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Mainframe Cobol Developer Columbia, South Carolina ContractHybrid$55.00 - $65.00/hr12-month contract with potential for extensionW-2 only (no C2C)
About The Role: Brooksource is seeking an experienced Mainframe COBOL Developer to support our state government client's Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) environment. This hybrid role is based in Columbia, SC, and focuses on application enhancements, production support, testing coordination, and deployment activities for critical Medicaid systems. The successful candidate will work closely with stakeholders and technical teams to ensure the successful delivery of application enhancements and operational support. This is a 12-month contract position with the potential for extension.
What You'll Do:
  • Develop, maintain, and enhance mainframe applications utilizing COBOL and JCLAnalyze business and technical requirements and translate them into system modifications and enhancements
  • Support MMIS-related initiatives and ongoing maintenance efforts for Medicaid applications
  • Participate in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements analysis, development, testing, deployment, and production support
  • Coordinate and support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities for system changes and enhancements
  • Assist with moving application changes through testing environments and into production
  • Troubleshoot application issues and provide timely resolution of production incidents
  • Collaborate with DHHS business users, Clemson teams, and other technical resources to ensure successful solution delivery
  • Create and maintain technical documentation, test results, and implementation artifacts
  • What You BringStrong experience developing and supporting applications using COBOLExperience creating and maintaining JCLSolid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies
  • Experience supporting application testing, UAT activities, and production deployments
  • Experience troubleshooting and resolving production issues in an enterprise environment
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to work effectively with technical teams and business stakeholders
  • Experience supporting Medicaid Management Information Systems (MMIS) (preferred)
  • Experience within healthcare, government, or large enterprise environments (preferred)
  • Mainframe experience with technologies such as DB2, CICS, VSAM, or IMS (preferred)SQL and data analysis experience (preferred)
  • Experience supporting batch processing environments (preferred)
  • Familiarity with change management and release management processes (preferred)
  • Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field (preferred)5+ years of professional experience with COBOL development and support in a mainframe environment
  • Experience supporting enterprise application testing and production implementation activities

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Level

Lead

Location

Columbia, SC

Occupation

Software Developers

Industry

Custom Computer Programming Services

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