AS400 / IBM i COBOL Developer

Title: AS400 / IBM i COBOL Developer
Employment Type: Contract
Work Location: Remote
Duration: Long-Term Contract
Rate: Negotiable

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced AS400 / IBM i Developer with strong COBOL experience to support and enhance existing legacy applications. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience developing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and supporting applications on the IBM i (AS400) platform, with strong knowledge of COBOL and DB2.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, maintain, and troubleshoot applications on the AS400 / IBM i platform.

• Design, code, test, debug, and implement programs using COBOL.

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.

• Perform application enhancements, production support, bug fixes, and performance improvements.

• Work with DB2 for i databases, including SQL queries, stored procedures, and data analysis.

• Develop and maintain batch jobs, reports, interfaces, and file-processing programs.

• Troubleshoot production issues and perform root-cause analysis.

• Work with business analysts, functional teams, and other technical teams to understand requirements.

• Participate in code reviews, testing, deployment, and documentation.

• Support system integration and data interfaces with internal and external applications.

• Maintain and enhance existing legacy applications while following development and change-management standards.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience with AS400 / IBM i development

• Strong hands-on experience with COBOL / COBOL/400

• Strong knowledge of DB2 for i / DB2

• Experience with RPG / RPGLE is a plus

• Experience with CL / CLLE

• Strong knowledge of AS400/IBM i development and production support

• Experience with SQL

• Knowledge of IBM i objects, libraries, jobs, job queues, and batch processing

• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills

• Experience working in a production support environment

• Good communication and ability to work independently in a remote environment

Preferred Skills

• Synon / CA 2E experience

• CLLE

• RPGLE

• DB2

• SQL

• IBM i modernization experience

• API / web-service integration

• Experience with financial, insurance, manufacturing, retail, or other large enterprise applications