Mainframe and COBOL Developer

Information Technology
India
June 10, 2025
Full Time
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Job Description

The Mainframe and COBOL Developer is probably chargeable for the improvement, enhancement, assist, and protection of mainframe-primarily based absolutely programs. The best candidate need to own a strong know-how of legacy systems, business organization good judgment, and statistics processing using COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, and specific mainframe technology. This feature is important for ensuring the seamless operation and modernization of existing structures that manual large-scale business functions.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Application Development & Maintenance: Design, broaden, and regulate COBOL applications and batch jobs for diverse business agency abilities.
  • System Enhancements: Participate in device enhancement projects and modernize legacy code to align with current business corporation and technical necessities.
  • Code Review & Optimization: Perform peer critiques, troubleshoot normal overall performance issues, and optimize packages for performance and scalability.
  • Testing: Create unit check instances, guide machine integration attempting out (SIT) and individual recognition trying out (UAT), and make sure superb deliverables.
  • Incident Management: Analyze and clear up manufacturing problems, carry out root cause evaluation, and enforce fixes inside SLAs.
  • Documentation: Prepare and preserve technical documentation, together with layout specs, flowcharts, and statistics fashions.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with employer analysts, QA testers, mission managers, and other IT organization contributors to supply robust mainframe solutions.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a associated region.

Experience: 3–7 years of palms-on enjoy in mainframe software development and guide.

Technical Proficiency:

  • Strong information in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, and CICS.
  • Proficient in DB2 or other mainframe databases.
  • Familiarity with file handling, batch processing, and overall performance tuning.
  • Knowledge of tools like Endevor, Changeman, File-AID, Expeditor, or SPUFI is a plus.

Analytical Skills: Ability to understand complex business enterprise commonplace experience, examine present code, and supply powerful answers.

Soft Skills: Strong communique talents, interest to element, and capability to artwork independently or in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience strolling in Agile or DevOps environments.
  • Exposure to mainframe modernization gear or cloud migration techniques.
  • Prior revel in in BFSI (Banking/Finance), Insurance, or Healthcare domains.

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