Hello, Please let me know if you have any consultant for this position. *MUST HAVE ALL THE SKILLS AND EEXPERIENCE SHOULD BE VISIBLE ON THE RESUME* ** *Software Engineer* 3 months Chicago, IL * * *JOB DESCRIPTION* • Software Engineer for a new application hosting service (ASP) supporting multiple client health Plans. Hosted applications are software products developed by this organization, including mainframe based COBOL programs as well as JAVA applications running on servers. The software engineer will be responsible for the installation, testing, and production support of the mainframe application hosting service. The incumbent will be responsible for ensuring the integrity of the installed internal and client application system components prior to moving the applications to production. This includes: program compilations, internal system validation, external testing with client Plans, transmission (MQ, FTP, NDM) setup, creation of job streams/procs, production job scheduling and the establishment of production controls. Once in production, the incumbent will be responsible for maintaining the daily production schedules, setting up user-requested (ad hoc) jobs, and performing follow-ups on any overnight problems or issues to guarantee their resolution before the next processing cycle. The incumbent will interface with operations staff, systems analysts and client Plans on any production issue or support need. The incumbent will be responsible for supporting the problem/change management process, which includes problem identification and issue resolution and the coordination of any change, if required, to the (internal) production environment or client Plan production environments. Additional responsibilities include developing/executing the needed systems for the collection of accounting and statistical data for billing and monitoring purposes as well as availability reports used in SLA reporting. The software engineer will support the migration of new client Plans to the hosting platform and will work with Plan staff to develop technical requirements for the hosted environment. This includes the conversion of Client Plan data to PlanConnexion, establishment of interface points and execution of test scripts for each client migration. The software engineer will be responsible for planning and coordinating scheduled and unscheduled application software upgrades. New software releases will require coordination with data center staff, Plan staff, internal development staff and business owners to develop test plans and production cutover schedules. The software engineer may also be required to develop software solutions to enable more efficient integration of the hosting service with client Plans' core systems and operational work flows.
*POSITION REQUIREMENTS* The ideal candidate should have at least 7 years of experience as a systems engineer working with end users, operations staff and project managers preferably in a production support role. The position requires: Strong problem solving skills; the ability to understand complex systems and system execution; effective oral and written communication skills; strong mainframe skills for systems development, testing (e.g. Expeditor, FILEAID, etc.) and production support. The candidate should be able to work with a minimum of supervision, work well in a team environment, act decisively in critical situations, and use sound judgment. Required skills required in the following technologies • Mainframe z/OS • COBOL • CICS • JCL/PROCS • VSAM • DB2 • SQL • SPUFI • MQ • TSO/ISPF • FTP • Connect: Direct/NDM • Configuration Management tool – ChangeMan • File Management Tool - File-Aid • Debugging Tool – Xpeditor • IBM utilities • Microsoft Office suite • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration or equivalent work experience in similar work environment. Minimum of 5 years of IT work experience focused in systems development and programming. Experience with one or more of the following: COBOL, CICS, IMS DB2, MQ, Preferred skills: • ITS & Healthcare experience is preferred • Multi-platform project experience would be a plus • BPM/HIPAA validator such as Vitria, J2EE, WebSphere, Oracle, SQL and Cognos -- Thanks&Regards Madhukar.Doppalapudi [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "US_IT.Groups" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/us_itgroups?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
