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Mainframe Developer

Plymouth
Plymouth, UK
2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
apply4u.co.uk

Tech stack

Agile Methodology Batch Processing Customer Information Control System (CICS) COBOL (Programming Language) IBM DB2 DevOps Job Control Language (JCL) Mainframes Online Transaction Processing Software Engineering Virtual Storage Access Methods Virtualization Technology

Requirements

Eight years of experience with Mainframe technologies including COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, and VSAM, with proven expertise in batch processing and online transaction processing (OLTP) environmentsSolid experience in application support, with a good understanding of Incident and Problem Management processes, along with the ability to contribute to software development and enhancement activitiesFamiliarity with industry-standard mainframe toolsets, development methodologies, and operational processesExperience of DevOps and Agile methodology and associated toolsetsA background in solving highly complex, analytical and numerical problemsExperience of implementing programming best practice, especially around scalability, automation, virtualisation, optimisation, availability and performan ce

Benefits & conditions

Role; Mainframe DeveloperLocation: London - HybridProject Type; Inside IR35 Contract Max Rate: 300 GBP Per Day

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