IBM Mainframe Developer

Description

IBM30XX, Enterprise COBOL for MVS, DB2, SQL o Extensive experience with IBM Mainframe COBOL, COBOLII, Job Control Language (JCL) and Procs. o Strong IBM Utiliies (Sort, IDCAMS, DB2 Load/Unload), ISAM and VSAM experience along with a good knowledge of DB2 and SQL o Strong TSO, ENDEVOR (software migration) and ControlM (scheduling) experience o Working knowledge of File Transfer Process (FTP), FileAid, SPUFI, Peregrine, Microsoft Office Tools (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Project), Microsoft Outlook, MS Access o Strong analytical and communication skills to be able to work closely with business partners to gather and document requirements. o Strong writing skills to be able to create clear and concise project documents Design, Test Plans. o Responsible for creating and executing Unit and System Test Plans that are relevant to the technical and business functions. Responsibilities o Manage allocation of time efficiently between multiple simultaneous project phases. o Working within the guidelines and direction of the IT ESPM development teams and providing weekly updates regarding status of current and planned activities Provide written weekly status report and input into time management systems (Clarity, IQNavigator). o Adhering to Quest Diagnostics Agile Project Execution Process (PEP) o Candidate will be able to participate and provide input to the team at the scrum and demonstration & retrospective' meetings o Providing concise and comprehensive technical documentation, including Design Specifications according to the project execution process (PEP) used by Quest Diagnostics o Attending project meetings and reporting status weekly Resource will be responsible for the following deliverables o Requirements gathering and documentation o Detailed design document o Coding o Create, execute and validate unit test plans o Create, execute and validate system test plans o Data comparison and validation o Software configuration and migration. o Remediation of identified failures o Project documentation updated in internal documentation system (Clarity) o Project implementation and preliminary support during go live. o Go Live notifications