Technical Consultant (Assembler/Mainframe)

Salary Range: $70,000 - $160,000

 

We’ve Got You Under Our Wing

We are the duck. We develop and empower our people, cultivate relationships, give back to our community, and celebrate every success along the way. We do it all…The Aflac Way.

 

Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, is an industry leader in voluntary insurance products that pay cash directly to policyholders and one of America's best-known brands. Aflac has been recognized as Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity and as one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere.com.

 

Our business is about being there for people in need. So, ask yourself, are you the duck? If so, there’s a home, and a flourishing career for you at Aflac.

 

Worker Designation – This role is an onsite role. This means you will be required to work at the Aflac ITC Building in Columbus, GA during your set working schedule.

 

OR

 

Worker Designation – This role is hybrid. This means you will be expected to report to one of our Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership. 

 

What does it take to be successful at Aflac?

• Acting with Integrity
• Communicating Effectively
• Pursuing Self-Development
• Serving Customers
• Supporting Change
• Supporting Organizational Goals
• Working with Diverse Populations

 

What does it take to be successful in this role?

Language Technology Stack

• CICS
• Mainframe COBOL
• JCL
• DB2
• Assembler
• MSSQL
• Java

Mainframe Technology Tools

• Xpeditor
• SoapUI
• SPUFI

Cloud Technology Stack

• Amazon (AWS)
• Microsoft Azure
• Azure Power Platform

 

Experience Preferred

• Life Insurance Industry
• Genelco Group+ Policy Admin iSeries COBOL
• Genelco Life+ Policy Admin iSeries RPG

 

 

Education & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s Degree in Programming/Information Systems or Computer Science or related field
• Eight or more years of job related work experience such as programming/systems analysis/systems administration
• Experience and understanding of multiple programming languages, systems, as well as systems and data design and project management methodologies

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

 

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads and mentors technical and project team members at the business function level
• Operates as a project leader on a limited number of projects and may work on other projects as a member of the team providing advanced technical expertise
• Works on small, large complex and enterprise-wide projects that require the highest level of expertise; participates on project teams, systems and data analysis, design, development, integration, and enhancement activities, as well as related maintenance and more complex production support
• Leads the project team in analyzing the requirements and providing accurate and detailed estimates for the designing, building, testing and deployment phases of the project
• Provides technical leadership and mentoring to various technical teams
• Collaborates with Architects, Developers, Senior Infrastructure Technical staff and/or Software Systems Engineers to evaluate and recommend technology advancements and business solutions for assigned projects and/or applications
• Supports the implementation and testing of cross-functional systems, ensuring system meets the needs of client and business; provides continuous support to internal and external clients who are experiencing problems with server hardware, operating systems, core infrastructure applications and related utilities, maintains mainframe operating systems or major subsystems, and associated software and hardware products; handles unresolved support issues across multiple areas of expertise
• Proactively monitors projects and/or existing production applications and core infrastructure by looking for ways to improve the applications and its availability
• Handles unresolved production support issues across multiple areas of expertise; analyzes the current architecture
• Provides design recommendations, develops application and custom integration solutions, including major enhancements and interfaces; writes complex design specifications
• Provides leadership to support ongoing maintenance of mainframe and/or client