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# Cobol Developer - German Speaking

- **Company:** ARM (Advanced Resource Managers)
- **Location:** Germany (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Batch Processing, Customer Information Control System (CICS), COBOL (Programming Language), IBM DB2, Embedded SQL, Job Control Language (JCL), IBM Mainframe, Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), Data Streaming, Web Services Description Language, Z/OS, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerboard.com/de/en/find-jobs-in-Germany/-E0FF1CD13F470EAA01/

## About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Cobol Developer to support the analysis, maintenance, and enhancement of existing IBM Mainframe applications. The role requires strong hands-on Cobol and DB2 expertise, excellent German language skills, and the ability to analyse complex Legacy systems and support knowledge transfer to internal teams., * Proven years of experience in IBM Mainframe development.

 * Strong hands-on Cobol development and maintenance experience, including recent Cobol project experience (PL/I-only experience is not sufficient).
 * Excellent knowledge of DB2 and Embedded SQL within Cobol environments.
 * Ability to analyse complex Legacy applications, program dependencies, and data flows.
 * Experience enhancing existing applications, troubleshooting issues, and producing technical documentation.
 * Very good German language skills, particularly for functional discussions and knowledge transfer.

Nice to Have:

 * Experience with IBM z/OS, JCL, batch processing, and CICS.
 * Knowledge of WSDL/SOAP interfaces.
 * Insurance industry experience, ideally in Property & Casualty (P&C).
 * Ability to identify and document business rules Embedded in Cobol code.
 * Experience providing architecture advice and transferring knowledge to internal development teams.