Job Summary

This hybrid role seeks a seasoned technical lead with seven to eleven years of experience in IBM mainframe utilities CICS VSAM JCL DB2 and Cobol responsible for guiding complex application development and maintenance. The role focuses on delivering secure secure and high performing systems that support core business processes and create reliable outcomes for clients and society.

Responsibilities

• Drive complex mainframe application design and development activities using Cobol DB2 CICS VSAM and IBM mainframe utilities to deliver stable and scalable business solutions that meet client expectations and organizational standards.
• Oversee end to end batch and online processing flows using JCL and CICS regions to ensure predictable performance robust error handling and timely completion of critical business jobs.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into detailed technical specifications that make optimal use of DB2 schemas VSAM files utilities and Cobol programs to support efficient data processing.




• Review existing Cobol and JCL components to identify optimization opportunities and implement code improvements that enhance runtime efficiency resource utilization and long term maintainability.
• Coordinate impact assessments for change requests by evaluating dependencies across DB2 objects VSAM datasets CICS transactions and scheduling chains to minimize risk of production disruptions.
• Perform detailed root cause analysis for incidents on mainframe applications by examining logs dumps and performance statistics to quickly restore service and implement durable corrective actions.
• Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders in a hybrid work model to clarify requirements communicate design choices and align technical solutions with broader enterprise architecture and compliance guidelines.
• Implement robust unit testing component testing and integration testing strategies for Cobol programs JCL streams and CICS transactions to improve

📌 Technical Lead (Chennai)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 Chennai