Mainframe Developer

At our client, technology powers critical business operations that impact millions of users every day. We’re looking for a Mainframe Developer who is passionate about building reliable, scalable, and high-performing enterprise solutions.

As a member of a collaborative engineering team, you’ll work alongside architects, business analysts, QA engineers, product stakeholders, and operations teams to develop and support mission-critical mainframe applications. This role offers the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges, modernize enterprise systems, and contribute to innovative solutions within a global technology environment.

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM.
• Partner with Product Managers, Architects, Business Analysts, and development teams to build scalable and reliable software solutions.
• Analyze business and technical requirements and recommend enhancements that improve application performance and stability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across applications, databases, batch processes, and testing environments.
• Support and monitor Control-M batch scheduling and workflow execution to ensure operational excellence.
• Manage application deployments, environment refreshes, configuration updates, and post-deployment validations.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge-base articles.
• Collaborate with QA, Release Management, Infrastructure, and offshore teams to ensure successful implementations.
• Identify opportunities for automation, process improvements, and operational efficiencies.
• Serve as a technical subject matter expert (SME) for supported applications and provide guidance during audits, releases, and enhancement projects.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor junior team members through technical coaching and knowledge sharing.
• Provide on-call production support for mission-critical applications when required.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
• 5+ years of experience designing, developing, maintaining, and supporting enterprise mainframe applications.
• Strong hands-on expertise with:

COBOL

JCL

CICS

DB2

VSAM

• Experience supporting batch processing, production support, troubleshooting, and application maintenance.
• Experience with source control and deployment tools such as Endeavor.
• Experience with Control-M scheduling, batch workflow management, and job monitoring.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex system issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Easytrieve (EZtrieve) and other enterprise mainframe utilities.
• Experience using mainframe debugging, performance tuning, and monitoring tools.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Previous experience mentoring developers and supporting large-scale enterprise systems