COBOL/CICS Developer (Payroll)

Overview - Tier One Technologies is seeking a COBOL/CICS Developer to support Payroll applications for our US Government client. - This will be a 100% remote Contract-to-Hire position. - Must be a US Citizen. - SELECTED CANDIDATES WITHOUT REQUIRED CLEARANCE WILL BE SUBJECT TO A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION TO RECEIVE IT. Responsibilities - Ensure that requirements comply with client requirements and government standards through formal verification methods. - Translate high-level product development strategies into system requirements specifications and work with other engineering disciplines to develop detailed, lower-level implementation requirements. - Establish and coordinate the development of standards, practices, and procedures related to overall product development. - Design interfaces and integrate system elements to ensure they function together as a cohesive system. - Assess system performance using established evaluation criteria and technical performance measures. - Act as a customer liaison and support business development activities to understand and shape requirements. - Participate in system conceptual design and document design concepts. - Participate in design reviews of hardware and software components to ensure their applicability to the current system and maintain requirements traceability through compliance verification and validation. - Review test plans and procedures to ensure they meet contractual requirements and participate in testing activities to validate requirements. - Modify existing databases and database management systems or direct programmers and analysts in making required changes. - Write and code logical and physical database descriptions and specify database identifiers for database management systems, or direct others in coding these descriptions. - Work as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations. - Review project requests describing database user needs and estimate the time and cost required to complete the project. Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent training required. - 4+ years of experience in COBOL, CICS, JCL and DB2. - Prior experience supporting Payroll applications is a plus. - Experience utilizing Agile methodology. - Excellent communication skills. - Must be a US Citizen (no dual citizenship). - Able to obtain DoD Public Trust clearance. - Must have lived in the United States for the past 5 years. - Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last 5 years. Military Service excluded. Originally posted on Himalayas