Mainframe Software Developer

Please Note:

• Selected candidate must reside within two (2) hours of Federal Clients Headquarters in Woodlawn MD.
  
• Selected candidate must be willing to work onsite at least 2 days a week.
  

Position Description:

• Develop JCL and software code using customer defined standards and software engineering best practices
  
• Analyze root causes for batch job failures take appropriate corrective steps to resolve issues in a timely fashion and share findings with the team
  
• Evaluate impacts of database schema changes on existing software components
  
• Brief management customer team or vendors using written or oral skills at an appropriate technical level for the audience
  
• Prepare or update documentation as needed
  
• Actively participate in peer reviews of project artifacts
  
• Independently and/or collaboratively research problems and provide solutions
  
• All other duties as assigned or directed.
  

Key Required Skills:

• Z/OS Mainframe development COBOL REXX CLIST JCL and SQL relational databases DB2 and nonrelational mainframe storage technology.
  

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Mathematics Engineering or a related field or equivalent relevant experience
  
• Masters or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience
  
• 7 years of experience with COBOL JCL REXX analysis design and development
  
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust. Contract requirement.
  

Required Skills

• Solid experience with Z/OS Mainframe Development.
  
• Experienced Developer in COBOL JCL REXX and similar utilities/languages.
  
• Strong knowledge of relational databases dB2 and nonrelational mainframe storage technology.
  
• Solid exposure with automated unit testing TDD BDD and associated technologies.
  
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Excellent customer relations skills.
  

Desired Skills

• Experience with File Aid/RDX.
  
• Experience with modern development software tools and methodologies including Java and Python.
  

Skills Requirements: Basic Qualifications: Master's degree and 5+ years of experience in a training-related field or bachelor's degree and 7+ years of experience in a training-related field. Must be able to obtain a Public Trust. Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field Masters or Doctorate degree may substitute for required experience 7+ years of experience with programming and designing Test Automation with Java 4+ years of experience Testing/debugging REST APIs implemented using Java and Spring Boot. 4+ years of experience on an Agile development team, preferable Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Required Skills: Expertise in using Selenium for web application and automating regression test cases (Selenium WebDriver). Expertise in using REST Assured for API Automation Testing. Strong experience developing test scripts to implement Features, Test Scenarios and Step-Definition for BDD (Behavior Driven Development) using Cucumber (Gherkins format) using customized test automation framework Experience developing Selenium automation framework using Junit/TestNG frameworks and developing Maven targets to execute automation suites. Experience with JAVA, JavaScript-based technologies, such as node.js, angular.js, etc. Experience with automation technologies such as Jenkins, Maven, Junit, Mockito . Comprehensive knowledge of Scrum and Kanban Agile development process and ceremonies including scrums, planning events, backlog grooming, retrospectives, and demos. Strong communication and collaborative skills in providing technical direction and hands-on software development to include design, development, and testing. Desired Skills: Proficiency in using Selenium for web application and automating regression test cases (Selenium WebDriver/Selenium Box). Experience with Jenkins Auto jobs, Stash/Bitbucket Experience in configuring execution of automated regressions suite using Jenkins CI/CD pipeline. Experience maintaining resources in configuration management tools, such as GitHub repository. Experience with Version One management tool Automation test results debugging.