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Author Re: (2) Enterprise Cobol positions at major Canadian bank, Downtown
Frank Swarbrick

2006-03-20, 9:55 pm

<mgaweda@brunelmultec.ca> 03/20/06 11:51 AM >>>
>Hello folks,
>
>One of my clients, an IT Services firm is presently looking for (2)
>Cobol developers for a 6 month contract position at a major Canadian
>bank in downtown Toronto, Canada. This contract may be open to
>extension at the end of the term.
>
>One of the banks is doing a major mainframe system switchover and they
>need to convert from Cobol II to Enterprise Cobol.
>Presently there are two positions available.
>
>Junior/Intermediate Enterprise Cobol Developer - $25-$30hr (I know, its
>not that good :) )
>Cobol Technical Lead - $35-$45/hr
>Start Date: last w of March
>
>Required Experience
>-Enterprise Cobol
>-Cobol II
>-OS390
>-DB2, IMS
>-JCL
>
>Enterprise Cobol is a must. My client will not budge on this issue.
>If anyone is interested in getting in the major banks or knows someone
>who is, please get in touch with me. Start date is last w of March,
>2006.


Hmm, not quite sure why they'd need a contractor to "convert" from COBOL II
to Enterprise COBOL. Just recompile the programs with E-COBOL and you're
done! Unless I am missing something...

Still, I guess it would be easy work for some hard up contractor. :-)

Frank


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Frank Swarbrick
Senior Developer/Analyst - Mainframe Applications
FirstBank Data Corporation - Lakewood, CO USA
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