Job Title: Sr. Mainframe Developer

Salary: $126,000.00

Client: RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS

Location: Austin, TX

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Design, develop, and write code as needed to modify mainframe systems or extract data for review prior to moving it into the new application infrastructure or Informatica staging database.

• Research and review complex and disparate sources to document currently functioning code to enable movement of business applications off the mainframe.

• Meeting with the business, vendor staff, and the information technology team to understand the existing applications, and the required changes needed as each application is wholly or partially moved during multiple releases off the mainframe.

• Participate in requirements gathering or review sessions

• Create technical design documents and specifications

• Develop programs in COBOL, or update JCL as needed

• Perform unit and system testing

• Support the users in acceptance testing

• Work with the IT team to move the system into production

• Create necessary system documentation

10

Detailed knowledge of developing and maintaining mainframe applications

7

Skill in COBOL, CICS, JCL, REXX, Mark4, ISPF, File-Aid, and Job Scheduler

7

Skill in systems documentation

7

Experience and understanding of IMS and VSAM

7

Ability to read code, understand business rules, and modify programs based on new rules

7

Excellent communication skills

Experience developing complex application systems using software development life cycle

Preferred

• Experience developing applications using COBOL 390

• Experience developing applications using the relational IMS database

• Experience developing SQL scripts and queries

• Mainframe knowledge in JCL, CICS, VSAM, and TSO

• Extensive experience with RRC Oil & Gas systems preferred