COBOL-Software Engineer

at  IntersoftKK

SKILLS:

Mandatory Skills
Cobol
Preferred Skills
Brief Job Description

TECHNICAL SKILLS REQUIRED

Technical qualifications and capabilities include knowledge of one of the following: Language: Cobol

OPTIONAL SKILLS

Further qualifications and capabilities will be an added advantage but not required (one or more of the following):

• Possess initiative and disposition with a strong commitment and orientation towards results and high quality standards
• Creative and strong problem solving skills and ability to think out of the box
• Team player with strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Self motivator with positive attitude and high energy
• Customer focused
• Proficient in written and spoken English

– Technically competent with ability to pick up new technology

Development Role

• Participate in requirement gathering sessions and translate business requirements into functional and non functional requirements.
• Clarify ambiguous/conflicting requirements and ensure that that changes are documented and tracked.
• Perform screen mockup and prototype to confirm requirements; analyze and translate requirements into design using established design standards and tools.
• Produce design specifications and artifacts.
• Code programs based on best practices and programming guidelines adopted by project.
• Develop and perform automated unit testing; prepare test data, capture test result to ensure the quality of the program.
• Analyze and identify root cause and ensure fixes are done and tested before rolling out for retest.
• Develop training material and support user training; prepare documentation including system and user documentation; keep versioning of documentation.
• Participate in peer reviews and daily huddle. Support Role
• Package and deploy codes into production based on deployment practices defined.
• Monitor system to identify exceptions to normal processing and take corrective or preventive actions.
• Troubleshoot incidents and provide timely update and escalation when appropriate.
• Register and track all reported issues to closure and within SLA.
• Analyze and classify change requests and perform impact analysis.
• Provide timely handling of user queries and request.
• Actively identify areas to improve to ensure system stability and maintainability.
• Understand SLA, escalation process and critical monitoring activities required to keep the system in order.
• Supervision required: Works under general supervision and follows established procedures