Job Description:

We are looking for a skilled COBOL Developer to maintain, enhance, and modernize mission-critical applications built on legacy mainframe platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in COBOL, JCL, and DB2/VSAM, and should be comfortable working in mainframe environments like IBM z/OS. This role involves understanding existing systems, implementing enhancements, and supporting migration or modernization projects when needed.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain business-critical applications using COBOL (batch and online).

• Debug and resolve issues in existing COBOL applications and perform necessary enhancements or bug fixes.

• Analyze existing mainframe programs to understand business logic and dependencies.

• Conduct impact analysis, code reviews, and performance tuning.

• Develop programs that interact with VSAM, DB2, or IMS DB.

• Write and optimize SQL queries and understand file processing logic.

• Create and modify Job Control Language (JCL) scripts to execute batch jobs.

• Schedule, monitor, and troubleshoot job execution on the mainframe.

• Write technical documentation including program specs, change logs, and job flows.

• Provide L2/L3 support, production issue triage, and root cause analysis.

• Support efforts to modernize legacy applications or integrate them with distributed systems using APIs or middleware.

• Participate in code conversion and platform migration initiatives.

• Must have shell script and Linux knowledge.

Professional Skills:

• COBOL (Mainframe, Micro Focus)

• VSAM / DB2 / IMS DB

• CICS (for online transactions)

• SQL & Data Handling

• IBM z/OS Environment

• Debugging Tools (e.g., Abend-AID)