Distributed App Developer--MQ Series - (US-NJ-Jersey City)

Distributed App Developer--MQ Series - (US-NJ-Jersey City)

Compensation: $115K - $130K / Year
Minimum Education: None
Job Type: Full Time
Jobcode: B77946JA

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Experience Required : 5 - 10 years

This senior position will be responsible for the day-to-day development, enhancement, and support of multiple distributed applications using IBM MQSeries Mainframe function calls. Under general direction of the Project Manager all phases of system life cycle will be supported, as well as real-time mission critical applications using MQSeries on OS390/zOS/MVS and MS Windows platforms. Several projects will usually be active at the same time, so the ability to multitask is essential.

Responsibilities Include:
-Assessment of functional business requirements and the ability to provide alternative solutions when possible
-Create functional and technical specifications.
-Actively participate in the development, testing and implementation process.
-Data modeling and design based on business requirements.
-Unit Test Plans and User testing.
-Preparation of user documentation.

Skill Set Requirements:
-Strong experience in supporting enterprise business critical messaging through a highly available MQ Series architecture using Mainframe function calls.
-Other Mainframe experience should include DB2 and IDMS database and a strong working knowledge of CICS and COBOL.
-Technical proficiency on PC platforms (Windows 98/2000/XP, Office Suite).
-Knowledge of distributed architectures using MQ Series.
-Relational database design skills and/or working knowledge of SQL and DB2.
-Excellent written and oral communication skills a must.
-Sound analytical and problem solving skills.
-Strong interpersonal and organization skills.


The job holder leads the technical design, development and documentation of cross-functional, multi-platform distributed application systems. S/he analyzes, defines and documents requirements for data, workflow, and logical processes and interfaces with other systems. S/he also ensures that expected application performance levels are achieved by coordinating, coding, testing, implementation and documentation.

Minimum 6 - 8 years experience required. Job holder must have extensive knowledge of company's total computing environment, including all key IT functions, interdependencies and business impact of future IT plans. S/he must have prior lead experience selecting and implementing vendor-specific methodologies and prior consulting experience with structured methodologies. Extensive experience with developing and supporting distributed applications required. Job holder must have broad experience with multi-platform development tools and toolkits.

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