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KēSTA I.T is actively seeking Senior COBOL CICS Developer for an immediate contract engagement with our government client.
Work Location: This position is Remote
Job Description:
We Are Seeking a talented and highly effective Senior COBOL CICS Developer to join a development and support team responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and modernizing a statewide eligibility determination system. This role involves supporting SNAP/TANF eligibility processes, integrating with external platforms using modern technologies, and improving automation across legacy and enterprise environments. The ideal candidate will bring deep mainframe, Linux, and ADABAS expertise alongside strong analytical, design, and system troubleshooting skills.
Responsibilities:
· Support, enhance, and maintain large-scale eligibility determination systems.
· Analyze, design, and program complex development projects on IBM Mainframe and Linux systems.
· Troubleshoot complex SNAP/TANF eligibility determination processes within a MicroFocus COBOL environment.
· Develop new screens, functions, and integrations with legacy systems.
· Provide subject matter expertise on Mainframe CICS system architecture.
· Interpret, design, and implement federal and state mandates within Linux-based systems.
· Recommend system and process enhancements to improve performance and functionality.
· Create and update documentation for procedures, policies, and technical processes.
· Collaborate within Agile and SDLC-driven teams and participate in SCRUM/iteration workflows.
· Work on multiple parallel projects and contribute to modernization and technology conversion initiatives.
Required Skills:
- Enterprise COBOL Programming (20+ years)
- CICS with ADABAS (Advanced)
- Experience supporting automated eligibility determination systems (SNAP, TANF, SNAP E&T, Benefits, Recovery) – 6+ years
- Mainframe system expertise (SME level)
- Experience with IBM Mainframe/Linux environments
- MicroFocus COBOL in Enterprise Developer
- Ability to create new screens and integrate functionality with legacy systems
- Experience analyzing/designing/programming large-scale or complex systems (6+ years)
- Linux (Intermediate)
- Windows (Intermediate)
- Enterprise Developer COBOL (Advanced)
- ADABAS (Advanced)
- Animator (Intermediate)
- Relational Database Systems (DB2/SQL) (Intermediate)
- Agile (Intermediate)
- SDLC (Intermediate)
Required Business & Domain Skills
- Knowledge of SNAP and TANF eligibility and economic assistance policies and procedures (6 years)
- Experience interpreting and implementing federal/state mandates on Linux-based systems
- Ability to make recommendations to enhance systems and workflows (6 years)
- Experience developing and maintaining technical and process documentation (6 years)
Available Benefits:
· Medical Benefits (Platinum level plans available)
· Work from home / Hybrid / Onsite options
· PTO
· Holiday Pay
· VTO
· 401K
· Charitable Match
· Training reimbursement
About KēSTA I.T.:
Our name says it all; KēSTA I.T. (Keys-to-I.T.) AND our people are our keys to our success!
KēSTA I.T. is a premier Utah-based technical staffing and consulting services firm. We specialize in temporary and permanent placement of Software, Hardware, Network, Cloud, CRM/ERP, Data, End-User support, Web and Executive / leadership-based positions on a full time and consulting basis.
If you're interested in a role where top performance is rewarded, personal time is valued, and excellence is demanded at every level we want to talk to you today!
Where do you want to go? We've got the keys! ~ KēSTA I.T.