COBOL Programmer Job Description
COBOL programmer
provides development of projects involving JCL implementation, application development, migrations, and additions to existing COBOL applications.
COBOL Programmer Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective COBOL programmer job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included COBOL programmer job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Collaborate with Project Management and Business Groups throughout the SDLC process
Develop patches and new programs to enhance business functions
Support ATM implementation team in core conversions switch changes
Provide verbal and written reports, as needed
Assist with business project analysis, application systems analysis, and formulation of automated data migration, workflow solutions, programming, support, and project reporting logistics
Collaborate with system owners to establish technical specifications and objectives
Establish priorities for personal workloads
Write and maintain concise documentation on processes and procedures
Adheres to and contribute positively toward departmental standards and policies
Willing performs all other duties and projects as assigned
COBOL Programmer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for COBOL Programmer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: COBOL, ITIL
Education for COBOL Programmer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the COBOL programmer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Computer Science, Education, Information Systems, Information Technology, Mathematics, Technical, Engineering, Management Information Systems, Math, Software Engineering
Skills for COBOL Programmer
Desired skills for COBOL programmer include:
BKFS’ business environment and the application development environment
End-to-end systems development life cycles
TSO
Waterfall
JCL
COBOL programming with general understanding of batch file processing
DB2 database management systems
Expediter
IBM z/OS operating environment
IRS IRMs and Part 3 IRMs
Desired experience for COBOL programmer includes:
Strong Utilities and productivity tools experience
Highly customer service oriented with proven ability to work with business customers other team members
10+ years’ experience in Cobol Programming on a mainframe based Auto Lending Application
10+ years’ experience trouble shooting and monitoring production environments using the above listed tool/programs on a mainframe Auto Lending Application
Experience with XML (writing and translating) on a mainframe based Auto Lending Application
Experience with IBM MQ Services for both environment set up (single point and clustering) for OS Mainframe (auto lending)
COBOL Programmer Examples
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COBOL Programmer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a COBOL programmer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for COBOL programmer
- Design programs, create user interfaces, document code
- Plan and execute testing (including regression testing) to ensure the program meets the specified requirements
- Work with user/customer community to capture system requirements
- Communicate technical concepts to non-technical people and communicates business ideas to technical people
- Design new systems that may be complex and cross platforms
- Manage projects that require work from departments outside his/her own
- Create project plans and offer alternatives to project sponsors
- Communicate project status and issues
- Enforce good development practices
- Determine and correct errors where problems may span systems
Qualifications for COBOL programmer
- Prior knowledge of Unisys MCP mainframe environment is a plus
- Experienced business modeling and requirements definition disciplines through Unified Modeling Language (UML), use cases
- Extensive Experience in COBOL programming language a plus! But will teach the person with the necessary drive and technical aptitude!
- Candidates must have held an active IRS MBI clearance within the last 2 years to qualify
- 5+ years in the specific software application of mainframe version of Advanced Loan System (ALS)
- Experience needs to include COBOL, CA7 scheduler, Easytrieve, CICS, low-level design writing, unit test scripts, testing and the ability to work with business analysts and project leads.Search Jobs US
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of COBOL programmer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for COBOL programmer
- May be on-call backup to others where key knowledge exists
- Writes, codes, and tests conversion code
- Service Level / Quality
- Under limited supervision perform the functions of a Team Leader on small projects
- If conversion programs already exist, the Programmer Analyst will setup the conversion environment from the base libraries
- If conversion programs already exist, the Programmer Analyst will code and unit test the unique data mapping requirements for the new project as provided by the Business or Conversion Analyst
- If new conversion programs are being written, the Programmer Analyst will establish the new base libraries and overall environment
- Code and unit testing of conversion reports as needed by the Conversion or Business Analyst on the project
- The Programmer analyst will establish the necessary environments to perform mock conversion testing and will execute the mock conversion runs
- The Programmer Analyst will produce all necessary reports and files in the mock conversion process as identified in the Test Plan
Qualifications for COBOL programmer
- Knowledge of banking applications a plus! But will train the candidate with the right skill sets and drive!
- Proficiency in COBOL programming language a plus! But will teach the person with the necessary drive and technical aptitude!
