Job Description

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.


12+ years of hands-on experience in COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, IMS (DB/DC), and IBM MQ.


Strong understanding of batch processing, transaction processing, and online mainframe applications.


Experience working with enterprise schedulers (e.g., CA-7, Control-M).


Solid understanding of SDLC, including Agile and Waterfall methodologies.


Proven ability to lead mainframe modernization efforts or integrations with external systems.


Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.


Strong communication skills and experience interacting with business and IT leadership.




Lead end to end technical delivery of mainframe applications and batch jobs across various business domains.


Analyze, design, develop, and support applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, IMS DB/DC, CICS, and VSAM.


Provide technical leadership to a team of developers, ensuring adherence to coding standards, quality, and best practices.


Collaborate with business analysts and stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into robust mainframe solutions.


Optimize existing code and database access for performance and efficiency.


Integrate mainframe systems with distributed/cloud platforms using tools such as IBM MQ or APIs.


Participate in production support, troubleshooting, and incident resolution for mainframe applications.


Perform code reviews, performance tuning, and ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards.


Mentor junior and contribute developers to technical knowledge sharing across teams.

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.



Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.



Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.