We are looking for an experienced Senior Micro Focus COBOL Developer with strong hands-on expertise in Micro Focus COBOL 6.4. The candidate will be responsible for developing, enhancing, maintaining, and modernizing legacy COBOL applications while ensuring application performance, reliability, and quality.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, enhance, and maintain COBOL applications using Micro Focus COBOL 6.4.
- Work on legacy application modernization and performance optimization.
- Debug and resolve application defects and production issues.
- Collaborate with business analysts, architects, and development teams.
- Perform unit testing, integration testing, and support UAT.
- Conduct code reviews and maintain technical documentation.
- Provide production support and troubleshoot critical application issues.
Required Skills
- 5+ years of experience in COBOL application development.
- Strong hands-on experience in Micro Focus COBOL 6.4.
- Experience with Visual COBOL, Enterprise Developer, and Enterprise Server.
- Positive knowledge of SQL and relational databases (DB2 / Oracle / SQL Server).
- Experience in application debugging, maintenance, and modernization.
- Knowledge of Git / SVN / TFS.
- Understanding of SDLC, testing, and production support.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Candidate: Developers with strong hands-on Micro Focus COBOL 6.4 experience and legacy application maintenance / modernization exposure.