- To code, debug and unit test simple to moderate programs
- Provide proper and timely feedback to supervisor
- Problems should be identified and escalated to the supervisor with sufficient lead-time to avert crises, this includes communication when the target date is not met or when the risk of not meeting the target date exists
- Report weekly status to the relevant team leaders
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COBOL Programmer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a COBOL programmer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for COBOL programmer
- The Programmer Analyst will create the environment for the System Test and provide the ability for business resources to conduct online testing prior to execution of the System/Batch Test
- The Programmer Analyst will execute the System/Batch Test per the guidelines established in the Test Plan
- The Programmer Analyst will provide reports or other data required out of the System/Batch Test as identified and documented in the Test Plan
- The Programmer Analyst will perform and code and unit test any conversion program changes identified because of mock conversion runs or system/batch test runs
- The Programmer Analyst will provide technical assistance as necessary in the research and resolution of problems or issues identified in the mock conversion runs and after the live conversion
- The Programmer Analyst will execute the conversion programs on conversion weekend and execute the jobs that load the converted accounts into the production environment
- The Programmer Analyst will support the production batch processing for a period after the conversion and be responsible for resolving any production issues that arise because of the newly converted data
- Applies advanced software concepts and objectives to medium to large projects of broad scope and complexity
- Collaboratively develops, implements and maintains large-scale, 24/7 transaction-based enterprise administrative systems
- Responsible for supporting the Integrated Student Information System (ISIS), a legacy mainframe system that maintains the database of record for student data at UC San Diego
Qualifications for COBOL programmer
- Design and programming experience
- Tracemaster Mainframe Debugger data debugging tools
- Minimum of a COBOL certificate or applicable computer science education including COBOL and commensurate programming experience
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in data transformation and integration activities required
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in programming in an IBM mainframe or mid-range environment required
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in business needs analysis, technical analysis, application systems development and support required
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a COBOL programmer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for COBOL programmer
- Seeks to gain an understanding of the business functions, which he/she supports
- Develops unit test plans to verify logic of new or modified programs
- Follow Agile methodology and participate in SCRUM meetings
- Writes or modifies application programs according to standards and based on analysis of program change requests
- Analyzes testing needs and generates test data and conducts tests
- Utilizes utility programs to analyze and solve problems
- Writes or modifies control languages/scripting languages according to standards and based on analysis of program change requests
- Writes and modifies document changes
- Monitors work and provides guidance to Programmer and Programmer/Analyst positions
- Based on a set of business requirements the COBOL Programmer will be required to define the data requirements, write application specifications and design for the mainframe and .NET processing
Qualifications for COBOL programmer
- Familiarity with a variety of IDE toolsets and programming languages
- Proficiency with ETL-based processes, tools, utilities required
- Minimum of 3 years' experience in application-specific troubleshooting required
- Minimum of 3 years' experience with report writing required
- IBM iSeries experience including relational database concepts via DDS definitions, and SQL scripting preferred
- Minimum 8 years of programming experience, 10 years preferred
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a COBOL programmer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for COBOL programmer
- Follows corporate development standards for COBOL development
- Develops unit tests and reviews development of test protocols for testing data before implementation
- Provides technical support for data conversions using COBOL development
- Reviews application in progress of development to ensure compliance with overall design parameters and corporate development standards for COBOL development
- If conversion programs already exist, the COBOL Programmer will setup the conversion environment from the base libraries
- If conversion programs already exist, the COBOL Programmer will code and unit test the unique data mapping requirements for the new project as provided by the Business or Conversion Analyst
- If new conversion programs are being written, the COBOL Programmer will establish the new base libraries and overall environment
- Establish the necessary environments to perform mock conversion testing and will execute the mock conversion runs
- Perform development work outside of the actual conversion process if necessary to support unique requirements of a customer
- Be part of a Scrum team that delivers value to the business and FIS clients
Qualifications for COBOL programmer
- Extensive Cobol experience
- Highly developed unique expert knowledge of application of computer science, and engineering of technology
- Demonstrated ability to direct others to optimal outcomes
- Proficient in CICS preferred
- Experience with Consumer Loans preferred, but not required
- DB2/MS SQL Server