Job Description

Essential Job Functions:

• Responsible for designing, writing, testing, and maintaining COBOL programs to meet the business needs of organizations
• Ensures that legacy systems operate efficiently, and may also participate in system modernization efforts, upgrading or integrating older COBOL-based systems with newer technologies
• Write well-structured and efficient COBOL code based on business and system requirements
• Perform system testing, unit testing, and integration testing to ensure that COBOL applications are functioning properly.
• Create and maintain detailed documentation, including program specifications, flowcharts, and operational procedures
• Ensure that COBOL programs adhere to industry standards, security protocols, and best practices.
• Support system migration or modernization projects involving COBOL and other Mainframe applications

Qualifications:

• Skill Required: Mainframe DB2 - Application Development System Z - Enterprise COBOL
• Experience Range in Required Skills: 4-6 Years

Essential Skills:

• Proficiency in COBOL programming (COBOL-85, COBOL II, or later versions).
• Experience working with mainframe environments (Client z/OS, OS/390, or similar).
• Strong knowledge of JCL (Job Control Language) and other mainframe utilities.
• Familiarity with databases is commonly used with COBOL systems, such as DB2, IMS, or VSAM.
• Ability to write, modify, and maintain batch and online COBOL programs.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to understand complex business logic.
• Ability to debug and resolve issues in COBOL programs using mainframe debugging tools (e.g., Xpediter, Abend-AID).
• Experience with software version control and deployment processes in a mainframe environment.

Desirable Skills:

• Knowledge of other Mainframe High-level languages such as Assembler, PL/1 is a plus.