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Merchants Insurance Group · 3 weeks ago

COBOL Programmer Analyst

Buffalo, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$65K/yr - $96K/yr

5+ years exp

Merchants Insurance Group is a leading Property and Casualty Insurer in the Northeast, seeking an experienced COBOL Programmer Analyst to join their Information Technology team. The role focuses on AS/400 COBOL development, integration with other systems, and ensuring technical documentation and testing requirements are met.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Responsibilities of this position will be focused on development and maintenance of COBOL programs and supporting integration with connecting systems

Communicate with business users to ensure the full understanding of business requirements

Analyze business requirements to determine scope of changes and provide estimates of work effort

Carry out programming tasks required for completion of an assignment in a professional manner

Ensure coding structure complies with IT standards i.e. documentation, naming conventions. Complete work within project timeline expectations

Responsible for unit and system testing of changes to ensure solutions operate according to specifications

Provides appropriate turnover documentation including test results and special instructions, at each development phase

Responsible for analysis, programming, and testing requirements as assigned

Qualification

COBOLAS/400DB2SQLSystem integrationsProduction issue triageWeb development technologies

Required

4 year degree or equivalent work related experience

Five or more year's practical program/analyst development experience

Experience with AS/400 COBOL or mainframe environments

Experience with DB2 database concepts, Apache, IIS, As/400 Query, and SQL

Knowledge of system integrations and experience in triage of production issues

Preferred

Prior experience with insurance or financial institution automation systems

Highly desired skill sets include COBOL/400, OPMILE, CL and any web development technologies and tools

Benefits

Welcoming and positive work environment.

Flexible work arrangements, including flex scheduling and summer hours.

Hybrid work schedule requires 8 full days per month in the office, with the option to work the remaining days per month at home or in the office.

Colleague Appreciation Events.

Generous paid time off package

Full Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, 401(k) employer match amount is 100% up to 6% of your annual contributions. You are immediately 100% vested in the employer match dollars.

Outstanding company bonus program.

Tuition Reimbursement.

Company

Merchants Insurance Group

For more than 95 years Merchants Insurance Group provides quality property and casualty insurance to protect your business, home and car.

Founded in 1918

Buffalo, New York, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.merchantsgroup.com

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