We are seeking an experienced Mainframe Developer with 6 to 8 years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, enhancing, and supporting enterprise-scale mainframe applications. The ideal candidate should possess solid expertise in COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM, with experience in application development, production support, and maintenance.
The candidate should be comfortable working in Agile environments, collaborating with cross-functional teams, participating in code reviews, and supporting critical production systems with high availability requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and maintain Mainframe applications.
Analyze business requirements and convert them into technical solutions.
Develop new programs using COBOL, JCL, CICS, and DB2.
Modify and enhance existing applications.
Perform impact analysis for change requests.
Develop batch and online transaction processing programs.
Write productive SQL queries and optimize DB2 database access.
Create and maintain JCLs for batch processing.
Perform unit testing and support system integration testing.
Prepare technical design documents and program specifications.
Investigate production issues and provide timely resolutions.
Perform root cause analysis (RCA) for recurring incidents.
Participate in code reviews and ensure coding standards are followed.
Coordinate with business analysts, QA teams, infrastructure teams, and client stakeholders.
Support production deployments and post-deployment verification.
Participate in on-call production support and scheduled maintenance activities.
Mentor junior developers whenever required.
Mandatory Technical Skills
COBOL, Enterprise COBOL
JCL
Batch Scheduling
CICS
DB2
VSAM
IBM MQ / MQ Series
File-AID
Abend-AID
Xpediter
Endevor
Changeman
ISPW (Good to Have)
IDCAMS
SORT
IEBGENER
IEBCOPY
DFSORT
IBM z/OS
TSO/ISPF
SDSF
SPUFI