Senior Cobol Developer

Role Description

• Support the analysis and delivery of the organisations migration from 32-bit to 64-bit COBOL and associated systems.
• Produce estimates for requirements where required.
• Develop new functionality and enhancements in line with agreed standards.
• Create functional design specifications and/or user stories.
• Follow code quality data quality and unit testing standards.
• Identify and implement integration and automation tests as required.
• Participate in peer reviews.
• Support and mentor junior colleagues and facilitate knowledge sharing across the team.
• Provide system test support when code is migrated to System Test including SIR resolution.
• Assist with test and production releases.
• Develop familiarity with business processes within the teams area of responsibility.
• Escalate technical challenges or blockers to team leads in a timely manner to support risk management and delivery planning.
• Work with project stakeholders as required.
• Contribute to project management activities including progress tracking and risk management.
• Maintain project information in planning and development tools including Jira requirements and work logs.
• Collaborate with testers to ensure information is shared and expected functionality and timelines are understood.
• Conduct root cause analysis of issues and manage incident and defect tracking activities.
• Recommend and implement resolutions for production issues as required.

Qualifications :

Essential Requirements

• Effective written and oral communication skills.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in standards-driven environments.
• Knowledge of project delivery methodologies and application development lifecycles including waterfall agile and hybrid approaches.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work with stakeholders to understand and refine business requirements.
• Experience working effectively with application development teams technical colleagues testers support teams and management.
• Experience working with coding languages relevant to the role.
• Experience working with relational databases such as SQL and Ingres.
• Familiarity with techniques for parsing and manipulating structured data formats including RDBMS XML JSON and text files.

Desirable Requirements

• Knowledge of taxation and/or customs processes including registration returns filing and payment processes.
• Experience working on projects with technologies and architectures comparable in complexity and scale.
• Experience working with NoSQL technologies such as Hadoop.

Technical Skills

Required

• COBOL
• UNIX
• SQL
• Relational Databases (Ingres / VectorWise)
• Unit / Integration Testing

Desirable

• Java
• Web Services
• C
• Salt
• Tuxedo
• XML
• Mule
• ETL Technologies
• OpenROAD

Additional Technologies

• Angular
• AngularJS
• Spring
• Hibernate
• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• WebLogic
• Intalio
• JUnit

Additional Information :

At Version 1 we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing professional growth and financial stability. 

• Day rate: 350-400

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme where employees collectively benefit from a share of our companys profits 

• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme 

• Flexible/remote working Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and peoples individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance 

• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Version 1 Pension with a 5% employee-matched contribution Private Healthcare Cover Life Assurance Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme 

• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts Bike to Work Fitness classes Mindfulness Workshops Employee Assistance Programme and much more.  

• 24 days holiday allowance plus Public Holidays enhanced maternity/paternity leave marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies 

• Educational assistance incentivised certifications and accreditations including AWS Microsoft Oracle and Red Hat 

• Reward schemes including Version 1s Annual Excellence Awards & quarterly Star Awards. 

• Environment Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity inclusion and belonging schemes. 

And many more exciting benefits drop us a note to find out more. 

Version 1 is an equal opportunities employer 

We are committed to building a diverse inclusive and respectful workplace where everyone feels valued and able to thrive. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds identities and lived experiences and we value the different perspectives people bring including those shaped by disability and neurodiversity. 

We want every candidate to have a positive and accessible recruitment experience. If you need reasonable adjustments at any stage of the process please contact We will consider all requests carefully respectfully and confidentially.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time