• Job Description

  Req#: 837553300

  This position is located at Vehicle Registration, Sembach, Germany.
  
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  Duties

  
  

  • Serves as Programmer Analyst at the USAREUR Registry of Motor Vehicles. Works under the direction of the Application Programming supervisor.
  • Develops and maintains application programs and small subsystems in support of Registry functions using primarily COBOL and CICS in a mixed VSE mainframe and client server environment.
  • Provides analysis, design, programming services including, but not limited to: coding, testing, debugging, and documentation of programs. Designs, writes, tests, debugs, maintains software applications that meet technical/functional requirements.
  • Applies database management principles and methodologies, including data structures, data modeling, data warehousing, and transaction processing to the development and design of applications. Participates as part of a group in major projects.
  • Applies IT policies, standards and guidelines. Evaluates and recommends adoption of new or alternative approaches to application development.

  
  

  Requirements

  
  

  • Direct Deposit and Social Security Card is required.
  • Meet qualification/eligibility/background requirements for this position.
  • A one year probationary period may be required.
  • Subject to satisfactory completion of all pre-employment checks in accordance with AR 215-3, para.2 to include a Tier III background investigation.

  
  

  Qualifications

  
  

  One year specialized experience using COBOL programming language and demonstrated experience in an IBM mainframe environment.
  
  Must possess comprehensive verbal and written communication skills and the ability to analyze work requirements and translate to application programs.
  
  Highly Qualifying Criteria:
  
  Applicants meeting the highly qualifying criteria will be forwarded to management for consideration first.
  
  1. Demonstrable knowledge and experience in the process of software development and design, including designing, coding, and testing client/server and/or web applications that meet customer requirements.
  
  2. Demonstrable knowledge and experience with various mainframe/server software products such as: Common Business-Oriented Language (COBOL), Java or Linux, or similar job control language, and (CICS). Demonstrable knowledge and experience developing software applications using such tools as Visual Studio, PC/Server COBOL Language, Scripting or Java programming skills, to include HTML Web languages and DB2 skills

• About the company

  The United States Department of Defense is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces. The DOD is the largest employer in the world, with over 1.3 million active-duty service members as of 2020. More employees include over 826,000 National Guard and reservists from the armed forces, and over 732,000 civilians bringing the total to over 2.8 million employees. Headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C., the DoD's stated mission is to provide "the military forces needed to deter war and ensure our nation's security".

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