What are the responsibilities and job description for the Application Developer - zOS position at IBM?
Introduction
As an Application Developer, you will lead IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment. The success of IBM is in your hands as you transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation. Your work will power IBM and its clients globally, collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education, tools and technology, and a limitless career path with the world’s technology leader. Come to IBM and make a global impact!
Your Role and Responsibilities
A zOS Developer acts as a programmer analyst who analyzes the requirements and coordinates the design to build, test and deliver the code for distributed applications. This role is responsible for deliverables across all stages of the development life cycle while ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of quality code.
Role and Responsibilities
Analysis- Provide support to Business Analysts during Requirements phase (i.e. provide information about the existing system functionality and review Requirements). Perform Impact analysis for enhancements (or) replicate the problem in case of bugs. Provide estimates using the Estimation tool for the requested work items and document the assumptions and dependencies. Identify changes required to Database, Copybook, PSB, Files, Error messages for a work item. Identify any Action records, Mass Mods and Conversions required for the work item. .
Design & Development- Create the Design documents in Confluence. Meet with the Architects to clarify any questions regarding the design. Initiate Design kick off meeting for cross team impacted items and coordinate to make sure that the deliverables meet the deadlines. Make the necessary code changes as documented in the Design Document and verify against the Requirements/Design to ensure nothing is missed. Complete traceability of requirements, design and test scenarios. Create Action Records in JIRA for implementation of the required changes in a timely manner. Implement code deployments to various development regions using Jenkins. .
Review & Inspection- Conduct Review Inspection on deliverables as requested/assigned. Send Review Inspection requests for deliverables (through JIRA) to peers, Business Analyst, Test Analyst and Architects for approval. Actively participate in Team Review Inspections for Design / Code deliverables to ensure coding standards, quality and security controls are met. Request functional expertise for review, as needed. Ensure that all review comments, suggestions and defects identified are documented in JIRA, assigned and addressed appropriately in the deliverables. .
Unit Test & Integration Test- Create Unit Test Plan (UTP), Integration Test Plan (ITP) or Coordinated Integration Test Plan (CTP) for cross team items. If creating CTP, the lead team member should coordinate with the other team members to complete the IT in a timely manner. Perform Testing (Unit Test and Integration Test) on all the deliverables and thoroughly test for any defects before promoting the code to System Test Environment. .
System Test Support- Provide support to Test Team during System testing (resolve bugs & respond to questions/inquiries). Monitor Test batch cycles and promptly address any job failures or batch issues. Fix defects based on priority in order to meet the deadline. .
Implementation- Create the required Action Records for Production changes in a timely manner. Provide Implementation Support for checkout on the day of promote as requested. .
Documentation - Ensure that the design deliverables are thoroughly documented, peer reviewed and baseline versions are recorded in Confluence. Ensure that the test scenarios, test results and review comments are documented in JIRA. .
Production Support- Provide 24 X 7 application support- while On-Call - to the Production and Test batch cycles. Resolve any job failures/batch issues promptly. Respond to SEV1 / SEV2 bugs notified by Customer Support and resolve within the SLA. Perform and document the root cause analysis and resolution for bugs, as required, and update the JIRA record with details. .
Coordination- Provide information on the Action Records, Mass Mod and Conversion to be made for a work item to the Release Coordinator. Coordinate with Release Manager and the Team Lead for release-specific work items. Coordinate with Business Analyst to get the translations from stakeholders (Letters Team Only). Coordinate with various other teams like Tech Support, Security, Data Management and Architects to get the Action Records implemented. Coordinate with Change control team for code deployment to higher regions. Coordinate with Production Control team for scheduling jobs, requesting batch changes and determining the impact of changes on the batch cycle. Coordinate error messages, exception handling and valid values with BA and Tech Support. Coordinate with other teams during the development and test phases for cross-team items. .
Continuous Improvement- Provide input on areas of improvement and business value additions that can be provided to the customer. Share knowledge, new learnings and lessons learned with the team (through sessions or email) that benefit the team. .
Planning & Status Reporting- Ensure that the Team Lead and other stakeholders are kept informed of the status of the deliverables. Raise any risks, issues or impediments that need attention. Participate in the Cross team meetings to provide status updates on the requested work items. Ensure timely and accurate time reporting every week. .
