Cobol/ Mainframe Developer

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Accepts corp to corp applications
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
No Travel Required

Skills

Mainframe DB2

Job Details

Cobol/ Mainframe Developer

Location: New Jersey, NJ

Duration: 6 months

Competencies: Mainframe DB2 - Application Development - 10+ years experience

Role Description:

Architecting and configure emulation platforms (preferably Raincode or Micro Focus) for mainframe rehosting

Design rehost strategies for applications built on COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Easytrieve, IDEALDatacom, RPG, ASM, MQ (at least some of the technologies, if not all)

Collaborate with cloud teams to deploy rehosted workloads on cloud-native infrastructure, preferably Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)

Define and implement automation pipelines for deployment, testing, and monitoring in rehosted environments.

Lead assessment and POC phases, including inventory analysis, workload sizing (MIPS), and feasibility studies.

Guide development teams on code conversion, interface migration, and testing strategies (unit, regression, performance).

Support DevOps enablement, infrastructure provisioning, and CICD pipeline setup for rehosted applications

Essential Skills:

Mainframe Rehosting

Architecting and configure emulation platforms (preferably Raincode or Micro Focus) for mainframe rehosting

Design rehost strategies for applications built on COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, Easytrieve, IDEALDatacom, RPG, ASM, MQ (at least some of the technologies, if not all)

Additional Sills:

Mainframe DB2 - Application Development -7+ Years

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