Objective

The Joint Industry Board is seeking an experienced IT professional to develop programs and reports in a mixed mainframe/distributed systems environment, perform troubleshooting, validation and data analysis and assist with migration and/or recreation of mainframe data and reports to a third-party application, as well as a distributed systems environment.

The Platform Migration Programmer will be required to evaluate, make sound judgments, and recommendations to the Assistant Director of IT/CTO.

Essential Functions

Analyze programs and reports on the mainframe for migration to distributed systems
Assist with migration and optimization of mainframe applications and data to the distributed systems platform
Re-create and validate mainframe reports to a distributed systems platform using a combination of programming and/or reporting tools
Perform troubleshooting, system testing validation and data analysis
Learn and become a subject matter expert in third-party vendor applications
Migrating and modernizing workloads from mainframe environments to Windows/Linux systems or the cloud
Ensure source code and application changes are promoted into Production environment by following designated Change Management processes and controls. Ensure application documents comply with IT Policies, Procedures, Authorization and Controls prior to promotion to any production environment.
Other duties as assigned.

Work Environment

This job operates in the information technology department of a professional office. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as desktop computers, phone, headset, scanner, printer, keyboard, photocopiers, shredder and fax.

Physical Demands

Semi-sedentary work environment with physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

This job requires walking to other departments to meet with end users in order to troubleshoot; moving or lifting IT equipment to business units or to correct technical problems.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.—must be flexible and available as necessary. Potential Conversion To Hybrid - Two Days Remote and 3 Days In Person. Weekend, or on-call work may occasionally be required.

Travel

No travel is expected for this position.

Experience, Skills and Qualifications

5 years of programming and/or report development work experience is required.
Ability to make sound judgment and recommendation.
Experience with IBM mainframes a plus
Knowledge of Ruby/Rails, SQL, CSS, JavaScript, React and/or REST required.
Knowledge of Cobol, JCL, Mainframe data migration, synchronization and offloading strategies a plus
Full Stack development experience
Experience with relational databases such as DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL.
Experience with the integration and transformation of various data types
Familiarity with Data Normalization methodologies
Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools including Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, Project and Access
Experience using Change Management tools
Understanding of methodologies to import and export data including familiarity with csv, text and delimited file formats
Experience with responding to reported incidents/alerts
Exceptional analytical, conceptual, and problem-solving abilities
Strong written/oral communication and presentation/interpersonal skills
Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
Excellent customer service focus
Familiarity with all aspects of the SDLC, from requirements definition through production support.

Benefits

10% of employer contribution to your 401K (before FICA gross-up reimbursement) without mandatory matching, vested immediately no waiting period.
Basic Pay + FICA reimbursement (Social Security and Medicare Tax reimbursed as weekly added to compensation) = total taxable weekly compensation
After completing 26 weeks of full-time employment from permanent hire date: Free health, dental, and optical insurance - funded by the employer, NO employee premium. Coverage thru Magna Care PPO (Medical), Express Script for Prescription, DDS/Empire Dental, in addition eligible employee may use JIB Medical P.C.
NYS Long Term Disability
NYS Paid Family Leave
Jury Duty and Death in family bereavement days off
Paid Time Off
Paid Vacation After First year of employment
Retirement plan (NEBF & JIB ERIP)– Two Defined Pension Plan with vesting and age requirement, fully funded by employer

HIPAA COMPLIANCE REQUIRED

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS

Fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with an authorized vaccine (or approved for an exemption due to medical reasons or a sincerely held religious belief, observance, or practice through the reasonable accommodation process established by JIBEI). Please advise if you are requesting an exemption from the COVID-19 full vaccination requirement due to medical or religious reasons. JIBEI is committed to equal opportunity employment and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local employment laws.

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