Mainframe Developer

Agency

Dept of Revenue

Division

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Job Classification Title

Applications Systems Analyst I (NS)

Position Number

Grade

DT07

About Us

The North Carolina Department of Revenue is committed to excellence in tax administration ensuring secure and efficient collection of revenue to fund vital public services. We are an employer of choice offering excellent benefits competitive pay professional development and career advancement. Our dedicated team provides accurate information achieves high compliance and delivers innovative services with integrity and fairness. DOR is an equal opportunity employer hiring qualified candidates regardless of race color gender national origin religion age disability or political affiliation.

Description of Work

The North Carolina Department of Revenue is seeking a Mainframe Developer to provide analysis programming testing implementation and ongoing production operational support for the Integrated Tax Administration System (ITAS) mainframe business applications system.

Your primary responsibility will be incident management and problem resolution related to assigned production systems and associated data files. You will also perform analytical and programming activities to maintain existing applications and develop code and solutions that support the system. These tasks are time critical and must be performed according to established problem management policy.

Knowledge of complex systems is required in order to solve problems timely and keep systems operational. You will research incidents and problems appropriately determine a solution implement the solution with supervisory approval and document pursuant to problem management standards.

You will use established life cycle development phases and established software development and maintenance standards. You will also ensure that all quality assurance change management configuration control security and user recovery procedures are followed.

The position will be responsible for the following:

Communicating with user liaisons/end-users to determine the scope and functions of new or existing systems. Charts and examples are often used for clarity.
Developing requirements conceptual designs and detail design documents to present to the user for approval at the appropriate phases of life cycle development.
Performing all the programming duties associated with a particular program or project.
Evaluating completed program assignments to check for accurate interpretation of program specifications and testing requirements.
Evaluating and testing systems to ensure that requirements have been met in a project and to bring that project to completion and into production.

You will work with operations database group server administrators network group end-users user liaisons and other affected parties.

This position is required to work within an on-call rotation supporting critical taxpayer-facing applications.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

• Experience developing and maintaining mainframe-based management systems using COBOL Easytrieve JCL CICS SQL and DB2
• Experience working in an environment with TSO/ISPF and Z/OS
• Experience troubleshooting and debugging mainframe applications using COBOL Easytrieve JCL CICS SQL and DB2
• Experience in technical and functional requirements documentation
• INSTALL/1 experience ITIL Framework experience

Recruitment Range: $67900 - $101851

Effective July 1 2025 candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they have the minimum education and experience listed from the class specification. The knowledge skills and abilities listed in the vacancy announcement should be used as management preferences and be used to screen for the most qualified pool of applicants.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS: The state of North Carolina offers excellent comprehensive benefits. Employees can participate in health insurance options standard and supplemental retirement plans and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis).

Some highlights include:

• The best funded pension plan/retirement system in the nation according to Moodys Investors Service

• Twelve paid holidays per year

• Fourteen vacation days per year which increase as length of service increases and accumulates year-to-year

• Twelve sick days/year which are cumulative indefinitely

• Paid Parental Leave

• Personal Observance Leave and Community Service Leave

• Longevity pays lump sum payout yearly based on length of service

• 401K 457 and 403(b) plans

• Eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program

The North Carolina Department of Revenue is committed to excellence in tax administration ensuring secure and efficient collection of revenue to fund vital public services. We are an employer of choice offering excellent benefits competitive pay professional development and career advancement. Our dedicated team provides accurate information achieves high compliance and delivers innovative services with integrity and fairness. DOR is an equal opportunity employer hiring qualified candidates regardless of race color gender national origin religion age disability or political affiliation.

This position is subject to federal and state criminal background checks that may include fingerprinting and verification of tax compliance. Tax compliance is defined as having filed and paid all North Carolina State taxes owed each year leading up to the current calendar year or currently in a non-delinquent payment status with the State of North Carolina on taxes that are currently owed to the state.

To be considered within the most qualified pool of applicants and receive credit for your work history and credentials you must document all related education and experience on the State of North Carolina application in the appropriate sections of the application form. Any information omitted from the application cannot be considered for qualifying credit.

Applicants eligible for veterans preference should attach a copy of form DD-214.

If you have general questions about the application process you may contact Human Resources at or. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the interview process please call the agency ADA Administrator at.

Minimum Education and Experience

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an equivalent combination of education and experience. If that language appears below then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience OR a combination of both. See the Education and Experience Equivalency Guide for details.

Bachelors degree in computer science or an IT related field from an appropriately accredited institution or Associate degree in computer science or an IT related field or related technical degree from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of experience in business application consulting or development or High School or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and four years of experience in business application consulting or development; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

EEO Statement

The State of North Carolina is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees with a work environment free from all forms of unlawful employment discrimination harassment or retaliation. The state provides reasonable accommodation to employees and applicants with disabilities; known limitations related to pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions; and for religious beliefs observances and practices.

Recruiter:

Heidi Jean Nolta

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