What are the responsibilities and job description for the Excellent Senior Mainframe Consultant Role || Edison, NJ ( 3 days onsite) position at AppLab Systems, Inc?
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Position: Senior Mainframe Consultant
Location : Edison, NJ ( 3 days onsite)
Mode :- Contract || Long Term
Mainframe-COBOL JD
Key Responsibilities:
APPLAB Systems
Saurav.kumar@applabsystems.com
609-629-2048 Ext - 551
4365 Route 1 South, Suite 105
Princeton, NJ -08540
www.applabsystems.com
Position: Senior Mainframe Consultant
Location : Edison, NJ ( 3 days onsite)
Mode :- Contract || Long Term
Mainframe-COBOL JD
Key Responsibilities:
- Own end-to-end solution design, impact analysis, and technical architecture for complex systems.
- Develop, optimize, and review COBOL programs, JCL jobs, DB2 queries, and CICS transactions.
- Lead performance tuning for batch windows, DB2 access paths, and CICS TPS optimization.
- Manage code promotion, release planning, and ensure compliance with audit and security standards.
- Drive modernization initiatives (API enablement, DevOps pipelines).
- Mentor and coach junior developers; enforce coding standards and best practices.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (BA, QA, Ops, DBA) and manage stakeholder expectations.
- Provide production support leadership, RCA for critical incidents, and implement permanent fixes.
- Prepare technical documentation, runbooks, and contribute to governance frameworks.
- Stay updated with the latest industry trends and technologies related to mainframe development.
- Conduct Daily Team huddle meetings and Shift handover calls
- COBOL: Advanced programming, modular design, error handling, performance optimization.
- JCL: Complex job streams, utilities (SORT, IDCAMS), scheduling dependencies.
- DB2: Advanced SQL, stored procedures, triggers, bind/package management, performance tuning.
- VSAM: Dataset design, IDCAMS scripting, recovery strategies.
- CICS: Transaction design, pseudo-conversational flows, resource definitions, Client maps.
- Expertise in debugging tools (Abend-AID, Xpediter), File-AID, and job schedulers (CA7/Control-M).
- Strong knowledge of SDLC, Agile practices, and change management processes.
- Leadership in code reviews, mentoring, and technical governance.
APPLAB Systems
Saurav.kumar@applabsystems.com
609-629-2048 Ext - 551
4365 Route 1 South, Suite 105
Princeton, NJ -08540
www.applabsystems.com