Mainframe professional

Compunnel Inc.
Pittsburgh, PA, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
10 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Agile Methodology Business Analytics Applications Batch Processing Customer Information Control System (CICS) COBOL (Programming Language) IBM DB2 Distributed Systems Job Control Language (JCL) Job Scheduling File-aid Maintaining Code
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Job description

Perform code screening, analysis, and scraping of existing mainframe applications to identify dependencies, inefficiencies, risks, and optimization opportunities. Analyze legacy applications and contribute to modernization, transformation, and migration strategies. Design, develop, test, and maintain COBOL, DB2, and CICS-based applications. Develop, enhance, and manage JCL jobs supporting batch processing and workflow scheduling. Work with Control-M and enterprise scheduling tools for job automation, monitoring, and issue resolution. Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis, and implement effective solutions. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support integrations with distributed systems, APIs, and downstream applications. Perform impact analysis and support application enhancements, defect fixes, and ongoing maintenance activities. Ensure adherence to coding standards, performance best practices, and security guidelines. Prepare and maintain technical documentation, including specifications, code changes, process flows, and operational procedures. Support QA, UAT, deployment, and post-production validation activities., CICS Batch Processing Job Scheduling Control-M Xpediter File-AID Abend-AID Distributed Systems Integration Legacy Application Analysis Modernization Strategy Production Support Cross-functional Collaboration Technical Documentation Agile Methodologies

Requirements

10+ years of experience Bachelor’s Degree

Skills COBOL DB2

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