Remote Software Engineer (Mainframe)

Role: Software Engineer (Mainframe) with ADABAS/NATURAL Exp.

 

Location: San Francisco, CA / Remote

 

Type: Contract

 

 

 

Analyses requirements and designs, develops, and maintains applications on UNIX environment using ADABAS/NATURAL with the emphasis on analysis design and more complex development activities.

 

 

 

Responsibilities:

 

- Translates the solutions provided from analysis/design into detailed program specifications

 

- Gathers data to further identify customer change requests, defines scope of work and software/system requirements for implementation

 

- Reviews and writes or provides input to functional documentation

 

- Identifies subsystems and interfaces, and performs impact analysis in relation to other systems

 

- Develops and documents computer programs, applying knowledge of programming techniques and computer systems

 

- Writes code, revises and adapts existing code, troubleshoots and resolves defects

 

- Maintains and supports applications to keep them performing in accordance with technical and functional specifications

 

- Adheres to and provides input to programming standards and techniques

 

- Designs detailed flowcharts, verifies program logic by preparing test data for trial runs

 

- Provides input for the test team with regard to test requirements and test plans and assists in the creation of test scripts

 

- Performs system tests and debugs programs according to results of system test and user acceptance test

 

- Writes technical documentation to describe program logic and coding

 

- Performs code peer-reviews

 

- Liaises with and provides input to the project manager on project progress and issues.

 

- Provides technical/professional guidance, coaching to the assigned resources

 

- Prepares or ensures preparation of necessary reports, charts, and correspondence relative to status, progress, costs, and operations for the project manager and business representatives

 

 

 

Technical Profile:

 

Skills Profile

 

- Formal systems life cycle methodology experience

 

- Ability to investigate and solve problems

 

- Multi-tasking

 

- Team player

 

- Oral and written communication skills Experience/Knowledge

 

 

 

Required:

 

- 10 years of ADABAS/Natural combined experience on Mainframe and/or Unix

 

- TSO, JCL, FTP knowledge and expertise

 

- Strong Batch processing in mainframe/UNIX environment

 

 

 

Preferred:

 

- Music or royalty/copyright experience.

 

- UNIX knowledge and expertise