Senior Professional Application Designer

Your role in our mission


Apply your skills to support Gainwell as we help clients deliver better health and human services outcomes.


Support of COBOL mainframe environment

Design document and coordinate desired changes to legacy modules.

Develop install and evaluate application software on the mainframe.

Involved in delivering technical architecture solution elements.

Support coordination between application architects and developers to make sure design requirements are accurate and deliver the desired ROI for clients.

Ability to work in a project team to define and develop project requirements deliverables functional specifications and detailed application solution designs for clients.

Analyze and estimate feasibility and compatibility with other programs and projects.

Provide quality control for project deliverables.

Defines designs and develops highly complex systems requirements. Evaluates test debugs and implements applications programs in support of client needs.

Assesses architecture and current hardware limitations defines and designs highly complex system specifications input/output process and working parameters for hardware/software compatibility.

Plans conducts and technically directs the analysis and resolution of business problems to be solved with automated systems. Designs installs and/or modifies operating systems utility software and/or database to meet business unit/clients needs. Analyzes designs acquires and implements projects for LAN and/or WAN systems.

Designs develops troubleshoots and analyzes complex software programs that operate successfully with hardware systems.

Performs cost analysis of vendor supplied products for cost and efficiency. Customizes highly complex purchased applications.

Reviews literature patents and current practices to support business requirements and/or new industry technology. Prepares reports and/or recommendations regarding new technology for appropriate personnel.

Provides complex technical consultation on current and proposed systems to other organizations and clients.

Provides leadership and work guidance to less experienced personnel.





What were looking for


10 years of applications development and programming with 3 years of programming and on-call support experience coding in a COBOL/MVS/JCL/IBM mainframe environment

Other experiences:

o Minimum of 1 year of experience exposing CICS and COBOL programs as web services via CICS Transaction Server (CTS)

o Hands-on experience with CICS TSO CHANGEMAN SQL DB2 Abend-Aid MainView and Xpediter CICS

o Familiarity with Easytrieve and FileAid

o Project responsibilities for analyzing operational methods and developing computer programs to meet desired results.

o All phases of the Software Development Lifecycle.

o Principles and techniques of design analysis computer programming testing debugging implementation and documentation.

o Healthcare IT experience with healthcare claims payer Medicaid or Medicare systems is highly preferred.


What you should expect in this role


Must live within a commutable distance of Sacramento CA.

This is a hybrid role which requires working onsite in the Sacramento CA office 2 days per week and able to work 3 days per week from home/telecommute.

Willingness to work a flexible schedule to accommodate business needs and travel as required.

Video cameras must be used during all interviews as well as during the initial week of orientation.