Looking 10+ Years of experience
Position: Mainframe Developer
Location: REMOTE
We are seeking a skilled Mainframe professional with strong experience in application analysis, development, maintenance, and legacy modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate should have hands-on expertise in COBOL based applications and a solid understanding of enterprise mainframe environments.
Key Responsibilities
Perform code screening, analysis, and scraping of existing mainframe applications to identify dependencies, inefficiencies, risks, and optimization opportunities.
Analyze legacy applications and contribute to modernization, transformation, and migration strategies.
Design, develop, test, and maintain COBOL-DB2-CICS based applications.
Develop, enhance, and manage JCL jobs, including batch processing and workflow scheduling.
Work with Control-M, and enterprise scheduling tools for job automation, monitoring, and issue resolution.
Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and implement effective solutions.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support integrations with distributed systems, APIs, and downstream applications.
Perform impact analysis and support application enhancements, defect fixes, and ongoing maintenance activities.
Ensure adherence to coding standards, performance best practices, and security guidelines.
Prepare and maintain technical documentation, including specifications, code changes, process flows, and operational procedures.
Support QA, UAT, deployment, and post-production validation activities.
Required Skills & Experience
10+ years of hands-on experience in Mainframe technologies, including COBOL, DB2, VSAM, JCL, and CICS.
Strong experience in batch processing, job scheduling, and production support environments.
Experience with enterprise scheduling tools such as Control-M.
Proficiency with Mainframe debugging and analysis tools such as Xpediter, File-AID, and Abend-AID.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
Experience working in Agile and SDLC-driven environments.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills with technical and business stakeholders.