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Mainframe Applications Developer | 2183
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Contract-to-Hire: 6 Mont
hsRemote (Preferably Hybrid in either Richmond or Lynchbur
g)No C2C Candidat
es
Responsibilit
- ies:Work in an Agile team alongside other developers, Quality Assurance associates and business systems analyst to create technical solutions for business requirem
- entsCollaborate with the team to plan the Sprint backlog, story pointing, and break down tasks into smaller, manageable pi
- ecesDesign, Code, Document and Test the solution ensuring that it meets acceptance criteria, does not cause unintended impact and fits within the overall technical architect
- ure.Support changes through the testing process, assist with test planning, defect resolution and technical system activit
- ies.Implement the solution following the established change control pro
- cessPerform unit testing, system testing, and integration testing to ensure code quality and compliance with requirem
- entsSupport deployment activities and post product validat
- ionsAnalyze incidents and issues assigned to the team, determine the impact of the issue and come up with solution proposals to formulate the right approach to solve the prob
- lem.When needed, support the Long Term Care policy administration system, by monitoring the system, resolving failures, job abends, policy related incidents, system defects, and by maintaining the interactions of the application with peripheral syst
- ems.Perform administrative duties in conjunction with the departmental requirements (participate in meetings, agile ceremonies (Stand Ups, Sprint Planning, Retrospectives et
- c.),Respond to correspondence in a timely manner, provide status updates, review/update/submit tickets, participate in change management activiti
- es).Work and collaborate with the team to ensure work is completed in a timely manner considering their severity, impact and urge
- ncy.Assist team members in resolving technical probl
ems.
Requirem
- ents:4-year college degree and/or relevant equivalent experience with strong mainframe (COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS) programming skills and production support experience preferably in insurance/finance do
- main.Excellent analytical skills and a detail-oriented mindset, with ability to understand complex business logic, analyze the system and data, to identify changes needed, and understand impact of changes on the various products and system functionali
- ties.Basic experience with SQL and data anal
- ysis.Experience working in a cross-functional team environment on a complex mainframe system and having good problem-solving skills and a results-oriented out
- look.Good communication skills ability to work with various stakeholders, managing concurrent deadlines and multiple priori
- ties.A continuous improvement mindset, and willingness to adapt to new technologies and ways of wo
- rkingAdditional Qualificat
- ions:Knowledge of Assembler programming in the IBM Mainframe enviro
- nmentWorking knowledge of CLOAS Policy Administration S
- ystemPractical knowledge of LTC insurance products and pre
- miumsExperience in a managed services environment, working with an onshore-offshore model, managing SLA’s and work qu
- eues.Experience working in an Agile environment (Scrum or Ka
- nban)IMS database experience in an MVS and CICS enviro
- nmentAdvanced SQL programming exper
- ienceExperience with modern mainframe development and testing
tools
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