COBOL Developer 

Overview 

Reporting to the Emphasys HFA Director of Development, the COBOL Developer is responsible for writing testable, scalable, and efficient code in COBOL, and participating in all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). They will work closely with Development and Product managers in planning product development, establishing and meeting estimated timelines. 

Who We Are 

Emphasys Software is the largest full-service provider to serve the public housing, housing finance, and redevelopment marketplace. Across our five divisions, we provide software that modernizes and streamlines complex processes for housing authorities, agencies, lenders, and governments in almost every state. Through our products and services, we help house roughly half of the families most in need within the United States. 

Responsibilities:  

• Learn and understand the architecture of the Single Family, Multi Family and Financial suite of HFA products. 
• Assist the team with implementing new modules or system functionality specifically in the areas of user interface, user experience, optimization of queries, process architecture, and development best practices.  
• Implement standardization across products to facilitate products’ on-going maintenance and transferability.  
• Support Product Managers in the design and deployment of new modules, add-ons, or functionality.
• Manage all development environments for the Microfocus products.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams to ensure product support and new development.
• Ensure loading COBOL systems on test and production environment(s) and setup if necessary.
• Reproduce critical issues related to development and fix them as well as converting backlog items to software tasks based on the architecture.
• Conducting testing and Change control deployments.
• Contribute feedback and input to implement best design practices.
• Adhere to reporting standards set up by upper management. 

Qualifications: 

• 3+ years of experience in COBOL development, including all aspects of SDLC.
• Self-disciplined, strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Good team player and self-starter with excellent communication.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Experience developing formal estimations for project completion.
• COBOL – Advanced
• ACUCOBOL-GT
• Acubench IDE
• SQL & PL/SQL
• XML
• Vision File system  

We encourage and appreciate candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you have 70% of the qualifications we seek and want to play an integral role in our success, express your interest here.  

Emphasys promotes equal employment opportunities for all. Emphasys does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, marital status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment decisions are made based on qualifications, merit, and business need. 

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