About the Role
We are seeking an experienced CIS Application Support Engineer with expertise in Customer/1 (C/1) and COBOL to maintain and enhance a legacy Customer Information System for a major utility. This role is crucial for ensuring the stability and performance of the CIS through application maintenance, defect resolution, and batch job support.
Responsibilities
- Support and maintain the Customer/1 CIS application
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in COBOL, batch jobs, and related components
- Analyze billing, metering, payments, collections, and customer workflows
- Implement small enhancements, fixes, and logic updates
- Work with business users to understand issues and translate them into technical solutions
- Ensure system stability, data integrity, and accurate billing operations
- Participate in on-call or after-hours support rotations (if required)
Requirements
- Hands-on experience with Customer/1 (C/1)
- Strong COBOL programming and maintenance skills
- Experience supporting CIS systems in utilities (electric, gas, water)
- Understanding of billing cycles, meter reads, payments, adjustments, and customer account logic
- Ability to troubleshoot complex legacy code and batch processes
- Strong analytical skills and comfort working independently
- Experience with mainframe environments, JCL, DB2, or related legacy tech
Skills
- Customer/1 (C/1)
- COBOL
- Batch job support
- System maintenance
- Defect resolution
- Mainframe environments
- JCL
- DB2
Location
- Remote (US-based)
Work Type
- Remote
- Contract
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Experienced
Benefits
- 12+ month contract with likely extensions
About the Company
- This role supports a major utility's legacy Customer Information System.
