Cobol/IDMS Developer (Remote)

Job Locations US-IN-Indianapolis
ID
2025-21616
# of Openings
1
Category
Information Technology
Type
Contract

Overview

  • Tier One Technologies is looking for a COBOL/IDMS Developer to maintain and support a large payroll application as well as helping in the database environment.
  • This will be a 100% remote Contract-to-Hire position.
  • SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT.
  • Must be a US Citizen.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and modify software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcomes and consequences of design.
  • Coordinate software system installations and monitors equipment functioning to ensure specifications are met.
  • Modify existing databases and database management systems.
  • Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify identifiers of database to management system or direct others in coding descriptions.
  • Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.
  • Conduct multidisciplinary research and collaborates with equipment designers and/or hardware engineers in the planning, design, development, and utilization of electronic data processing systems for product and commercial software.
  • Determine computer user needs; analyze system capabilities to resolve problems on program intent, output requirements, input data acquisition, programming techniques and controls; prepare operating instructions; design and develop compilers and assemblers, utility programs, and operating systems.
  • Ensure software standards are met. Analyze user needs and software requirements to determine feasibility of design within time and cost constraints.
  • Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers and others to design systems and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements and interfaces.
  • Review project requests describing database user needs to estimate time and cost required to accomplish project.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or relevant field required.
  • 5+ years of mainframe experience using COBOL, JCL, TSO and ISPF.
  • Working knowledge of IDMS database.
  • Ability of designing, coding and testing software requirements.
  • Familiarity with computer development software as it relates to systems, such as SQL, Visual Basic, etc.
  • Basic knowledge of the full software development lifecycle: from business/systems analysis, through requirements gathering and functional specification authoring, to development, testing and delivery.
  • Familiarity and knowledge of the Agile methodology is a plus.
  • Ability to work independently.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills.
  • Must be a US Citizen and be able to obtain a DoD Public Trust clearance.
  • Must not have traveled outside the US for a combined total of 6 months or more in the last 5 years.
  • Must have resided in the US for the last 5 years.

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