Role: Microfocus Cobol/ .Net Cobol with SQL
Location: Irvine, CA (100% On-site)
Compensation: $55.00/hr on W2
Duration: 6 Months
Senior Mainframe Developer with 8 to 10 years of experience to design, develop, and maintain enterprise COBOL applications using Microfocus and Net COBOL, while optimizing high-volume relational SQL database logic.
Key Responsibilities
* Application Engineering: Design, develop, test, and maintain core business applications using Microfocus COBOL and .Net COBOL environments.
* Database Optimization: Write, tune, and optimize complex relational SQL queries for high-performance data processing, validation, and extraction.
* System Support: Analyze, troubleshoot, and debug legacy COBOL programs, batch processing sequences, application abends, and live production incidents.
* Testing & QA: Perform rigorous unit testing, cross-functional debugging, code reviews, and defect remediation to safeguard enterprise operational workflows.
* Modernization: Collaborate directly with Business Analysts and QA engineering squads to map requirements and support cloud or modern system upgrades.
Required Skillset
* Experience: 8 to 10 years of hands-on application development and support experience within enterprise COBOL processing landscapes.
* COBOL Flavors: Deep, hands-on technical proficiency writing and migrating programs utilizing Microfocus COBOL and .Net COBOL compilers.
* Database & Tooling: Strong database expertise handling SQL servers, Mainframe DB2 application layers, and AS400/System i COBOL400 environments.