Platform Migration Engineer

Job Description

We are 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. You will be required to evaluate, make sound judgment, and recommendation to the Assistant Director of IT/CTO

Qualifications

7 years of programming and/or report development work experience is required

Knowledge of Ruby/Rails, SQL, CSS, JavaScript, React and/or REST required

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, Power Point, 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

Responsibilities

Analyze programs and reports on the mainframe for migration to distributed systems

Assist with the migration and optimization of legacy applications and the data to the distributed systems platform

Re-create and validate the legacy 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 environmentCompany Description

Top Prospect Group founders and management team offer more than 25 years

of experience in Information Technology and Creative Staffing. Our fundamental goal is to build successful relationships resulting in accurate job and prospect representations. Top Prospect Group meets with those we work with face-to-face to garner a better understanding of candidate or client requirements. By leveraging our experience and market insight, we are then able to provide a more consistent recruitment process.

Full-time