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Form of workCOBOL Programmer Analyst
Hybrid Work Schedule
Buffalo, New York
Merchants Insurance Group, is a leading Property and Casualty Insurer in the Northeast, and is looking for an experienced COBOL Programmer Analyst to join our Information Technology team located in Buffalo, New York.
The COBOL Programmer Analyst will become part of a dedicated Information Technology team focusing on COBOL development, integration with other systems, technical documentation and testing requirements associated with required tasks.
Merchants Insurance Group is proud to be named one of Buffalo Business First's 2023 Best Places to Work in Western New York, "Fast Track" company and Top Private Company for the 4th year in a row by Buffalo's Business First, a Super Regional Property/Casualty Insurer by the Insurance Journal and has been named as one of Ward's top 50 performing insurance companies in the United States for the 3rd year in a row. Ward's is the provider of benchmarking and best practices for the insurance industry. They analyze staff levels, compensation, business practices and expenses for all areas of company operations.
Merchants offers its colleagues a Hybrid work schedule. The Hybrid work schedule requires 8 full days per month in the office, with the option to work the remaining days at home or in the office. This exciting Hybrid Work benefit offers colleagues a flexible work schedule with the ability to remain connected with their Merchants team and colleagues.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Qualifications & Skills:
Merchants Insurance Group Pay information:
Merchants Insurance Group offers a competitive pay scale. The actual compensation will be determined based upon experience and other factors permitted by law. The pay range for this position is $72,133 - $96,153.
Merchants Insurance Group Benefits:
And many more exciting company benefits!! EOE
Hybrid Work Schedule
Buffalo, New York
Merchants Insurance Group, is a leading Property and Casualty Insurer in the Northeast, and is looking for an experienced COBOL Programmer Analyst to join our Information Technology team located in Buffalo, New York.
The COBOL Programmer Analyst will become part of a dedicated Information Technology team focusing on COBOL development, integration with other systems, technical documentation and testing requirements associated with required tasks.
Merchants Insurance Group is proud to be named one of Buffalo Business First's 2023 Best Places to Work in Western New York, "Fast Track" company and Top Private Company for the 4th year in a row by Buffalo's Business First, a Super Regional Property/Casualty Insurer by the Insurance Journal and has been named as one of Ward's top 50 performing insurance companies in the United States for the 3rd year in a row. Ward's is the provider of benchmarking and best practices for the insurance industry. They analyze staff levels, compensation, business practices and expenses for all areas of company operations.
Merchants offers its colleagues a Hybrid work schedule. The Hybrid work schedule requires 8 full days per month in the office, with the option to work the remaining days at home or in the office. This exciting Hybrid Work benefit offers colleagues a flexible work schedule with the ability to remain connected with their Merchants team and colleagues.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Responsibilities of this position will be focused on development and maintenance of COBOL programs and supporting integration with connecting systems.
- Communicate with business users to ensure the full understanding of business requirements.
- Analyze business requirements to determine scope of changes and provide estimates of work effort.
- Carry out programming tasks required for completion of an assignment in a professional manner.
- Ensure coding structure complies with IT standards i.e. documentation, naming conventions. Complete work within project timeline expectations.
- Responsible for unit and system testing of changes to ensure solutions operate according to specifications.
- Provides appropriate turnover documentation including test results and special instructions, at each development phase.
- Responsible for analysis, programming, and testing requirements as assigned.
Qualifications & Skills:
- Qualified candidates should have a 4 year degree or equivalent work related experience.
- Ten or more year's practical program/analyst development experience. Prior experience with insurance or financial institution automation systems preferred.
- Experience with COBOL/400 or mainframe environments.
- Experience with DB2 database concepts, Apache, IIS, Query/400, and SQL are helpful.
- Highly desired skill sets include COBOL/400, OPMILE, Query/400, CL and any web development technologies and tools.
- Knowledge of system integrations and experience in triage of production issues.
Merchants Insurance Group Pay information:
Merchants Insurance Group offers a competitive pay scale. The actual compensation will be determined based upon experience and other factors permitted by law. The pay range for this position is $72,133 - $96,153.
Merchants Insurance Group Benefits:
- Welcoming and positive work environment
- Flexible work arrangements, including flex scheduling and summer hours
- Hybrid work schedule requires 8 full days per month in the office, with the option to work the remaining days per month at home or in the office. This exciting new Hybrid Work benefit will offer colleagues a flexible work schedule with the ability to remain connected with your Merchants team and colleagues.
- Colleague Appreciation Events.
- Competitive pay scale
- Generous paid time off package
- Full Benefits: Health, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, 401(k) employer match amount is 100% up to 6% of your annual contributions. You are immediately 100% vested in the employer match dollars.
- Outstanding company bonus program
- Tuition Reimbursement
And many more exciting company benefits!! EOE
