Our government client is looking for an experienced Mainframe COBOL Developer on a 12+ months renewable contract opportunity in Columbia, SC.

Role: Mainframe COBOL Developer

This project includes back fill on production systems, potentially working on smaller short term projects and includes working with customers, development staff, operational staff and QA staff.
Daily duties / responsibilities:
Work collaboratively with the Medicaid services MMIS team to make coding changes to COBOL and ads programs using an IDMS network database, technical and design specifications. Debug, unit test, and integration test coding changes. Support quality assurance staff during QA, user acceptance, and external testing by making needed coding changes. Communicate effectively in both written and spoken communication. Work collaboratively with staff and other contracted staff.
Required skills (ranked in order of importance):
Mainframe, MVS, COBOL,JCL, IDMS/network, ca-ads
Soft skills required: effective communication skills (written and oral), adaptability, flexibility, self-motivation, problem solving, analytical thinking, time management, ability to work effectively in a stressful environment
Preferred skills (ranked in order of importance):
SAS, file-aid
Required education: high school diploma and 10 years’ experience in computer system development and modification.

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