Cobol Developer

Job Title: Senior Cobol Developer

Location: Remote

Position Overview:

The Senior Platform Developer serves as the primary technical resource responsible for the end-to-end architecture, development, optimization, and modernization of mission-critical enterprise systems. In this role, you will lead the strategic integration of core legacy mainframe technologies (COBOL, TELON, IMS DB/DC, JCL) with modern distributed systems, data warehouses, and cloud-ready data pipelines. You will drive system stability, create resilient batch and online transaction processing environments, reduce resource overhead (MIPS/IO), and mentor engineering teams across the entire software delivery lifecycle.

Required Skills & Qualifications (Must-haves)

• Experience: 12+ years of hands-on software development and technical architecture experience in enterprise IBM z/OS environments.
• Languages & Core Tech: Expert proficiency in COBOL and TELON
• Batch Control & Utilities: Advanced JCL, cataloged PROCs, and system utilities (IDCAMS, DFSORT/SYNCSORT, IEBGENER, ICEGENER).
• Diagnostics & Monitoring: Deep experience with advanced diagnostic tools, including XPEDITER, Abend-AID, and IBM DEBUG. Advanced ability to diagnose and solve complex coding problems.
• Lifecycle & SCM: End-to-end familiarity with mainframe change management tools (Endevor, Panvalet, ChangeMan).