COBOL MAINFRAME DEVELOPER
Estimated Duration: 10/19/2026 - 10/31/2027
Location: Onsite, Lincoln, NE - Candidates must be able to interview onsite
We are seeking a dedicated COBOL Application Developer to join our team of performance driven professionals utilizing Agile development methodology.
Requirements:
* Qualified applicants will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or hold a Technical Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent combination of education and minimum 5+ years development experience).
* Explore and gain a thorough understanding of the business.
* Troubleshoot problems and provide support on existing products and services.
* Work as part of a software development team in the implementation of projects.
* Perform daily tasks of analysis, programming and testing as needed.
* Assist with; capturing business requirements, design, system architecture and development.
* Maintain legacy applications (minor new development) in Micro Focus Cobol, Cobol and CICS that interact with the Department's Information Systems.
* Must have most recent experience within the last year coding programs in COBOL.
* Experience with SQL utilizing DB2 accessing by programs, writing queries in QMF and creating tables is required.
* Experience with JCL and job scheduling is required.
* Experience in software development utilizing Agile with SCRUM is desired but not required.
* Perform front-end, middle-tier and back-end development.
* Skilled in troubleshooting and weighing relative costs and benefits of potential actions.
* Extremely detailed oriented and able to follow Department standards, methodologies, principles and processes.
* Strong verbal and written communication skills.
* Regular and reliable attendance is required.
Experience with:
* Cobol and CICS. (candidates MUST be able to develop in COBOL AND CICS - no exceptions)
* Job Control Language (JCL) and job scheduling.
* IBM mainframe (z/OS).
* TSO
* All aspects of the software development lifecycle and workflow.
* Visual Studio for source control.
* SQL (Structured Query Language).
* DB2
* QMF
* XPEDITER
Preferences:
* Experience developing in MicroFocus Cobol using App Master Builder and Native COBOL will be given high preference.
* Experience with application development in highway inventory systems.
* Experience with SQL Server 2012 and higher.
* Experience with designing and building secure ASP.NET applications would give candidate ability to program in C# as well as COBOL.
* Experience with Web/Windows Services.
* Experience with SSRS reports.
* Experience with Agile development methodology of 2+ years.
* Experience with Mainframe Migration (re-hosting or re-platform).