Job Description:
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 issues/concerns as directed by the Project Lead or Sr. Project Manager.
• Transfer skills and knowledge to selected Government staff.
• The candidate may be required to do similar work related to the role, for other initiatives within PRSB, as directed by the manager.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:
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 and 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:

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