Req ID: RQ202647
Type of Requisition: Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None
Public Trust/Other Required: MBI (T2)
Job Family: Software Development
Skills:
Documentations,Software Development,Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Experience:
10 + years of related experience
Job Description:
Seize your opportunity to make a personal impact as a Senior COBOL Developer supporting the United States Postal Service. GDIT is your place to make meaningful contributions to challenging projects and grow a rewarding career.
At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Senior COBOL Developer , you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on a COBOL Developer joining our team to analyze design, develop, implement, and support code for our government customer, the United States Postal Service.
HOW A SENIOR COBOL DEVELOPER WILL MAKE AN IMPACT
In this role, a typical day will include:
Analyzes user/business software system requirements and determines needs
Determines the functionality of an application and performs upgrades over time
Maintains documentation to support software development policies, standards, and procedures
Develops, analyzes, prioritizes, and organizes requirement specifications, data mapping, diagrams, and flowcharts for developers and testers to follow
Translates highly technical specifications into clear non-technical requirements
Develops and documents features and user stories with acceptance criteria
Assists team with preparation of cost estimates
Implements best practices for scalability, supportability, ease of maintenance, and system performance
Creates current and future state documentation related to existing interfaces
Creates Interface Control Documents (ICD) documenting existing and future interfaces
WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Education :
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, preferred but not required.
NOTE: If resources do not have a relevant college degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required.
Required Experience :
10+ years' Experience with applications written in COBOL
10+ years' Experience and knowledge of DB2 Databases integrated with the mainframe
Knowledge/experience of SDLC practices
Experience with information technologies and systems analysis, analyzing business requirements and developing business requirements
Proven ability to assess business needs and translate them into relevant solutions
Knowledge/experience with Agile methodologies
Experience working with Product Owners and creating Features and User Stories
Experience with VersionOne desired or other Agile management tools
Working knowledge of a wide variety of programming languages
Experience with Neon Servers on the mainframe desired
Experience with Changeman to create packages and promote code
Ability to scan libraries to find instances of key words / phrases to help research issues
Respond to incidents in ServiceNow
Create ServiceNow Change requests following USPS processes
Participate in meetings relating to specific technical projects or tasks
Ability to develop and maintain IT documentation
Independently analyzes and develops innovative resolutions for complex problems, implements solutions independently and as part of a team
May lead project teams within assigned unit to develop, plan, and manage project tasks
Develops, plans, and manages project tasks
Provides training for less experienced team members, if needed
Security Clearance Level :
Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust clearance and successfully pass a thorough Government background screening process requiring the completion of detailed forms and fingerprinting
This position has a U.S. residency requirement. The USPS security clearance process requires the selected candidate to have resided in the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for the last five years as follows: U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 6 months consecutively in the last 3 years (unless they meet certain exceptions). Non-U.S. Citizens cannot have left the U.S. (including U.S. Territories) for longer than 90 days consecutively in the last 3 years.
Location :
100% remote in the U.S.
GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
401K with company match
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career.
Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications.
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays
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The likely salary range for this position is $104,895 - $141,917. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. GDIT typically provides new employees with 15 days of paid leave per calendar year to be used for vacations, personal business, and illness and an additional 10 paid holidays per year. Paid leave and paid holidays are prorated based on the employee's date of hire. The GDIT Paid Family Leave program provides a total of up to 160 hours of paid leave in a rolling 12 month period for eligible employees. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.
We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.
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