Cobol Software Developer

Peraton

$66K — $106K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Healthcare
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Must be a US Citizen
  • BS/BA with 6+ years or Master's with 4 years of experience, or HS diploma with 10+ years
  • 6+ years in mainframe development in production
  • Proficient in COBOL, JCL, CICS, TSO and VSAM
  • Knowledge of Medicare Fee for Service claims processing
  • Strong communication and technical writing skills
  • Experience with Agile/SCRUM methodology

Responsibilities

  • Design, code, unit test, and debug enhancements and fixes for the health claims processing system
  • Lead development of complex components in a mainframe environment
  • Provide technical guidance during design activities
  • Demonstrate advanced development techniques and practices
  • Mentor junior and mid-level developers
  • Contribute to strategic technical direction within the team
  • Identify process improvements and keep technical documentation current

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a highly structured Agile environment
  • Role involves mentoring and leadership opportunities
  • Engagement with a critical healthcare sector impacting Medicare services
  • Chance to provide solutions to complex business and technology problems
  • Access to a variety of development and collaboration tools like GitHub and Jira
Full Job Description
Responsibilities

ThePeraton Health, State and LocalSectorisseeking aCobol Software Developerto join us in supporting andmaintainingthe Medicare FeeForService claims processing system. In this role,youwillbe asenior technical contributor onan Agile teamproviding maintenance and operations support for the Medicare Durable Medical Equipment(DME)contract.

As a Cobol Software Developer, you willyou will work within a highly structured and rigorous development environment that follows theSAFeAgile/Scrum framework. This role focuses onhandling project coordination and technical design to hands-on coding, unit testing, and defect resolutionacrossfunctional areasof themainframelegacyDME system.

Quality is vital to this mission,the rolewill build and executeunit test plans, test cases, and test dataincluding COBOL and Assembler components.This rolewill also handle installing changes into internal testing regions,troubleshootingandresolving defects,identifyingprocess improvements, andkeepingtechnical documentationcurrent.Additionally, thisLead Associaterole will betranslating customer goalsand requirementsinto actionableworkitems for the team, whileserving as a technical resource and mentor todevelopers.

What you'll do:

  • Design, codes,and unit tests, and debugsenhancementsand fixesto the health claims processing systemwhile adhering to strict coding standards.
  • Participates as aseniormember of a persistentAgiledevelopment teamsupporting maintenance and operations.
  • Leads and completes developmentofcomplex componentswithin the mainframe environment.
  • Workswith minimal direction, exercisingindependent judgement on technical approaches and solutions.
  • Leads andparticipatesin design activities,providingtechnical guidance on maintenance solutions.
  • Demonstratesadvanceduse and application ofdevelopmentconcepts, practices, and techniques.
  • Designs,preparesand executes unit tests;representsteam to clientson technical matters.
  • Provides solutions to awidevariety ofcomplex technicalproblems.
  • Contributes to strategictechnicaldirectionofthe developmentteams.
  • Applies technical knowledge todelivermaintenance solutions acrossmultipletechnology areaswith minimal direction.
  • Implements end-user and enterprise solutions of high complexity with minimal direction.
  • Integratesdeeptechnicalexpertiseand business understanding todeliverstable, reliablesolutions for clients.
  • Consults with team members and other organizations,clientsand vendors on complextechnical issues.
  • Provides timeandresource estimates for assignedtasks andprojects.
  • Developssolutions to complex business and technology problems in areas of provenexpertise.
  • Mentors andprovidestechnical guidance to junior and mid-level developers on the team.
Qualifications

What you'll need:

  • Must be a US Citizen
  • Education & Experience:BS/BA with6+ yearsof relevant experience; orMasterswith 4 years of relevant experience; or HSdiplomawith10+ years experience.
  • 6+ years of mainframe development experiencein production or maintenance environment.
  • Proficiencywith mainframe technologiesincluding COBOL, JCL, CICS, TSO and VSAM.
  • Knowledge of health care claims processing, particularly Medicare Fee for Service.
  • Abilityto perform well in a highly rigorousstructureddevelopment environment.
  • Demonstratedexperience as aseniorsoftware developer in a mainframe environment.
  • Demonstratedability todetermineand decompose businessand technicalrequirements.
  • Application lifecyclemethodologyexperience,specifically Agile/SCRUM
  • Strong communicationskills and technical writingability.
  • Ability to develop application project solutions and estimating.
  • Experience with Medicare Part A, Medicare Part B,DMEor Medicare Common Working File (CWF) specific processing systems.
  • Experience working withor in supportofCMSprograms and contracts.
  • Experience with DevOps/DevSecOpstools and frameworks through plan, define, build, test, release and deploy process.
  • Familiarity with development andcollaborationtools: GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Eclipse (IDz/RDz)
  • SAFeexperience and/or certification.
  • Must be able to achieveandmaintainaPublicTrust clearance.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience withAssemblerlanguage in a mainframe environment.
  • Familiarity with development and collaboration tools:GitHub, Jira, Confluence, Eclipse (IDz/RDz).
  • Exposure to modern languages such asJava or Python.

Target Salary Range$66,000 - $106,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individuals experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

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