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Cobol Developer

Raleigh, NC · On-site

$48.75 - $66/hr

... CICS and COBOL programs as web services via CICS Transaction Server (CTS) and/or CICS Transaction Gateway (CTG) - Proven knowledge of principles and techniques of computer programming, testing ...

COBOL Developer

Rensselaer, NY · On-site

$85K - $100K/yr

... Developer Senior supports the mission of the New York State Department of Health Medicaid ... The successful candidate will have strong knowledge of COBOL, CICS, DB2, mainframe technologies ...

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CICS Systems Programming role with knowledge of CICS applications, CICS Application programming, Cobol, CICS, VSAM, Endeavor, TSO, JCL, SYSVIEW, Omegamon Running Sev 1 and Sev 2 - on the ...

Contract Schedule: Monday-Friday | Onsite Experience: 10+ Years About the Role We are seeking an ... The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with COBOL, IMS/DB, CICS, JCL, and z/OS, and ...

Mainframe COBOL Developer

$50.25 - $64.50/hr

Title : Mainframe Cobol Developer Location: REMOTE The need is for a right-to-hire development ... CICS and Endevor CAM experience . Of less importance would be MQ experience.

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Mainframe Developer (COBOL, CICS, DB2)

System One

Salt Lake City, UT • On-site

$47.50 - $61/hr

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Posted 10 days ago


Job description


Job Title:  Mainframe Developer (COBOL, CICS, DB2)
Duration : Contract to Hire
Location : Salt Lake City, UT (Locals Preferred)
Work Mode : 5 Days Onsite.


Systemone is seeking a talented Mainframe Developer to join our team in Salt Lake City, UT!
 

In this role, you''ll be responsible for developing, maintaining, and supporting enterprise mainframe applications that are essential to our clients'' daily operations. You''ll work alongside experienced architects, developers, business analysts, QA teams, and client stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable technology solutions.
Your future duties and responsibilities

  • You will play a critical role in maintaining the stability, reliability, and continuous enhancement of enterprise applications supporting business critical operations.
  • Design, develop, maintain, and enhance enterprise mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and related technologies
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, Business Analysts, Solution Architects, and development teams to deliver scalable, high quality software solutions that meet evolving business needs
  • Research, analyze, and recommend technical solutions, enhancements, and best practices to improve application performance, reliability, and maintainability.
  • Provide technical support for mainframe applications by troubleshooting application, batch processing, database, and testing environment issues
  • Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, user guides, and knowledge base articles to support long term application sustainability
  • Manage and maintain non production environments, including environment refreshes, deployments, configuration updates, and post migration validation activities
  • Monitor and support Control M batch processing workflows to ensure reliable job execution, scheduling accuracy, and operational efficiency
  • Partner with release management, change management, QA, infrastructure, and offshore development teams to coordinate deployments, environment readiness, and production implementations
  • Support data integrity, automation initiatives, and continuous improvement efforts by identifying opportunities to improve operational processes and system performance
  • Serve as the technical subject matter expert (SME) for supported applications, providing guidance during enhancements, production support, audits, and release activities
  • Investigate, debug, and resolve production issues while implementing long term corrective solutions
  • Mentor junior developers through knowledge sharing, cross training, and technical coaching
  • Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical design discussions, code reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives
  • Provide on call production support as needed to ensure the availability and reliability of mission critical applications

Required qualifications to be successful in this role
 
  • We''re looking for a collaborative problem solver who enjoys working in complex enterprise environments and takes pride in delivering reliable, high quality software solutions.
  • Bachelor''s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline (or equivalent practical experience)
  • 5+ years of experience designing, developing, maintaining, and supporting enterprise mainframe applications
  • Strong hands on experience with: COBOL JCL CICS DB2 VSAM
  • Experience supporting enterprise batch processing, production support, troubleshooting, and application maintenance
  • Experience working with source control and deployment tools such as Endevor
  • Experience with Control M scheduling, batch workflow management, and production job monitoring
  • Experience using Easytrieve (EZtrieve) and other enterprise mainframe utilities is preferred
  • Experience with mainframe debugging and performance analysis tools
  • Proven ability to support multiple applications while working within large, cross functional teams
  • Experience collaborating with offshore development and support teams
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to work effectively with technical and non technical stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to make sound technical decisions, prioritize competing work, and deliver high quality solutions in fast paced enterprise environments
  • Ability to mentor junior developers and contribute to continuous process improvement initiatives

Skills:
  • CICS
  • COBOL
  • DB2
  • EZTrieve
  • JCL
  • VSAM

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