Saturday, November 17, 2007

Cobol Developer in Dallas, TX

Robert Half Technology, the world's leader in technology staffing, is currently seeking a COBOL Production Support Specialist for a long term contract with option to hire for a medical/insurance client in the North Dallas area

This is a legacy application programmer position which involves a combination of coding and production support activities.

Technical skill requirements:

- Very strong technical knowledge required
- Significant experience with TSO/ISPF, SDSF, VSAM
- Experience with COBOL (preferably COBOL390)
- Significant working knowledge of JCL, PROCs , overrides and batch processing. REQUIRED
- Experience with Endeavor change management is a REQUIREMENT. Other change management tools will not be considered
Experience with IBM utilities such as IDCAMS and IEBGENER desired
- Experience with debugging tools (FileAid, Max/Data Util)
- Experience reading program abend dumps (prefer DUMPMASTER).
- Experience with Microsoft products (Excel, Word, Visio, Outlook, Project, Internet Explorer)
- Experience with ZEKE/ZEBB or significant knowledge of other job scheduling/restart packages such as CA7 or CA11
- On-call experience required, some availability nights and weekends as required
- Ability to work flexible hours
- Previous data conversion experience a plus
- experience with financial applications and/or healthcare industry experience highly desired
<br/><br/>All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be authorized to work in the United States. All applicants applying for Canadian job openings must be authorized to work in Canada.
Experience: In order to qualify for this position the candidate must have CURRENT experience in COBOL, JCL, Endeavor, ZEKE/ZEBB, CA7,CA11, and REX. Additionally, in order to be considered candidate must complete in-house evaluations on COBOL and JCL; Must have not been submitted to this client previously; Must successfully complete a background check and drug screen.

Benefits Offered While on Contract:

-MEDICAL INSURANCE
-PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE
-VISION:
-TERM LIFE WITH ACCIDENTAL DEATH BENEFIT
-SHORT TERM DISABILITY
-DIRECT DEPOSIT
-WEEKLY PAY
-ONLINE TRAINING
-HOLIDAY PAY
-REFERRAL BONUSES
-BONUS PAY


For position consideration, please email resumes to: or apply online at www.rht.com. Please reference "COBOL Production Support" in the subject line of your correspondence.

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