Cobol Developer

SUMMARY:

• Design, develop, and maintain eRegister application using the COBOL programming language.
• Create, modify, and test the code and scripts that allow eRegister to run.
• Monitor system performance and proactively identifying potential issues to prevent downtime.
• Conduct periodical data backups and ensure that backups are adequately secured.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of Annual Performance Plan, Annual Operational Plan and Departmental ICT strategy
• Coordinate organization maintenance and support associated with the in-house developed application and associated matters
• Perform data analysis specific to information that impacts on the in-house developed
• Coordinate the preparation and other associated activities for the cleansing, preparation and migration of the data on the Nurse Register to any other application which the company may implement -SQL target database
• Develop and reviews policies, standard operating procedures, frameworks, internal controls and systems within area of specialization
• Ensure systems documentation is generated and kept up to date
• Implement approved changes as per change control processes
• Maintain and support existing applications
• Manage risk for the areas of responsibility within the company
• Investigate and resolve complex systems issues across the application
• Participate in database design activities
• Manage, control/drive or participate in ad hoc projects that arise from time to time
• Perform ad hoc tasks as delegated by the line manager/ supervisor including asset management responsibilities on an interim basis
• Perform periodical reporting in line with company’s reporting schedule

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in COBOL development
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Mainframe disciplines (AS400 & IBM I-Series/5)
• Experience with Inter-form/400 advantageous 

• Experience with Mocha Soft Screen Emulator and Printer Emulator advantageous
• Experience with payment engines advantageous
• 5 years of experience in SQL and DB2/400
• Experience of development of interfaces with other systems
• Data cleansing and migration from COBOL to SQL
• Data base optimization experience

• COBOL
• SQL
• IBM technologies

• Job knowledge
• Technical skills
• Acceptance of responsibility
• Quality of work
• Reliability
• Initiative
• Communication
• Interpersonal relationships
• Flexibility

POSITION INFO:

• Design, develop, and maintain eRegister application using the COBOL programming language.
• Create, modify, and test the code and scripts that allow eRegister to run.
• Monitor system performance and proactively identifying potential issues to prevent downtime.
• Conduct periodical data backups and ensure that backups are adequately secured.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of Annual Performance Plan, Annual Operational Plan and Departmental ICT strategy
• Coordinate organization maintenance and support associated with the in-house developed application and associated matters
• Perform data analysis specific to information that impacts on the in-house developed
• Coordinate the preparation and other associated activities for the cleansing, preparation and migration of the data on the Nurse Register to any other application which the company may implement -SQL target database
• Develop and reviews policies, standard operating procedures, frameworks, internal controls and systems within area of specialization
• Ensure systems documentation is generated and kept up to date
• Implement approved changes as per change control processes
• Maintain and support existing applications
• Manage risk for the areas of responsibility within the company
• Investigate and resolve complex systems issues across the application
• Participate in database design activities
• Manage, control/drive or participate in ad hoc projects that arise from time to time
• Perform ad hoc tasks as delegated by the line manager/ supervisor including asset management responsibilities on an interim basis
• Perform periodical reporting in line with company’s reporting schedule

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in COBOL development
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Mainframe disciplines (AS400 & IBM I-Series/5)
• Experience with Inter-form/400 advantageous

• Experience with Mocha Soft Screen Emulator and Printer Emulator advantageous
• Experience with payment engines advantageous
• 5 years of experience in SQL and DB2/400
• Experience of development of interfaces with other systems
• Data cleansing and migration from COBOL to SQL
• Data base optimization experience

• COBOL
• SQL
• IBM technologies

• Job knowledge
• Technical skills
• Acceptance of responsibility
• Quality of work
• Reliability
• Initiative
• Communication
• Interpersonal relationships
• Flexibility