Mainframe Developer-67162
Edison, NJ, US • Posted 3 hours ago • Updated 1 hour ago

PRIMUS Global Services Inc.
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Job Details
Skills
- DB2
- JCL
- mainframe
- COBOL
- Cics
Summary
=== POSTING ===
Mainframe Developer- Edison, NJ
Domain Requirement: Life Insurance (mandatory)
Job DescriptionWe are seeking a Senior Mainframe COBOL Developer with strong Life Insurance domain experience to support and modernize enterprise-scale mainframe systems for Guardian Life. The ideal candidate will take ownership of end-to-end solution design, lead complex development initiatives, and provide technical leadership across development, production support, and modernization efforts.
Key Skills & Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end solution design, technical architecture, and impact analysis for complex mainframe systems.
- Design, develop, optimize, and review COBOL programs, JCL job streams, DB2 queries, and CICS transactions.
- Lead performance tuning efforts for batch processing, DB2 access paths, and CICS TPS optimization.
- Manage code promotions, release planning, and ensure compliance with audit, security, and governance standards.
- Drive mainframe modernization initiatives, including API enablement and DevOps pipeline adoption.
- Mentor and coach junior developers; enforce coding standards and best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Business Analysts, QA, Operations, and DBAs.
- Provide production support leadership, perform RCA for critical incidents, and implement permanent fixes.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and governance artifacts.
- Stay current with industry trends and evolving mainframe technologies.
- Conduct daily team huddles and participate in shift handover calls as required.
- COBOL: Advanced programming, modular design, robust error handling, and performance optimization.
- JCL: Complex job streams, utilities (SORT, IDCAMS), and dependency scheduling.
- DB2: Advanced SQL, stored procedures, triggers, bind/package management, and performance tuning.
- VSAM: Dataset design, IDCAMS scripting, backup and recovery strategies.
- CICS: Transaction design, pseudo-conversational programming, resource definitions, and BMS maps.
- Hands-on experience with Abend-AID, Xpediter, File-AID, and job schedulers like CA7 or Control-M.
- Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and change management processes.
- Proven leadership in code reviews, mentoring, and technical governance.
- Life Insurance domain experience is mandatory.
For immediate consideration, please contact:
Arun
PRIMUS Global Services
Phone:
Email:
- Dice Id: 10117354
- Position Id: 2026-65856
- Posted 3 hours ago
Company Info
About PRIMUS Global Services Inc.
At PRIMUS we bring together the right people, knowledge, methodology, and technologies you require for the project at hand.
Whether you require staff augmentation, strategy consulting, technology integration (offsite or onsite, time and materials or fixed bid projects) or offshore development solutions -PRIMUS can get the job done.
We provide the right solution for your company, be it recruiting the exact person or team to work directly for you, or outsourcing the entire project to PRIMUS. We develop customized solutions that exceed our client s expectations and we do it on time and on budget.
PRIMUS provides cost-effective solutions. Because we have consultants in almost every industry - telecommunications, financial, healthcare, security, transportation, consulting, logistics, high-tech, oil and gas, government and hospitality - we can assure you that we will assign a team to your project that understands your industry and your needs and can help you stay competitive in the digital economy.

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