Job Description
Job DescriptionCOMPANY / DEPARTMENT CULTURE (why do you enjoy working for the company – selling
points for potential candidates):
SCDMV Information Technology is a professional information processing group dedicated to
maintaining and improving IT functions and reliability for the ultimate benefit of citizens of
South Carolina. We recognize our contractors are an integral part of executing this mission.
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
SCDMV employs a multi-tiered architecture in its core business systems. The Business
application tier utilizes MicroFocus Visual COBOL running under IIS on MS Windows 2022
servers. This assignment will support development of new business functions and
troubleshooting, modification, and enhancement of existing functions in this environment
within the existing SCDMV application framework. Projects may include business logic
supporting on-line systems, batch programming, data extraction, and reports involving all
SCDMV business areas. This engineer will work closely and will be involved with both the UI
tiers which are MS .NET applications (VB.NET, C#.NET) and the database tiers in both SQL
and ORACLE. production trouble shooting support will be expected so some level of
production support experience is required. This contractor will be expected to work with
minimal supervision, will be in direct contact with business area specialists, develop technical
approaches and designs, code, test, and support these functions. Communications skills must
be excellent.
POSITION: PROGRAMMER - CONSULTANT
PRE-EMPLOYMENT CHECKS (drug, credit, criminal, motor vehicle)?
Credit, Criminal-fingerprint based, E-Verify, Non-Disclosure, References and Drug
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. ANALYZE THE SCDMV PHOENIX II, WEB SERVICE, AND BATCH BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
2. TAKE THE LEAD IN ANALYZING AND TROUBLE-SHOOTING ASSIGNED SYSTEM PROBLEMS
3. PROPOSE SOLUTIONS
4. CODE, TEST, PROMOTE, AND INTERACT WITH IMPACTED USERS ENSURING THAT SOLUTION MEETS
REQUIREMENTS.
5. PROVIDE DAILY AND WEEKLY STATUS TO THE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER.
Required Skills (rank in order of
Importance):
• COBOL development with
MICROFOCUS Visual COBOL
Preferred Skills (rank in order of
Importance):
• Visual Studio 2019 and higher –
Debugging
• IIS configuration/setup
using Visual Studio 2019/2022 in
Windows Server 2022 under IIS.
• MICROFOCUS Visual
COBOL V7, V9, or higher
strongly preferred
• Accessing Oracle and MS SQL
Server enterprise databases from
within the programming (COBOL)
platform.
• Crafting SQL statements to
support required system
functionality.
• Microsoft Team Foundation
Server
• Microsoft C# .NET
• Application programming against
RDBMS (Oracle, SQL).
• SQL for Oracle DB.
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
PREFER BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY RELATED
DISCIPLINE WITH 8 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE OR
MINIMUM 10 YEARS RELATED EXPERIENCE.
REQUIRED CERTIFICATIONS:
NOT REQUIRED BUT MS TECHNICAL
CERTIFICATIONS WILL BE FACTORED IN THE
SELECTION PROCESS.
MICROFOCUS CERTIFICATIONS ARE A
SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE