Mainframe Batch Developer – (COBOL, ECL, DMS/RDMS)

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Cloud and Things
Albany, NY, United States
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Our goal is to solve problems and deliver results for our clients. At Cloud and Things, you can be a part of transforming the public sector’s IT environment. Our team is on the forefront of helping to solve the government’s most complex IT challenges. If you are seeking a role that offers the opportunity to work on rewarding projects, consider a career with Cloud and Things.

*This is an exempt position. Salary commensurate with experience*

Overview:
We are seeking a Mainframe Batch Developer who will support our NYS client. The Batch Developer will play a key role in transforming legacy mainframe batch processes into scalable, cloud-native solutions on Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform). This position involves ensuring the accuracy, reliability, and timeliness of high-volume financial transactions such as collections, disbursements, adjustments, and reconciliations within Child Support programs. The ideal candidate will collaborate with business analysts, data specialists, QA teams, and State subject matter experts (SMEs) to deliver secure and compliant batch operations that uphold the financial integrity of the program.

Duties:

  • Analyze existing legacy mainframe batch jobs and workflows to design equivalent or improved processes using Google Cloud Platform tools.

  • Build and implement cloud-based batch solutions to handle large-scale data exchanges, including payment files, bank interfaces, and audit reports.

  • Ensure batch processing schedules align with Child Support program requirements for collections, disbursements, adjustments, and reconciliations.

  • Implement robust error handling, monitoring, and recovery mechanisms to maintain operational reliability and compliance with federal and state regulations.

  • Support data migration efforts by designing ETL pipelines that ensure the accuracy and completeness of historical payment and account data.

  • Partner with QA teams to plan and execute comprehensive testing for batch processes, including volume, reconciliation, and exception testing.

  • Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, eliminate redundancies, and recommend process improvements while ensuring compliance with federal mandates.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful deployment, documentation, and continuous improvement of batch operations.

Mandatory Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of experience working on complex projects with 2 or more years in a leadership role as a Developer

  • 7+ years of experience developing and maintaining batch processing solutions for large-scale financial management systems

  • 7+ year of experience with mainframe batch technologies (COBOL, ECL, DMS/RDMS) and experience migrating them to cloud-native platform

  • 3+ years of experience as a batch developer on Integrated Eligibility Systems and/or Child Support Services systems

  • Experience addressing child support-specific functions such as: Processing and reconciling State Disbursement Unit (SDU); Handling interstate payment transfers under UIFSA (Uniform Interstate Family Support Act); Managing federal offset and tax intercept batch jobs.

  • Maintaining sequencing and audit trails for child support disbursements and adjustments

  • Experience designing monitoring and exception handling for high-volume, mission critical batch job

  • Experience with federal and state policies impacting child support distribution, reconciliation, and financial reporting

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Systems or related field

  • Experience using Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform) native batch and data processing tools such as Cloud Functions, Dataflow, Pub/Sub.

Cloud and Things complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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