","address":{"@type":"PostalAddress","addressLocality":"Washington","addressRegion":"DC","addressCountry":"US"}},"identifier":{"@type":"PropertyValue","name":"JobSearcher","value":"4c9b9c8e05f2ccd91a06ab35"},"url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/4c9b9c8e05f2ccd91a06ab35"}}