IBM COBOL Developer

Description & Requirements

Maximus is seeking a Senior IBM COBOL Developer to support our Internal Revenue Service (IRS) client.

This is a remote position.

Employment is contingent upon successful completion of the IRS-required Moderate Risk Background Investigation (MBI).

The MBI requires the selected candidate be a U.S.

Citizenship or Permanent Resident (Green card) status for at least 3 years.

The MBI certification process will take 4 to 5+ months, unless the candidate already holds an active MBI, which may shorten the timeline.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Lead the development of software solutions that will meet or exceed business requirements which includes; designing and implementing modules to the system specifications, conducting unit testing, troubleshooting issues, and producing detailed proposals to resolve issues.

- Evaluate new coding techniques, tools, modules, and implement as appropriate.

- Consult on requirements elicitation and definition.

- Design software solutions per systems requirements.

- Code software solutions per designs.

- Code reviews, unit test, and integrate coded modules.

- Assist other developers in resolving issues by providing guidance and training.

- Support testing and remediate defects.

- Support users through troubleshooting and analysis of production logs and data.

- Investigate new solutions, tools, products, and techniques to incorporate into coding standards.

- May provide guidance, coaching, and training to other employees within job area.

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilties:

- Create, update, unit test, and maintain IBM COBOL programs

- Update documentation such as Functional Specification Packages (FSPs) or Program Requirements Packages (PRPs) and/or Visio diagrams, and/or spreadsheets as needed

- Track requirements and create/execute unit test cases

- Write, analyze, review and/or provide comments on documentation such as Unified Work Requests (UWR), UWR responses and Internal Revenue Manuals (IRM), Interface Control Documents (ICD) Computer Operator Handbooks (COH)

- Rewrite programs, using workflow charts and diagrams, and applying knowledge of computer capabilities, tax processing subject matter expertise, and symbolic logic.

- Perform or direct the revision, repair, or expansion of existing programs to increase operating efficiency or adapt to new requirements

- Consult with managerial, engineering, and technical personnel to clarify program intent, identify problems, and suggest changes

- Perform systems analysis and programming tasks to maintain and control the use of computer systems software

- Compile and write documentation of program development and subsequent revisions, inserting comments in the coded instructions so others can understand the program

- Prepare detailed workflow charts and diagrams that describe input, output, and logical operation, and convert them into a series of instructions coded in a computer language

- Consult ...