Need locals who can attend F2F Mainframe Programmer with IBM and SAS
Location: NYC Duration: 6 months The Financial Information Services Agency (FISA) has a vacancy for a Programmer Analyst to support ongoing production maintenance and enhancements to the Payroll Management System (PMS). Under the direction of the Development Lead, the developer has the responsibility of performing complex programming tasks with a high degree of quality and efficiency while maintaining systems performance. This position will require the ability to design, develop, test and implement changes in accordance with FISA's systems development life cycle. This person will work with various teams but will need to have the ability to work independently and prioritize tasks to meet project deadlines. The Primary Responsibilities include: * Work in a technical capacity while having a good understanding of business processes * Collaborate with other teams to provide analysis, design, development and testing guidance and support. * Update documentation as required. * Develop application/code including both enhancements and application code fixes. * Perform Production support which may require researching programs, doing data analysis, creating data fixes, reviewing logs, and other activities necessary to resolve the issue. * Experience working with business analysts and working from business requirements and functional specifications Required Qualifications: * 5+years experience programming COBOL in an IBM mainframe environment * 3 + years experience programming SAS very important * 5+ years designing and developing complex COBOL applications * Experience working on an enterprise wide project a must * 5+ years experience programming with DB2 databases * 5+ years experience with VSAM files * 5+ years experience programming with IMS databases * 5+ years experience with TSO, JCL, and IBM utilities. * Overall strong knowledge of mainframe environment and application development tools. * Excellent understanding of a systems development lifecycle methodology Preferred Qualifications: * Experience working on a payroll system * Experience working on tax reporting systems to state and federal governments * 5+ years experience with Microsoft Access. * Experience working with Payroll processing. * Excellent Communications skills (Oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational skills are required * Experience working within a matrix environment. Kind Regards, Manasa Dontineni Technical Recruiter Vyshnavi Infotech Inc Voice: 703-793-1868 Ext: 218 Fax: 703-563-9200 http://www.vyshnaviinfotech.com/ <http://www.vyshnaviinfotech.com/> Certified Minority Owned Business Enterprise
