Cobol Programmer in Albany, NY - Hybrid Role - Locals only
Albany, NY
Contracted
Experienced
we have an opening for an Expert Programmer HBITS-07-14523
DURATION: 12 Months
LOCATION: Albany, NY – Hybrid
This request is for all ITS supported agencies for the creation of a system or application to be complicit with the Middle Eastern & North African Demographics Tracking (MENA) Legislative
Mandate (NYS S811-A518-MENA Chapter Amendment). The MENA Bill requires agencies that collect demographic data to now include Middle Eastern and North African categories as
mandated by Section S6584C/A6219B of the State Executive Law beginning July 1, 2026. This will be funded with SPID 7634.
Qualifications
DURATION: 12 Months
LOCATION: Albany, NY – Hybrid
This request is for all ITS supported agencies for the creation of a system or application to be complicit with the Middle Eastern & North African Demographics Tracking (MENA) Legislative
Mandate (NYS S811-A518-MENA Chapter Amendment). The MENA Bill requires agencies that collect demographic data to now include Middle Eastern and North African categories as
mandated by Section S6584C/A6219B of the State Executive Law beginning July 1, 2026. This will be funded with SPID 7634.
Qualifications
- Programmer- Creates computer software. May specialize in one area of computer software or may write code for many kinds of software.
- Expert- 84+ Months: Candidate is able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.
- 84 months experience coding and designing COBOL programming language
- 84 months experience coding and designing Easytrieve programming language
- 84 months experience coding and designing Job Control Language (JCL).
- 84 months experience in IBM mainframe SQL
- 48 months experience creating and updating flow diagrams.
- Work will be performed on an IBM Mainframe using IBM Enterprise COBOL, Easytrieve, CICS, DB2, SQL and JCL. The environment consists of both batch and online systems.
- Creating new programs, performing maintenance on existing programs, creating ad hoc reports, and creating and updating documentation. Work on Cobol 6.4 conversion assignments.
- This will allow the SME’s to work on MENA.
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