Senior COBOL Developer

This assignment is for maintenance, support, and development of the core DMV business
systems supporting South Carolina’s drivers and vehicles. This system supports legislative
and federal requirements for traffic violation processing for South Carolina. This system is a
Client-Server system utilizing COBOL as the back end and .NET as the human interface.
The position is withing the COBOL development team as the Senior Programmer / Team
Lead. This position reports to the SCDMV COBOL development manager and will directly
support the SCDMV core business system known as Phoenix.
This position will require CJIS information security certification which SCDMV will sponsor.
Candidate must be able to work independently. Excellent communications skills are
required.
Daily duties / responsibilities:
1. Analyze the Phoenix core business system and assigned tickets for development and/or
system modification.
2. Take the lead in analyzing and proposing solutions to assigned tickets and projects
3. Partner with business units to develop business specifications, translate those business
specifications into technical specifications, and obtain business sign-off of specifications.
4. Code, test, promote, and interact with impacted users ensuring that solution meets
requirements as documented in the specifications.
5. Production support for the Phoenix system
6. Provide daily and weekly status to the development manager and business analyst(s)
Required Skills:
10+ Years of Experience with Visual and/or Micro Focus COBOL
1+ Year of Experience with Visual COBOL V9
10+ Years of experience with computer system analysis, design, coding, testing,
debugging, and implementation techniques and practices for developing new systems or
modifying existing systems.
10+ Years of Experience developing and maintaining complex, mission critical applications
in a Windows based Client Server environment.
10+ Years of Experience Leading a technical software development team in planning and
deployment of software systems.
10+ Years of Experience coding and testing complex COBOL based business systems in an
Oracle SQL database and Windows based client-server environment.
10+ Years Experience providing Level 3 (L3) production support
10+ Years Experience functioning as the primary contact with business units to develop
and review business and technical specifications and ensure delivery of specified
functionality.
Preferred Skills:
Oracle 19+ SQL
Familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET / C# development environment
Experience working in a Governmental environment
Preferred Certifications:
Visual COBOL technical certifications
Additional Skills:
Experience mentoring and guiding less experiences technical colleagues
Proven proficiency communicating effectively with users, vendors, staff members and
management both orally and in writing.
Ability to plan, define, lead, direct, instruct, and review project work and personnel.
Education:
Prefer Bachelor’s Degree In Computer Science or a closely related discipline with 10 Years
of Experience. Experience in a government agency environment is extremely helpful.

Requirements

Required Skills

Skill Type
Skill Name
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill 10+ Years of Experience with Visual and/or Micro Focus COBOL
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill 1+ Year of Experience with Visual COBOL V9
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill 10+ Years of Experience developing and maintaining complex, mission critical applications in a Windows based Client Server environment.
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill 10+ Years of Experience Leading a technical software development team in planning and deployment of software systems.
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill 10+ Years of Experience coding and testing complex COBOL based business systems in an Oracle SQL database and Windows based client-server environment.
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill 10+ Years Experience providing Level 3 (L3) production support
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill 10+ Years Experience functioning as the primary contact with business units to develop and review business and technical specifications and ensure delivery of specified functionality.
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill 10+ Years of experience with computer system analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation techniques and practices for developing new systems or modifying existing systems.

Preferred Skills

Skill Type
Skill Name
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill Oracle 19+ SQL
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill Familiarity with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET / C# development environment
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill Experience working in a Governmental environment
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill Bachelor’s Degree In Computer Science or a closely related discipline
  Certification  Education  License  Other  Skill Visual COBOL Technical Certifications