CA Gen Developer (Mainframe / COBOL)

CA Gen Developer (Mainframe / COBOL)

Location: Sydney NSW, Brisbane QLD, Canberra ACT, Melbourne VIC, Adelaide SA

Duration: 12 months contract + 24 months extension options

Must be an Australian Citizen eligible to obtain Baseline Clearance

PLEASE NOTE: This is a legacy enterprise software engineering role working with Broadcom/CA Gen and COBOL. This is NOT a Generative AI / GenAI role.

Job Description

FinXL is seeking a highly experienced CA Gen Developer to join a major program of work for a large Federal Government department. You will be contributing to a major enterprise environment that supports critical, large-scale government service delivery. Candidates need to be Australian citizens and eligible to obtain a security clearance. CA Gen, COBOL, RESTful APIs, and SOAP services.

FinXL Professional Services is a leading IT consultancy that partners with clients to bridge the gap between business needs and technology capabilities. Since 2003, we've been delivering high-value ICT services across government, finance, telecommunications, and enterprise sectors.

Responsibilities

• Drive development strategies that guarantee long-term code quality, system stability, and easy maintenance.
• Provide expert-level technical advisory across the full software engineering lifecycle and maintenance activities.
• Oversee release management processes, ensuring seamless deployment and ongoing production support.
• Conduct comprehensive technical analysis and requirement reviews to propose robust architectural options.
• Troubleshoot, investigate, and resolve intricate software and system-level ICT challenges.

Key Skills & Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience in CA Gen application development.
• Proven experience working with Cuba or comparable enterprise-level legacy software systems.
• Strong proficiency in writing, analyzing, and debugging COBOL codebases.
• Solid background developing and integrating SOAP web services, RESTful APIs, and MQ messaging solutions.
• Exposure to Win32 application development environments and associated tools.
• Ability to obtain and maintain an Australian Government Baseline security clearance.

Engagement Details

• 12+ months contract with a Government client.
• Hybrid working model with 3 days/week in the office in Sydney CBD (other office locations in Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra and Adelaide).