Cobol Developer

IO Datasphere, Inc. has been providing project management, software development and IT staff augmentation services to our clients in the Midwest and throughout the U.S. since 1996. We are an approved vendor on contract to provide software development and IT staff augmentation services for the States of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin. We also provide these services to businesses, as well as local and county governments, in the Midwest and nationwide.Our client is looking for a Cobol Developer to act as a liaison among technical and business stakeholders to elicit, analyze, communicate, and validate requirements for changes to information systems, business processes, and policies, as applicable. The Cobol Developer will also function as a senior programmer analyst with responsibility for the operational support of Mainframe applications written in COBOL and XGEN. Incumbent will oversee all system documentation that meets the client standards and is maintained in accordance with all policies.TasksProvide content approval and validate estimates for the entire schedule of the project for the Project Manager to ensure compliance with the SUITE Project Management Methodology (PMM) and the Systems Engineering Methodology (SEM). Facilitate requirements gathering/meetings with clients to gather requirements (traditional waterfall and agile) for all IT solutions and to identify impacted business processes and determine best process and IT solution integration.Redesign and approve program specifications based on test results. Lead artifact reviews with peers, system specialists, Enterprise Security and other entities to ensure IT solutions and applications adhere to the client and agency policies, standards, or guidelines.Design and document IT solutions that utilize the client’s standard technology.Ensure proper change management for all requested fixes to production systems.Ensure proper change management for all requested changes to system designs and system architecture standards are documented.Approves application-wide integration, performance, system, or user acceptance test plans.Validate test data and test results.Differentiate between defects and new requirements and initiate change requests as necessary.Develop and monitor defect tracking logs and facilitate problem resolution.Leads post implementation validation of RFCs (application changes, infrastructure changes, etc.)Monitors long term IT solution traits and break fix patterns and recommends IT solutions to alleviate persistent problems. Serve as a liaison between the client concerning application requests, standards, and other program and project matters.Actively participate in the development and implementation of assigned client agency’s IT strategic direction/plan.Develop and maintain an effective communication plan with vendors and agency staff relating to project level metrics. Perform disaster recovery planning and implementation.Evaluate and inform management and support client agency of impact and risks to existing IT solutions due to proposed legislation, enhancement requests, changes in governmental processes or procedures.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: Excellent verbal and written communicationNOTE: Candidates MUST be local at time of submission. NO relocation is allowed. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Must be able to work onsite in the Dimondale, MI office 2x a week (Tues/Weds) for hybrid model.Location: Dimondale, MI (Hybrid – 2 days/week (Tues/Wed) in office) Contract: 1 year Skills Required:5+ years - Programming in Cobol or XGEN5+ years - Experience with requirements gathering.3+ years - Experience writing test cases.Bachelor’s Degree in technical area such as mathematics, computer science, engineering or information systems.*** Rate depends on experience *** Local candidates preferred, not mandatory*** Candidates authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are not sponsoring H1B candidates at this time.*** Companies submitting candidates should only submit direct W2 employees for this position. This includes H1B visa candidates and therefore your company must be the visa sponsor.Please submit your resume by using the "URL" below