Mainframe developer

Mandatory Qualifications

1. Level III More than seven (7) years of experience working on complex projects with at least two (2) years in a leadership role as a Developer.
2. Seven (7) years of experience developing and maintaining batch processing solutions for large-scale financial management systems.
3. Seven (7) years of experience with mainframe batch technologies (COBOL ECL DMS/RDMS) and experience migrating them to a cloud-native platform.

Desirable Qualifications

1. Three (3) years of experience as a batch developer on Integrated Eligibility Systems (IES) and/or Child Support Services systems.
2. Experience addressing child support specific functions including:

• Processing and reconciling State Disbursement Unit (SDU) transactions.
• Handling interstate payment transfers under UIFSA (Uniform Interstate Family Support Act).
• Managing federal offset and tax intercept batch jobs.

1. Experience maintaining sequencing and audit trails for child support disbursements and adjustments.
2. Experience designing monitoring and exception handling mechanisms for high-volume mission-critical batch jobs.
3. Knowledge of federal and state policies impacting child support distribution reconciliation and financial reporting.
4. Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or a related field.
5. Experience using Google Cloud Platform (GCP) native batch and data processing tools such as Cloud Functions Dataflow and Pub/Sub.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Batch Developer will be responsible for designing developing and maintaining high-volume batch processes to ensure reliable and timely processing of financial transactions including collections disbursements adjustments and reconciliation.

They will leverage Google Cloud Platform (GCP) tools to re-engineer legacy mainframe batch jobs into scalable cloud-native processes that meet modern standards and compliance requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Analyze existing legacy mainframe batch jobs and workflows; design equivalent cloud-based batch processes for near real-time operation on GCP.
• Build and deploy cloud-based batch processes to handle high-volume data exchanges including payment files bank interfaces and audit reports.
• Align batch processing schedules with program needs for collections disbursements adjustments and reconciliation.
• Implement robust error handling monitoring and recovery mechanisms to ensure reliability and compliance with federal and state regulations.
• Support data migration through design of ETL pipelines ensuring accuracy and integrity of historical data.
• Collaborate with QA teams to design and execute volume reconciliation and exception handling tests.
• Identify and recommend process simplifications or business transformation opportunities while maintaining compliance with federal mandates.
• Collaborate closely with business analysts data conversion specialists QA teams and State SMEs to deliver secure accurate and compliant batch operations.