Project Lead-App Development

Area(s) of responsibility

Senior Macro Conversion Engineer (5A)

Role Summary

Serve as primary technical lead responsible for reverse engineering Rocket terminal emulator macros or VB (excel based macros) and converting them into IBM PCOMM-based automation solutions while preserving business functionality, performance, and output integrity.

Key Responsibilities

Macro Analysis and Conversion

• Analyze Rocket macro scripts and workflows.
• Reverse engineer business logic and process dependencies.
• Convert Rocket macros using:
• VBA
• VBScript
• PowerShell
• PCOMM HACL Automation
• EHLLAPI Automation
• COM Automation Solutions
  

Mainframe Automation Development

• Automate:
• Host navigation
• Screen recognition
• Protected/unprotected fields
• Function key processing
• File transfers
• Multi-session operations
• Batch processing
  

Reliability Engineering

• Replace hard-coded delays with:
• Screen-ready checks
• Cursor-position validation
• Host synchronization techniques
• Field readiness validation
• Implement:
• Logging
• Error handling
• Retry mechanisms
• Recovery workflows
  

Documentation

• Create design documentation.
• Generate macro mapping documents.
• Support operational runbook development.
  
  

Required Technical Skills

Mainframe & Terminal Emulation

• 12+ years experience with:
• IBM 3270
• IBM 5250
• Terminal emulation platforms
• Deep understanding of:
• Host sessions
• Presentation spaces
• Screen attributes
• AID keys
• Keyboard mappings
  

PCOMM Automation

Strong Experience In

• IBM Personal Communications (PCOMM)
• EHLLAPI
• HACL
• COM Automation
• Session profile management
• File transfer configuration
  
  

Programming Languages

Advanced Proficiency In

• VBA
• VBScript
  
  

Preferred

• PowerShell
• Python
• C#
  
  

Skills with M/O flag are part of Specialization

Think Holistically -PL3 (Behavioural)

Project Management -PL2 (Functional)

Win the Customer -PL3 (Behavioural)

Scrum - PL3 (Mandatory)

Estimation & Scheduling -PL3 (Functional)

Software Configuration -PL3 (Functional)

Stakeholder Relationship Management -PL3 (Functional)

Front-End Development - PL3 (Optional)

Programming/Software Development -PL2 (Functional)

Team Management -PL3 (Functional)

Requirements Definition And Management -PL2 (Functional)

Demand Management -PL2 (Functional)

Knowledge Management -PL3 (Functional)

Change Control -PL2 (Functional)

Agile Safe - PL3 (Mandatory)

Jira - PL3 (Optional)

One Birlasoft -PL3 (Behavioural)

Systems Integration And Build -PL2 (Functional)

Results Matter -PL3 (Behavioural)

Get Future Ready -PL3 (Behavioural)

Help the tribe -PL3 (Behavioural)

Quality Assurance -PL2 (Functional)

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