Part Time COBOL Developer

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), Business Systems Division, Contracting Systems Branch (HIBC), located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) OH, is responsible for the daily operations and maintenance of business systems associated with Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) logistics contracting. ACPS is a government developed contract writing system supporting logistics contracting personnel in AFMC and the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). ACPS users are located at Hill AFB, UT; Tinker AFB, OK; and Robins AFB, GA. ACPS is hosted at Hill AFB.

The purpose of this contract is to acquire resources to support tasks including software development and maintenance, architectural artifact development and maintenance, hardware and software support, network engineering services, and programming services in support of the ACPS Program Office.

The Software Developer plays a pivotal role in providing essential software engineering support for the maintenance and enhancement of the Automated Contracting Preparation System (ACPS), a legacy government contract creation program. This role involves responsibility for the creation and maintenance of screen-sets and their associated programs. Additional duties include maintaining the assembly process in ACPS, used to create the contracts used throughout the Air Force and interfaces needed to exchange data with other systems. To perform this job the Software Developer will need to learn and work with Government developed programs such as (ACPS), Automated Requirements Tracking System (ARTS), and PKLab Source Control Module (PSCM32). The developer will work collaboratively with senior staff, providing programming, data review, and providing innovative solutions for evolving challenges.

Job Duties:

• Utilize OpenText Dialog System and OpenText Visual COBOL within Visual Studio to provide programming services for ACPS, including screen sets, clause selection, and processes that build the contract based on user selection.
• Maintain and develop screens, that observe business rules and security guidelines set forth by the development team. Ensure screens adhere to best practices and windows design standards.
• Collaborate effectively with senior staff, actively participating in a cooperative and productive work environment.
• Review code to assist in resolving user issues and questions.
• Follow the current approach to finalizing development changes by testing the functionality and validating the data produced, ensuring accuracy of program output, meeting quality assurance standards.
• Create and maintain modules used to interface with other systems using the protocols dictated by the interfacing systems, including SFTP, HTTPS, EDI, IBM MQ and Web Services.
• Maintain software used for I/O operations needed in communication processes.
• Create and maintain OpenText data tables used in ACPS.
• Use programming skills to create and maintain various reports used by contracting personnel.

Requirements:

• Expertise in development tools and technologies specific to OpenText Visual Cobol, OpenText Dialog, Visual Studio, and .NET framework; in a diverse language atmosphere.
• Comprehensive understanding of the process required to convert OpenText screen sets to their run time versions and generating associated side tables.
• Experience in the creation of RTF files and the ability to programmatically merge 100 or more without affecting formatting, table layout or design.
• Ability to create PDF Portfolio’s with 30 or more documents using Visual Cobol.
• Proficient in the creation and maintenance of XML Files and accompanying schemas.
• Knowledge of how to create OpenText Data Tables with a thorough understanding of IDX Formats and their associated uses.
• Familiar with web development technologies, such as, ASP, XML, HTML, JavaScript, CSS, GIT, and communicating with WSDL-based and Restful Web Services and their related protocols of SOAP and JSON.
• Experience developing software within a complex and secure network environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, essential for effective collaboration and client engagement.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, and Outlook). Along with familiarity with Microsoft Teams, VPNs, and Remote Desktop.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.