Responsibilities:

• Participate in business requirements walkthroughs.
  
• Analysis of business requirement documents and liaison with clients.
  
• Development and design of new programs or enhancements to existing ones (environment: IBM Mainframe – COBOL and DB2, occasional IMS).
  
• Creation and walk-through of Systems Response documents, Technical Specifications and Implementation Plans.
  
• Coding of payment programs including new and existing.
  
• Preparation of test plans, test data, and unit-testing of programs.
  
• Preparation of implementation plans and promotion of programs.
  
• As assigned, response to client queries and trouble-shooting of production incidents.
  
• Updates to key knowledge transfer documents such as the Claims System documentation and the Overview of Architected Payment Systems.
  
• Conduct/participate in design walkthroughs as well as test case and test results walkthroughs.
  
• Support testing of the changes by other team members.
  
• Weekly reporting on status, progress, and key issue/concerns as directed by the Project Lead or Sr. Project Manager.
  
• Transfer skills and knowledge to selected OPS staff.
  
• The resource may be required to do similar work related to the role, for other initiatives within PRSB, as directed by the manager.
  

Public Sector Experience

• Demonstrated experience in developing/testing software applications in alignment with public sector regulations and standards.
  
• Proven ability to navigate public sector project approval processes and deliver solutions that meet government IT compliance requirements.
  
• Experience working within public sector environments, ensuring that developed applications meet the specific needs and constraints of government clients.
  
• Strong understanding of public sector enterprise architecture and the ability to produce technical documentation that adheres to government standards.
  

Technical Skills

• Recent (within last year) experience as a COBOL developer in an MVS environment writing programs that access DB2 and IMS databases
  
• Experience in structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications.
  
• Experience with one or more platforms, including the operating system, database technology, communication protocols, middleware and gateways
  
• Experience developing or maintaining large scale IT systems, including high-volume batch programs
  
• Development and design of new programs or enhancements to existing ones (environment: IBM Mainframe – COBOL and DB2, occasional IMS)
  
• Ability to understand and analyze business requirements, and to design structured programs that efficiently satisfy these requirements
  
• Ability to write programs that are modular, well-structured, and easy to maintain
  
• Demonstrated success writing system design and implementation documents
  
• Experience with, and understanding of, relational databases
  
• Preparation of test plans, test data, and unit-testing of programs
  
• Preparation of implementation plans and promotion of modules
  
• Participate in business requirements walkthroughs
  
• Conduct/participate in design walkthroughs
  
• Conduct/participate in coding walkthroughs
  

Analytical Skills

• Ability to analyse and update legacy COBOL code
  
• Analysis of business requirement documents and liaison with clients
  
• Development and design of new programs or enhancements to existing ones (environment: IBM Mainframe – COBOL and DB2, occasional IMS)
  
• Respond to client queries and troubleshooting of production incidents Proven and demonstrable troubleshooting and analytical experience.
  

Communications

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Strong interpersonal and negotiation skills.
  
• Strong consulting skills to engage with all stakeholders.
  
• A demonstrated team player with a track record for meeting deadlines.
  
• Demonstrated success in working productively with business clients, testers, and technical specialists such as DBAs
  

MUST HAVES:

• Recent (within last year) experience as a COBOL developer in an MVS environment writing programs that access DB2 and IMS databases
  
• Experience in structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications.
  
• Experience with one or more platforms, including the operating system, database technology, communication protocols, middleware and gateways
  
• Experience developing or maintaining large scale IT systems, including high-volume batch programs
  
• Development and design of new programs or enhancements to existing ones (environment: IBM Mainframe – COBOL and DB2, occasional IMS)
  
• Ability to understand and analyze business requirements, and to design structured programs that efficiently satisfy these requirements
  
• Ability to write programs that are modular, well-structured, and easy to maintain
  
• Demonstrated success writing system design and implementation documents
  
• Experience with, and understanding of, relational databases
  
• Preparation of test plans, test data, and unit-testing of programs
  
• Ability to analyse and update legacy COBOL code