COBOL Developer

Peraton is seeking a COBOL Developer to join our team of qualified and diverse individuals.

Day to Day Work Responsibilities:

Research, design, implement, and manage software applications, including testing and evaluating new solutions.
• Troubleshoot software issues and incorporate user feedback to improve performance and functionality.
• Write and implement clean, efficient, and maintainable code.
• Develop and execute quality assurance procedures, and implement tools, processes, and metrics to ensure software reliability.
• Collaborate with developers, UX designers, business analysts, and systems analysts throughout the development lifecycle.
• Contribute to the creation of software user manuals and technical documentation.
• Provide technical guidance to development team members by assigning tasks, reviewing work, and ensuring coding standards are met.
• Work closely with engineering teams to define software-hardware interface specifications and performance requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree and 2 years of experience or High School diploma and 6 years of experience.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder.
• Experience working in a Mainframe Payroll application
• Hands-on experience with COBOL programming on IBM z/OS.
• Proficiency in JCL, VSAM, DB2, IMS, and CICS.
• Experience in mainframe migration projects or modernization initiatives is preferred.
• Familiarity with mainframe communication tools such as CICS and mainframe security protocols, including RACF.
• Must be proficient in JCL, COBOL, VSAM, and CICS.
• Strong knowledge of batch processing and online transaction processing.
• Must have experience with IBM utilities, TSO/ISPF, and Abend-AID.
• Experience with Control-D, Control-M, File-AID.
• Knowledge of best practices in mainframe migration planning, including risk assessment and resource management
  

Perferred Qualifications:

• Experience with DevOps practices on mainframes, including tools like Jenkins and Git.
• Prior experience with performance tuning on mainframe systems
• Prior experience with ServiceNow
• A minimum of eight (8) to twelve (12) years' relevant experience.

Peraton 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 do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.