Senior COBOL Programmer Consultant - SOSC

IT - SC - Charleston, SC
Charleston, South Carolina

Locations: Charleston, Aiken, Lancaster, Laurens
Posted On: August 14, 2025
Last Day to Apply: August 28, 2025
Pay: $60.00 to $65.00 per hour

Job Title: Senior COBOL Programmer Consultant
Location: Blythewood, SC (Onsite)
Duration: 12 Months
Pay Rate: $60–$65/hr

Candidate must be a CURRENT South Carolina resident. No relocation allowed.

Role Overview:
We’re hiring a Senior COBOL Programmer Consultant to lead development, support, and enhancement of mission-critical applications using MicroFocus Visual COBOL, Visual Studio, and Oracle/SQL environments. This role combines hands-on development with production troubleshooting, working across business application layers.

Responsibilities:

Enhance and maintain legacy business applications (Phoenix II, web services, batch jobs).
Develop solutions using COBOL, Visual Studio (.NET VB/C#), and Oracle/SQL.
Participate in full SDLC: analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment.
Handle production incidents and ensure application uptime.
Collaborate closely with internal IT and business stakeholders.
Document work and provide clear status updates.

Required Skills:

8+ years MicroFocus Visual COBOL (IIS, Windows Server).
4+ years Visual Studio (2019/2022).
4+ years Oracle/SQL application programming.

Preferred Skills:

Advanced SQL (Oracle or MS SQL).
IIS setup/configuration.
C# .NET backend development.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar (or 10+ years hands-on experience).
Certifications in MicroFocus or Microsoft (optional but beneficial).