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Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Mainframe Programmer/Developer to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.

At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:

• Highly competitive pay rates
• Local support staff for responsive, personal service
• Comprehensive benefits package, including:
  • Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
  • Life insurance
  • A 401(K) plan with company match
  • Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan

Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.

Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Scope of Services:

Services Overview. The Candidate selected and provided by the Successful Respondent under a client's contract resulting from this solicitation will be part of client’s Fiscal Management Statewide Fiscal Oversight team. The primary scope of work involves highly advanced software development and maintenance support for client’s legacy mainframe applications, which could include USAS, TINS, SPA, HRIS, SPRS, and related systems. The Candidate may also be consulted in connection with the CAPPS STARR project where legacy mainframe expertise is relevant, including but not limited to interface and data integration questions. The selected Vendor’s Candidate must be adaptable and able to learn and integrate new systems and platforms as needed.

Position Requirements. The client's work includes, but is not limited to, the following:

Performing highly advanced software development work in support of the CAPPS STARR project and all ancillary systems, which includes client’s legacy mainframe applications (e.g., USAS, SPA, etc.). The Candidate must be able to perform the following, as applicable:

• Code requested changes in accordance with standards, guidelines and design documents provided by client.
• Coordinate the testing, debugging and preparing test data, and interact with technical and non- technical staff in the coordination of changes.
• Deliver tested, production-ready software solutions that meet strict availability requirements in a large-scale enterprise environment.

Performing advanced software analysis/programming tasks such as:

• Participating in all phases of SDLC, including design, software development and code review.
• Performing extensive code reviews and analysis.
• Writing reports on code analysis to determine if industry standards and best practices are being followed; provide analysis to address found short comings.
• Providing guidance and knowledge sharing to existing development staff.

Providing support to an on-call programmer, as required.

Providing application decommissioning support, as required.

Providing consultation on CAPPS STARR project matters as needed, including but not limited to legacy system interface questions (e.g., SPRS interfaces), legacy data integration issues, and other areas where the Candidate’s expertise in client’s legacy mainframe applications and statewide financial systems is relevant to the project.

Performing other related Work as assigned.

OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Must be able to:

• Work with Business Customers, Section Managers, Project Managers, Business Analysts and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in a professional and collaborative manner to define strategies, implementation approaches and provide creative solutions to complex problems.
• Create well-designed, documented, and tested software solutions that meet strict availability, concurrency and low latency requirements.
• Turn high-level requirements into a working system through iterative and incremental development.
• Identify and address product bugs, deficiencies, and performance bottlenecks in a timely manner.
• Write unit tests
• Develop processes and procedures for Application Services.
• Stay abreast of current technologies, industry standards and best practices
• Be productive working independently or in a team environment (both local and remote) with minimal supervision.

Must possess:

• A solid understanding of latest web technologies
• Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to multi-task with readiness to put in extra effort when necessary
• The willingness to learn

**Location of job: Hybrid. Candidates must be local to Austin, TX**

Minimum Requirements:
Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

7

Required

Experience making code changes in accordance with standards, guidelines, and design documents provided.

7

Required

Professional experience in software development building production software systems

7

Required

Experience with IBM Enterprise COBOL for z/OS

7

Required

Experience with IBM DB2 for z/OS

7

Required

Experience with MVS/JCL

7

Required

Experience with data integration and data quality

7

Required

Experience with Software AG's NATURAL

7

Required

Experience coordinating the testing, debugging and preparing of test data and interacting with technical and non-technical staff in the coordination of changes

5

Required

Experience with highly complex application security requirements

3

Required

Experience with any of the Texas client's Statewide Financial Systems: USAS, SPA, TINS, HRIS, SPRS

5

Preferred

Experience of Texas Statewide systems and the CAPPS program

5

Preferred

Experience with CICS Web Services

5

Preferred

Experience with CONTROL-M for z/OS

5

Preferred

Experience with Computer Associates' product Endevor for COBOL

5

Preferred

Public sector experience (Federal, State or Local Government)

5

Preferred

Proficient with the Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, TEAMS, Microsoft Project, Word, Visio, Excel and PowerPoint

5

Preferred

Experience designing and implementing secure RESTful web services

5

Preferred

Experience with: Code reviews and in-depth code analysis and completing system documentation

1

Preferred

Experience with Jira

1

Preferred

Experience with Confluence

1

Preferred

Experience designing and building Microservices