Job Description The consultant will participate in analysis sessions, prepare technical requirements documentation as specified by and to be approved by Applications Development Manager. The Qualified candidate must have strong experience in mainframe ZOS/2 environments. Additionally, the consultant is required to conduct a knowledge transfer to client employees who will perform the production support activities. Please see attachment section for Qualification required. Required Skills Under limited direction, responsible for all phases of development and maintenance on assigned projects; communicates with business analysts to determine system requirements; researches system enhancements and problems; performs analysis and design of computer applications; performs programming and testing; performs related work as assigned. Candidates must have the experience and ability to lead a small project with limited direction. Candidates work directly with various levels of business and technical staff to determine sound technical solutions for business requirements. - Candidates designs, codes, tests and documents computer programs. - Candidates have full technical knowledge of all phases of applications development and the development technologies utilized. - Candidates provide production support for large, complex applications including the ability to resolve problems in constrained timeframes. - Candidates may be responsible for mentoring less experienced team members. - Candidates will manage small-to-medium projects or components of larger projects. - Candidates have strong organization, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. - Experience must be current within the last year. - Candidates have strong written and verbal communication skills. Prefered Skills - Candidates must have at least 7 years software development experience, including broad exposure to the software development lifecycle. - Candidates must have at least 7 years experience with relational databases, including complex SQL accessing a large, complex application database. - Candidate must have at least 7 years of mainframe and complex COBOL applications development experience. - Candidates must have moderate experience with logical relational database design (e.g., enhancements to existing tables; new tables for small enhancements). - Experience must be current within the last year.