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VAX COBOL Senior Programmer, Royal Leamington Spa
Client:
E-Solutions
Location:
Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Views:
2
Posted:
06.06.2025
Expiry Date:
21.07.2025
Job Description:
* 10 years of experience in COBOL programming and VAXVMS development
* Extensive experience with VAXVMS operating system
* Familiarity with VAX COBOL compiler and related utilities
* Experience with VAXVMS file systems and database management
* Troubleshoot and resolve issues with COBOL applications and VAXVMS systems
* Provide technical support to end users
* Develop, maintain, and enhance COBOL programs and applications running on VAXVMS
* Write, test, and debug COBOL code according to specifications
* Develop and document code according to company standards
* Proficient in the VAXVMS operating system and its associated tools
* Experience with ICMS tool and RDB Relational Database
Preferred Skills:
* Experience with specific VAXVMS applications or industries
* Experience with other legacy technologies
* Experience with Agile development methodologies
Job Responsibilities:
* Work with client business user team for requirement discussion
* Involve in knowledge acquisition, technical design, and estimation for fixes and enhancements
* Effective involvement in both functional and technical knowledge sharing with customer SMEs and tech leads
* Coordinate work allocation and synchronization between offshore development and QA teams
* Engage with customer business users for project prioritization and design discussions
* Prioritize bug fixes and changes with the client team
* Reproduce defects reported by the client
* Collaborate effectively with other leads and team members
* Coordinate with customer help desk and server admin teams for infrastructure and change management tasks
* Perform root cause analysis and preliminary problem diagnosis with developers
* Technically lead the VAXVMS development team
* Report promptly to onsite and offshore managers and stakeholders
* Educate the team to prevent recurrence of defects and bugs
* Own the technical landscape of the application during knowledge acquisition
* Build a knowledge repository for the development and QA teams
* Define lifecycle processes, templates, and checklists
* Conduct group design and code reviews with customer and offshore teams
* Engage in cross-functional knowledge sharing and training
* Coordinate with customer teams for resolution and clarification
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