COBOL Developer

Role Description: Role OverviewWe are seeking a seasoned COBOL Developer to join our team supporting legacy mainframe systems. Youll be responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and modernizing COBOL-based applications to enable policy servicing, insurance claims, and regulatory compliance.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign, code, test, and maintain COBOL applications for both online and batch processing environments. Analyze functional specifications and document technical designs and logical flowcharts. Debug and resolve production batch failures and perform rootcause analysis. Integrate COBOL applications with modern systems and APIs as part of migration initiatives. Conduct code and design reviews to ensure performance, security, and adherence to architectural standards. Collaborate with business analysts, QA, infrastructure, and project teams. Mentor junior developers and support technical onboarding. Required Qualifications SkillsBachelors degree in Computer Science or related field. 5 years of COBOLmainframe development experience in insurance or financial services. Proficiency in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, with mainframe tools (e.g., IBM zOS, CICS, IMS). Strong debugging and troubleshooting capabilities for batch and online environments. Experience integrating COBOL systems with SQLDB2, MQ series, REST or SOAP services. Familiarity with Agile development, SDLC, version control, and ITILITSM practices. Excellent problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and ability to work independently. Preferred (Bonus) QualificationsExperience with COBOL modernization, lift-and-shift, refactoring or migration to modern systems. Exposure to cloud integration, API platforms, GenAI-based refactoring tools. Knowledge of disaster recovery, performance tuning, and mainframe security. Certifications in IBM mainframe, DB2, CICS, or AzureAWS online skills.



Competencies: Mainframe DB2 - Application Development



Experience (Years): 8-10



Essential Skills: COBOL Developer

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