Mainframe Developer

Title: Mainframe Developer - Back End - Senior (Onsite)

Business Days: 83

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Pay Range: CAD $70-75/hr. DOE

Industry Type: Public Sector

Job Description:

Skill Set Requirements for Mainframe Developers:

- Recent experience in using PL/I V4.5 or higher within the last 5 years.
- Fujitsu NetCOBOL V4 or higher.
- 10+ years of experience in programming and analysis.
- 10+ years of experience in designing and developing windows client applications interacting with IMS TM applications.
- 5+ years of experience writing mainframe PL/I transactions that process XML input and produce XML output and can consume non-mainframe webservices (Mainframe – Mid-Tier integration, IMSCONNECT).
- Knowledge of Vehicle Licensing and Transportation Safety’s policies around the Vehicle line of business.
- Experience working in accordance with policies and procedures of Client.
- Experience with mainframe Screen Handling (MFS).
- Experience with windows workstation Screen Handling Software (SCREENIO).
- Experience with IMS DB V12 or higher (HALDB and DEDB) using the PLITDLI API.
- Experience with DB2 for z/OS V11 or higher.
- Experience in Endevor source control tool.
- Experience in writing checkpoint restart able IMS BMPs.
- Experience scripting for SFTP (preferably in a mainframe environment).
- Experience with z/OS V2.2 or higher.
- Expertise using mainframe IBM Debug Tool V13.1 or higher.
- Expertise using file and database management tools (either File Aid V10.1 or higher, or IBM File Manager V13.1 or higher).
- Expertise using failure diagnostic tools (either Abend Aid V12.4 or higher, or IBM Fault Analyzer V13.1 or higher).
- Experience with IBM sort utility (DFSORT).
- Visual Studio 2008 or higher.
- Visual Studio Debugger.
- Harvest Source Control V12.5 or higher.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Evaluation Criteria

IBM mainframe tools 15%

- Experience with z/OS V2.2 or higher.
- Expertise using file and database management tools (either File Aid V10.1 or higher, or IBM File Manager V13.1 or higher)
- Expertise using mainframe IBM Debug Tool V13.1 or higher.
- Expertise using failure diagnostic tools (either Abend Aid V12.4 or higher, or IBM Fault Analyzer V13.1 or higher)
- Experience with IBM sort utility (DFSORT)

IBM mainframe DBs, APIs, mainframe source control, mainframe batch 20%

- Experience with IMS DB V12 or higher (HALDB and DEDB) using the PLITDLI API.
- Experience with DB2 for z/OS V11 or higher.
- Experience in Endevor source control tool
- Experience in writing checkpoint restart able IMS BMPs

Client/Server Architecture 10%

- 5+ years of experience writing mainframe PL/I transactions that process XML input and produce XML output and consume it.
- 10+ years of experience in designing and developing windows client applications interacting with IMS TM applications.

Programming Languages 25%

- Recent experience in using PL/I V4.5 or higher within the last 5 years.
- Fujitsu NetCOBOL V4 or higher
- 10+ years of experience in programming and analysis.

Public Sector Experience 5%

- Knowledge of driver licensing and transportation safety policies around the Vehicle Registration line of business.
- Experience working in accordance with policies and procedures of public sector

Screen Handling 10%

- Experience with mainframe Screen Handling (MFS)
- Experience with windows workstation Screen Handling Software (SCREENIO)

Windows workstation tools 10%

- Visual Studio 2008 or higher
- Visual Studio Debugger
- Harvest Source Control V12.5 or higher.

Connectivity 5%

- Experience scripting for SFTP (preferably in a mainframe environment)

Must Have:

- Experience with z/OS V2.2 or higher.
- Expertise using file and database management tools (either File Aid V10.1 or higher, or IBM File Manager V13.1 or higher)
- Experience with IMS DB V12 or higher (HALDB and DEDB) using the PLITDLI API.
- Experience with DB2 for z/OS V11 or higher.
- 5+ years of experience writing mainframe PL/I transactions that process XML input and produce XML output and consume it.
- Recent experience in using PL/I V4.5 or higher within the last 5 years.

Russell Tobin (Pride Global) offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.