Job Duties:
- This position is responsible for providing system maintenance and enhancements for the DHS Special Projects Team.
- Design, develop, and maintain Mainframe applications
- Interface with business and IT teams to understand business requirements and translate business requirements into formal technical requirements and application code.
- Work with IT support teams (ex. DBA's) to ensure support and project requirements are developed and successfully implemented
- Develop and execute unit test and integration plans/scripts to validate that application changes meet technical specifications.
- Work with business team to complete acceptance testing and participate in integration testing
- Responsible for full System Development Life Cycle
- On-call production support
Required Job Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
- 10+ years of experience in mainframe development
- 10+ years and expert knowledge of COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM and other mainframe technologies
- Expert knowledge of DB2 Utilities (QMF and SPUFI)
- Strong knowledge of IBM Utilities such as IEBGENER, IDCAMS, ICETOOL, DEBUGGER(CICS and Batch), FILE MANAGER, SORT, Fault Analyzer
- Experience in all components of software delivery including requirements, design, development, and testing
- Experience with CHANGEMAN and CONTROL-M Scheduling
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting
- Experience with mainframe software development tools and platforms (z/OS)
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Must be a team player
Benefits:
Healthcare Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents healthcare coverage through BlueCross BlueShield of Illinois. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics. Premiums are subsidized by Synectics.
Dental Insurance: Synectics offers eligible employees and their dependents a dental plan through MetLife. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.
Vision Insurance : Synectics offers eligible employees vision insurance through VSP. Eligibility begins on the 1st day of the calendar month following 60 days of continuous full time employment with Synectics.401(k) Plan: The Synectics Inc. Investment Savings Retirement Plan. Synectics offers all employees who are 21 years of age or older the opportunity to invest in the 401(k) Plan on the first enrollment date that is at least 30 days after employment begins. Enrollment dates are each January 1st, April 1st, July 1st, and October 1st.
Technical Certification Bonus: Synectics is pleased to award its employees a bonus of up to $500 for an approved professional certification. In determining the bonus amount, Synectics will consider the cost of the test(s) for any certification relating to your current position, achieved during your employment with us. Only one Certification Bonus per calendar year may be awarded per employee. Only current, active employees will be eligible to receive this bonus. It will be awarded 90 days after the Synectics office has received documentation confirming the successful completion of the certification.
Synectics is an equal opportunity employer.
