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# COBOL Developer

- **Company:** Cornerstone Barricades
- **Location:** Freeport, ME, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $95,680.0 - $99,840.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Customer Information Control System (CICS), COBOL (Programming Language), IBM DB2, Job Control Language (JCL), Mainframes, Virtual Storage Access Methods, Software Troubleshooting
- **Published:** September 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://zipstaff.betterteam.com/senior-cobol-developer/apply/standard

## About the Role

* 7-8+ years of hands-on COBOL / mainframe development experience.
 * Proven experience supporting mainframe application maintenance, enhancement, or decommission/migration work.
 * Ability to analyze complex legacy programs and determine whether to move, improve, or remove functionality.
 * Strong troubleshooting, analysis, and documentation skills.
 * Ability to work on-site in Freeport, ME.
 * Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Hands-on cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP) used in support of mainframe modernization or application migration.
 * Experience with Marketing, customer, or retail systems on the mainframe.
 * Familiarity with related mainframe technologies (JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, or similar).
 * Prior experience on a mainframe exit / modernization program.

## Description

ZipStaff is seeking a Senior COBOL Developer to support a mainframe decommission initiative within the Marketing technology landscape of a leading retail organization.
The focus of this role is to move, improve, or remove existing mainframe workloads as the organization modernizes off the mainframe. Ideal candidates bring strong COBOL/mainframe depth plus practical cloud skills to help migrate and improve applications rather than simply maintain legacy code.
What You'll Do:

 * Analyze existing COBOL / mainframe applications supporting Marketing processes.
 * Support decommission planning by identifying workloads to migrate, improve, or retire.
 * Design and implement changes required to move functionality off the mainframe.
 * Improve or remediate COBOL applications where they must remain temporarily in production.
 * Partner with application, architecture, and business stakeholders to ensure Marketing capabilities are preserved during transition.
 * Contribute to modernization work that leverages cloud platforms where appropriate.
 * Document current-state logic, interfaces, and target-state recommendations.


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