Businesses face challenges every day building responsive and agile IT capabilities to grow and stay ahead. Since everyone has access to the same tools, your competitive advantage directly depends on how you apply technology – on the people leading, supporting and optimizing your IT initiatives. USM Business Systems, established in 1999, is an industry-leading private talent management firm, specializing in providing unique IT turnkey solutions, IT staffing solutions, and Talent management insights, enabling you to sustain a truly competitive advantage in this fast-moving environment. USM has offices throughout the US and offshore delivery centers in India. USM is a certified Minority Business Enterprise and is a CMMi Level 3 Organization.
USM is recognized as one of the fastest growing IT Temporary Staffing firms in the US and most recently was ranked #3 on the list of the Top Temporary Staffing firms in the DC Metro Area – Washington Business Journal (2016).
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Position Title: Senior COBOL Integration/Support Analyst
Location: Reston, VA (Locals Only)
Duration: 6 Months
Must have Cobol, CICS, DB2, and JCL
Background:
Support for analysis, development integration, testing, implementation, and support of various technical solutions related to NextGen projects, principally FEPExpress Enhancements.
Provide Tier 1 and 2 support for any NextGen application issues and coordinating Tier 3 support with the NextGen project Scrum teams.
Support for integration of Production COBOL changes back into all NextGen environments.
Support for Pilot Plan integration and general issues resolution.
Tasks:
· Review, update and test application Software Code.
· Support the changes & analysis that are needed for support/maintenance & code synchronization.
· Integration Support for developed software.
· Create and update Production system turn-over documentation.
· Analyze and provide recommendation to improve, create or eliminate process and/or procedures currently being used or followed by the development team.
· Support testing teams and Plans in the NextGen environments.
· Analyze database changes for application operational efficiency.
Required Skills:
This position requires a BA/BS in computer science or similar discipline or equivalent experience and 5-8 years of industry experience as a Senior Developer. Specific requirements include, but are not limited to:
COBOL Programmer Analyst - Mainframe:
· Demonstrated experience within the healthcare insurance industry. Knowledge of claims systems a plus, specifically FEP claims.
· At least 8 years of mainframe-based application development experience.
· Demonstrated knowledge of COBOL applications running under CICS.
· Strongly demonstrated knowledge of DB2.
· Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) knowledge and experience with web services is strongly preferred, but not required.
· Demonstrated knowledge and best practices of testing environments and processes.
· Strong testing skills
· Excellent problem solving skills.
· Strong analytical skills.
· Excellent verbal and written communications skills
· Familiar with structured programming techniques.
· Must be able to perform assigned tasks with minimum supervision.
· Strong documentation skills.
Additional InformationIf you are interested in the below position please forward your profile to alih@usmsystems(dot)com or call me on 703-955-3955
Skills Required
- BA/BS in computer science or similar discipline
- 5-8 years of industry experience as a Senior Developer
- 8 years of mainframe-based application development experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of COBOL applications running under CICS
- Strong knowledge of DB2
- Knowledge of healthcare insurance industry and claims systems
- Experience with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and web services
- Strong testing skills
- Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Strong documentation skills
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered acceptable to good overall, with market-competitive figures evident in certain technical roles. Payroll is described as on time with straightforward arrangements, supporting baseline confidence in compensation.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is characterized as solid in some contexts, including earlier mentions of free employer-paid insurance and a recent note of comprehensive benefits for certain employees. These experiences indicate pockets of strong medical coverage within the organization.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Access to paid time off and some work-from-home flexibility is cited, contributing to a workable balance in select situations. These elements add practical lifestyle support even when other benefits are average.
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What We Do
USM is helping companies change existing business paradigms by bringing tomorrow’s AI and Automation solutions to today’s businesses. Disruptive new technologies are helping corporations become more agile, competitive and profitable. Predictive algorithms are provisioning customer orders more accurately than ever before. Cognitive technologies are enhancing the customer experience at every touch point and open-ledger validation methods are improving the accuracy of complex, global financial transactions. Automation is no longer a choice, it is the engine that drives business growth. Established in 1999 as an IT Consulting services company in the Washington DC metro area, the USM group of companies today consists of 1000+ employees across North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, providing a range of services such as * Automation & Innovation * Architecture & Consulting * Maintenance & Support * Contingent Workforce. Our experts are SMEs in the following critical business areas – data sources (internet devices), mobile commerce strategies, customer acquisition & retention and ultimately, leveraging enterprise data management to drive competitiveness. We have the resources that can help you design your enterprise architecture, build & deploy your applications, as well as manage your IT operations 24x7. Our focus areas include AI, Data science, RPA, Connected cars & devices, Natural language processing, Computer vision, Virtual agents, Blockchain, IoT, Mobile commerce, Retention programs, AR, VR, Gaming, and Enterprise data management.
