Mainframe Consultant: 1+ Yr Project Raleigh NC: Normally Remote with Occasional Onsite Meetings: $ 77/hr C2C/1099: $ 72/hr W2

Ordinarily Remote with Occasional Onsite Meetings.

NCDOT 757250: The Specialist will be responsible for analysis of complex legacy program modules, coding and testing of new and existing modules for major modifications to legacy applications.
***The candidate will be allowed to work remotely. The candidate may be required to come onsite for training and meetings. The manager will give the candidate as much notice as possible when travel to site is required.
***The candidate must come in to pick up his or her equipment on the first day at own expense. A candidate or a vendor representative must come in to drop off his or her equipment on the last day at own expense.
The NC Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is seeking to fill a short term (approx. 12 month) contractor assignment. The selected candidate will fill the role of Specialist on the State Automated Driver License System (SADLS). The Specialist will be responsible for analysis of complex legacy program modules, coding and testing of new and existing modules for major modifications to legacy applications.
Role responsibilities:
Analyze, define, and document requirements for data and business processes
Design, document, and coordinate desired changes to legacy modules
Document the program and project deliverables as assigned
Analyze and estimate feasibility and compatibility with other programs and projects
Provide quality control for project deliverables
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Requirements:
Must Have:
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in corporate or government as programmer analyst.
- Proven experience in programming techniques, programming languages in the mainframe environment.
- Proven knowledge of principles and techniques of computer programming, testing, debugging, implementation and documentation.
- Proven experience with analysis and design.
- Excellent communication skill (written, verbal, presentations)
- Excellent organization, analytical, planning and scheduling skills
- Ability to resolve highly complex problems.
- Proven experience with financial processes analysis and modification.
- Self-starter who can work with a large and diverse team of business, management and IT individuals.
- Demonstrated experience working with large project teams.
- Microsoft Suite experience (e.g, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), COBOL, CICS, TSO, JCL, ENDEVOR, SQL, DB2 and VSAM.

Preferred:

- Experience with State or county government
- Experience with Enterprise Level Application Development spanning two or more business areas
- Minimum of 1 year of experience developing web services using COBOL and CICS.

Required / Desired Skills
Skill Required / Desired Amount of Experience
Experience in COBOL development on the mainframe environment Required 5 Years
Experience in working with DB2 on the mainframe environment Required 5 Years
Experience in the CICS development on the mainframe environment Required 5 Years
Experience in working with JCL, VSAM Required 5 Years
Excellent communication skill (written, verbal, presentations) Required 5 Years
Proven knowledge of principles and techniques of computer programming, testing, debugging, implementation and documentation. Required 5 Years

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