About the job PROGRAMMER CONSULTANT (COBOL) Onsite Columbia SC
PROGRAMMER CONSULTANT (COBOL) Onsite Columbia SC
Authorized to work in the US
No H1B
Max $65 USD per hour / 1099 Contractor
Government Experience Required: Preferable
SCDMV Information Technology is a professional information processing group dedicated to maintaining and improving IT functions and reliability for the ultimate benefit of citizens of South Carolina. We recognize our contractors are an integral part of executing this mission.
Scope of the project:
SCDMV EMPLOYS A MULTI-TIERED ARCHITECTURE IN ITS CORE BUSINESS SYSTEMS. THE BUSINESS APPLICATION TIER UTILIZES MICROFOCUS VISUAL COBOL RUNNING UNDER IIS ON MS WINDOWS 2022 SERVERS. THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF NEW BUSINESS FUNCTIONS AND TROUBLESHOOTING, MODIFICATION, AND ENHANCEMENT OF EXISTING FUNCTIONS IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE EXISTING SCDMV APPLICATION FRAMEWORK. PROJECTS MAY INCLUDE BUSINESS LOGIC SUPPORTING ON-LINE SYSTEMS, BATCH PROGRAMMING, DATA EXTRACTION, AND REPORTS INVOLVING ALL SCDMV BUSINESS AREAS. THIS ENGINEER WILL WORK CLOSELY AND WILL BE INVOLVED WITH BOTH THE UI TIERS WHICH ARE MS .NET APPLICATIONS (VB.NET, C#.NET) AND THE DATABASE TIERS IN BOTH SQL AND ORACLE. PRODUCTION TROUBLE SHOOTING SUPPORT WILL BE EXPECTED SO SOME LEVEL OF PRODUCTION SUPPORT EXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED. THIS CONTRACTOR WILL BE EXPECTED TO WORK WITH MINIMAL SUPERVISION, WILL BE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH BUSINESS AREA SPECIALISTS, DEVELOP TECHNICAL APPROACHES AND DESIGNS, CODE, TEST, AND SUPPORT THESE FUNCTIONS. COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS MUST BE EXCELLENT.
Objectives to Be Fulfilled by Candidate:
1. ANALYZE THE SCDMV PHOENIX II, WEB SERVICE, AND BATCH BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
- 2. TAKE THE LEAD IN ANALYZING AND TROUBLE-SHOOTING ASSIGNED SYSTEM PROBLEMS
- 3. PROPOSE SOLUTIONS
- 4. CODE, TEST, PROMOTE, AND INTERACT WITH IMPACTED USERS ENSURING THAT SOLUTION MEETS REQUIREMENTS.
- 5. PROVIDE DAILY AND WEEKLY STATUS TO THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):
- COBOL development with MICROFOCUS Visual COBOL using Visual Studio 2019/2022 in Windows Server 2022 under IIS.
Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):
Visual Studio 2019 and higher Debugging
IIS configuration/setup
Microsoft Team Foundation Server
Microsoft C# .NET
Application programming against RDBMS (Oracle, SQL).
SQL for Oracle DB.
Required Education:
PREFER BACHELORS DEGREE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RELATED DISCIPLINE WITH 8 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OR MINIMUM 10 YEARS RELATED EXPERIENCE.
Required Certifications:
NOT REQUIRED BUT MS TECHNICAL CERTIFICATIONS WILL BE FACTORED IN THE SELECTION PROCESS.
MICROFOCUS CERTIFICATIONS ARE A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE