United States onlyTechnical Lead / Cobol Programmer needed to serve as the senior technical authority within a six-person Journeyman Computer Programmer team supporting DRAS at DFAS. The individual will direct day-to-day technical execution, establish and enforce coding standards, conduct peer reviews, lead code turnovers, and serve as the primary technical liaison between the contractor development team and the DFAS DRAS Program Management Office (PMO).
Requirements
- Serve as the senior technical point of contact for the DRAS PMO and DRAS System Manager on all software development and maintenance matters.
- Establish and enforce coding standards, unit testing protocols, and peer review procedures consistent with DRAS SDLC documentation and DFAS business processes.
- Lead technical participation in System Requirements Reviews (SRRs), Critical Design Reviews (CDRs), Test Readiness Reviews (TRRs), and Post-Implementation Reviews (PIRs).
- Provide technical mentorship and guidance to the five (5) Journeyman Computer Programmers; assign tasks, review work products, and ensure consistent quality.
- Review and analyze System Change Requests (SCRs), point papers from R&A Operations, email requests, and meeting action items.
- Lead preparation of written impact analyses for proposed changes, identifying all affected system components and producing Level of Effort (LOE) estimates accurate to +/- 15% of actuals.
- Produce COBOL code and associated Job Control Language (JCL) for z/OS mainframe systems meeting SCR specifications and DRAS design document requirements, free of defects.
- Develop in COBOL for z/OS 2.1, CICS, ADS-Online, ADS-Batch, MQ Series, and SQL; utilize VSAM, IDMS, and DB2 as required.
- Ensure all developed software meets industry best practices, DRAS-defined business processes, and DFAS CMM Level 3 standards.
- Lead code walkthroughs to ensure all defects are identified prior to production turnover.
- Coordinate and facilitate Peer Review meetings; present technical findings on defects, code efficiency, and conformance with coding standards.
- Verify completion of all required testing plans and results prior to approving code turnover.
- Provide direct production support to resolve payroll processing issues affecting RCPS, APS, and CRSC subsystems.
- Lead root cause analysis and resolution for production anomalies; document 100% of reported situations in accordance with DFAS business processes.
- Monitor production performance and production job execution; proactively identify and escalate emerging issues.
- Participate in ad hoc user meetings as needed to support application issue resolution.
- Lead the team's participation in the DRAS Agile transformation effort; attend DFAS-sponsored Agile Boot Camp training and meet defined maturity expectations.
- Execute data queries to support detailed requirements reviews and identify relevant data conditions.
- Comply with DFAS-defined timeframes for program analysis, programming, unit testing, and pre-implementation support.
- Maintain 95% monthly attendance at required team meetings; ensure team adherence to meeting participation requirements.
Benefits
- Paid time off
- 401k matching
- Retirement plan
- Relocation assistance
