Roles & responsibilities

- Develop, enhance, maintain, and support mainframe applications using COBOL.
- Write, modify, and execute JCL (Job Control Language) for batch processing, job scheduling, and production workloads.
- Design, access, and maintain VSAM datasets, including KSDS, ESDS, and RRDS.
- Develop and optimize DB2 SQL queries, including SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE operations.
- Work with DB2 tables, indexes, primary keys, foreign keys, and referential integrity.
- Perform batch job monitoring, troubleshooting, and resolution of abends and production failures.
- Analyze existing programs, understand business requirements, and implement application enhancements.
- Perform unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, and defect fixing.
- Debug COBOL programs using tools such as Abend-AID, Xpediter, or Fault Analyzer, where available.
- Analyze job logs, spool outputs, return codes,



and system messages to identify issues.
- Optimize COBOL programs, JCL jobs, and DB2 queries to improve application performance.
- Participate in code reviews, technical documentation, release management, and deployment activities.
- Collaborate with business analysts, QA teams, production support teams, and other developers.
- Follow coding standards, change management procedures, and production release guidelines.

Preferred candidate profile

- COBOL programming
- JCL (Job Control Language)
- VSAM file handling
- DB2 and SQL
- IBM z/OS mainframe setting
- TSO/ISPF and SDSF
- Batch processing and job scheduling
- COBOL debugging and abend analysis
- Mainframe utilities (SORT, IDCAMS)
- DB2 cursors, joins, and embedded SQL

📌 Mainframe Developer (Hyderabad)
🏢 CGI
📍 Hyderabad