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
1. 5 to 7 years of Mainframe Development experience
2. 5 to 7 years of COBOL, IMS DB, DB2, CICS
3. 5 to 7 years of SDLC on Mainframe development Design, Development, Testing
4. 3 to 5 years of on-demand batch support
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
PMP
Public Assistance system skills
As an Application Developer, you will lead IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment. The success of IBM is in your hands as you transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation. Your work will power IBM and its clients globally, collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education, tools and technology, and a limitless career path with the world’s technology leader. Come to IBM and make a global impact!
Your Role and Responsibilities
A zOS Developer acts as a programmer analyst who analyzes the requirements and coordinates the design to build, test and deliver the code for distributed applications. This role is responsible for deliverables across all stages of the development life cycle while ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of quality code.
Role and Responsibilities
Analysis- Provide support to Business Analysts during Requirements phase (i.e. provide information about the existing system functionality and review Requirements). Perform Impact analysis for enhancements (or) replicate the problem in case of bugs. Provide estimates using the Estimation tool for the requested work items and document the assumptions and dependencies. Identify changes required to Database, Copybook, PSB, Files, Error messages for a work item. Identify any Action records, Mass Mods and Conversions required for the work item. .
Design & Development- Create the Design documents in Confluence. Meet with the Architects to clarify any questions regarding the design. Initiate Design kick off meeting for cross team impacted items and coordinate to make sure that the deliverables meet the deadlines. Make the necessary code changes as documented in the Design Document and verify against the Requirements/Design to ensure nothing is missed. Complete traceability of requirements, design and test scenarios. Create Action Records in JIRA for implementation of the required changes in a timely manner. Implement code deployments to various development regions using Jenkins. .
Review & Inspection- Conduct Review Inspection on deliverables as requested/assigned. Send Review Inspection requests for deliverables (through JIRA) to peers, Business Analyst, Test Analyst and Architects for approval. Actively participate in Team Review Inspections for Design / Code deliverables to ensure coding standards, quality and security controls are met. Request functional expertise for review, as needed. Ensure that all review comments, suggestions and defects identified are documented in JIRA, assigned and addressed appropriately in the deliverables. .
Unit Test & Integration Test- Create Unit Test Plan (UTP), Integration Test Plan (ITP) or Coordinated Integration Test Plan (CTP) for cross team items. If creating CTP, the lead team member should coordinate with the other team members to complete the IT in a timely manner. Perform Testing (Unit Test and Integration Test) on all the deliverables and thoroughly test for any defects before promoting the code to System Test Environment. .
System Test Support- Provide support to Test Team during System testing (resolve bugs & respond to questions/inquiries). Monitor Test batch cycles and promptly address any job failures or batch issues. Fix defects based on priority in order to meet the deadline. .
Implementation- Create the required Action Records for Production changes in a timely manner. Provide Implementation Support for checkout on the day of promote as requested. .
Documentation - Ensure that the design deliverables are thoroughly documented, peer reviewed and baseline versions are recorded in Confluence. Ensure that the test scenarios, test results and review comments are documented in JIRA. .
Production Support- Provide 24 X 7 application support- while On-Call - to the Production and Test batch cycles. Resolve any job failures/batch issues promptly. Respond to SEV1 / SEV2 bugs notified by Customer Support and resolve within the SLA. Perform and document the root cause analysis and resolution for bugs, as required, and update the JIRA record with details. .
Coordination- Provide information on the Action Records, Mass Mod and Conversion to be made for a work item to the Release Coordinator. Coordinate with Release Manager and the Team Lead for release-specific work items. Coordinate with Business Analyst to get the translations from stakeholders (Letters Team Only). Coordinate with various other teams like Tech Support, Security, Data Management and Architects to get the Action Records implemented. Coordinate with Change control team for code deployment to higher regions. Coordinate with Production Control team for scheduling jobs, requesting batch changes and determining the impact of changes on the batch cycle. Coordinate error messages, exception handling and valid values with BA and Tech Support. Coordinate with other teams during the development and test phases for cross-team items. .
Continuous Improvement- Provide input on areas of improvement and business value additions that can be provided to the customer. Share knowledge, new learnings and lessons learned with the team (through sessions or email) that benefit the team. .
Planning & Status Reporting- Ensure that the Team Lead and other stakeholders are kept informed of the status of the deliverables. Raise any risks, issues or impediments that need attention. Participate in the Cross team meetings to provide status updates on the requested work items. Ensure timely and accurate time reporting every week. .
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
1. 5 to 7 years of Mainframe Development experience
2. 5 to 7 years of COBOL, IMS DB, DB2, CICS
3. 5 to 7 years of SDLC on Mainframe development Design, Development, Testing
4. 3 to 5 years of on-demand batch support
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
PMP
Public Assistance system skills
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