JD for COBOL developer Required Technical Skills - Strong hands-on experience with COBOL, Micro Focus COBOL, CICS, JCL, and Oracle in a Red Hat Linux environment.

- Experience designing, developing, and consuming SOAP/REST web services and working with microservices-based architectures.
- Robust analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and quickly learn new technologies.
- Proficient in developing and optimizing complex SQL queries and database operations.
- Hands-on experience with Micro Focus Net Express (IDE) and Red Hat Linux operating systems.
- Experience developing or supporting Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM) applications is preferred.
- Strong understanding of JCL, batch processing, job scheduling, and production support.
- Experience working with VSAM, flat files, Oracle databases, and other relational database management systems.
- Good knowledge of mainframe utilities, including SORT, IDCAMS, IEBGENER, IEFBR14, and related tools.
- Strong understanding of COBOL copybooks, file layouts, data structures, and data transformation processes.
- Ability to analyze business and technical requirements, review RFPs, collaborate with stakeholders, prepare technical designs, provide effort estimates, and support proposal development.
- Develop, unit test, and deliver high-quality software solutions that meet functional and technical requirements.
- Expertise in debugging,



troubleshooting, and resolving issues within large-scale, enterprise mainframe applications.

Additional Technical

Skills for D0 to F6 Conversion - Extensive experience implementing field length changes in legacy mainframe applications during data format conversion initiatives.

- Strong expertise in analyzing and modifying COBOL copybooks, file layouts, and record structures to accommodate field size increases or decreases.
- Ability to identify and remediate field length dependencies across:
- COBOL data definitions (PIC clauses, REDEFINES)
- Relational database schemas (Oracle, DB2, or equivalent)
- VSAM datasets and flat file record layouts - Experience performing comprehensive impact analysis for field size changes across:
- Input and output interfaces
- Upstream and downstream applications
- Batch processes and data integration workflows - Proficient in validating field length modifications through:
- Unit testing
- System and regression testing
- Parallel run validation and comparison of legacy versus converted data - Strong debugging and data validation skills using File-AID, SORT utilities, dump analysis, and other mainframe diagnostic tools to ensure data integrity and application stability following conversion changes.

Qualifications Btech Range Of Year Experience-Min Year 5 Range Of Year Experience-Max Year 8

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