Sr Programmer Analyst

OUR LARGE DIRECT CLIENT IS IN NEED OF A SR COBOL PROGRAMMER ANALYST TO FILL A 3-MONTH CONTRACT POSITION IN WHITEHOUSE STATION, NJ. POSSIBLE EXTENSIONS. THIS DEVELOPER LEADS AND COORDINATES THE ANALYSIS DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW SYSTEMS AND OR CHANGES TO EXISTING SYSTEMS. WRITES NEW PROGRAMS OF SIGNIFICANT COMPLEXITY AND SCOPE. DESIGNS, CODES TESTS, AND IMPLEMENTS APPLICATION PROGRAMS. CONVERTS SPECIFICATIONS ABOUT BUSINESS PROBLEMS INTO PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTIONS. CONTRIBUTES TO DEFINING TIME TABLES AND PROJECT PLANS. ANALYZES AND ESTIMATES FEASIBILITY, COST, TIME, AND COMPATIBILITY STUDIES. ADDITIONALLY, MONITORS OPERATING EFFICIENCY OF EXISTING SYSTEMS.

- Must possess extremely strong Cobol, DB2, IMS and VSAM skills.
- Position requires a quick learner who can jump right into a fast paced environment, work independently, can type fast and quickly grasp concepts in rule mining and analysis.
- Property and Casualty Insurance is desired as well as Print (Document composition) knowledge and Rule mining.
- Must be proficient in Excel.

PLEASE NOTE: WE CANNOT WORK CORP-TO-CORP ON THIS POSITION. NO THIRD-PARTY RESUMES, PLEASE.

We will call qualified candidates after review. Resumes will NOT be sent to clients without your approval

REFERRALS WANTED - $1000 REWARD! Refer a colleague to us, and Precision will pay you $1000 if we find a job for that person!

Overtime : straight time

- 7 years Cobol programming experience
- 7 years experience using DB2
- 7 years IMS experience
- 7 years VSAM experience
- 5 years solid Excel experience