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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # COBOL Mainframe Developer - **Company:** Kyndryl, Inc. - **Location:** Santa Fe, NM, United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Unit Testing, Batch Processing, Customer Information Control System (CICS), COBOL (Programming Language), Databases, Endevor, Job Control Language (JCL), Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF), Mainframes, Software Configuration Management, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Virtual Storage Access Methods, Z/OS, File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Information Technology - **Published:** November 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/DDBF1498CAB34E17A2DE8DF5D2A0E87C/job/ ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). * 10-15 years of experience in mainframe application development and support, preferably within the healthcare industry. * Working hours must align with the customer's business hours, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Mountain Time (MT), equivalent to 9:00 AM-6:00 PM Central Time (CT) and 10:00 AM-7:00 PM Eastern Time (ET), to ensure consistent operational coverage and effective engagement with customer stakeholders. * Participation in a 24x7 on-call support rotation, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, to ensure continuous support coverage. * Proficiency in COBOL programming within an IBM z/OS environment. * Expertise in Job Control Language (JCL). * Knowledge of mainframe technologies, including CICS, VSAM, and CA-Datacom. * Strong Production Support experience, including batch support, online support, incident resolution, break-fix analysis, and implementation of permanent fixes. * Familiarity with TSO, ISPF, and SDSF. * Experience throughout the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, implementation, and production support. * Demonstrated ability to independently own enhancements, defects, and service requests from inception through production deployment, including requirements gathering, solution design, impact analysis, development, testing, implementation, and post-production support. * Experience working directly with customer business stakeholders to understand requirements, evaluate solution options, provide recommendations, and translate business needs into technical solutions. * Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to perform application impact analysis across batch, online, database, and interface components. * Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to create high-quality technical and functional documentation and effectively communicate with both technical and non-technical audiences. * Familiarity with software development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall). Preferred Technical and Professional Experience * Experience in healthcare applications and claims processing. * Experience in a Systems Analyst, Lead Developer, or similar customer-facing technical role. * Experience facilitating requirements gathering sessions, solution design discussions, UAT activities, and implementation planning directly with customer business stakeholders. * Experience estimating, coordinating, and independently managing small-to-medium enhancements and service requests throughout their lifecycle. * Experience with CA Jobtrac. * Experience with Endevor or equivalent software configuration management tools. * Experience with file transfer protocols and tools, including NDM, FTP, and SFTP. ## Description The successful candidate will work directly with business stakeholders and collaborate closely with AMS technical leadership, infrastructure teams (CICS, Datacom, z/OS, and other mainframe technologies), Batch & Console Operations, and Batch Scheduling teams to support Production and UAT batch and online environments. The role requires strong technical ownership, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision, ensuring solutions meet business requirements while maintaining application quality, operational stability, and service reliability. Primary Responsibilities * Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve Production and UAT batch and online application failures. * Document incidents, root causes, resolutions, technical designs, and operational procedures. * Support UAT and Production batch processing from start to finish, including providing correction instructions to Operations teams. * Engage directly with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and clarify business requirements. * Perform impact analysis and solution design for production issues, enhancements, and service requests. * Create and maintain functional specifications, technical design documents, process flows, and operational documentation. * Modify COBOL programs, reporting solutions, batch schedules, and database data based on business requirements. * Perform development, unit testing, production installations, and post-implementation support. * Monitor and respond to support requests, alerts, and incidents. * Act as a liaison between business users, Operations, Scheduling, and technical teams to ensure successful delivery of changes. * Support effort estimation, planning, testing, implementation, and production validation activities.