Mainframe Developer

We are looking for an experienced Mainframe Developer with 5-6 years of hands-on experience in designing, developing, maintaining, and supporting mainframe applications. The ideal candidate should have strong expertise in COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, and VSAM, along with experience in batch processing, online transaction processing, debugging, and production support., * Design, develop, maintain, and enhance mainframe applications using COBOL.

• Develop, modify, and execute JCL procedures for batch processing.
• Work with DB2 databases, including SQL queries, stored procedures, and database optimization.
• Develop and maintain CICS-based online transaction processing applications.
• Work with VSAM datasets, including KSDS, ESDS, and RRDS.
• Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical specifications.
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, debugging, and code reviews.
• Troubleshoot application issues and provide production support.
• Monitor batch jobs, analyze job failures, and resolve abends.
• Collaborate with business analysts, QA teams, and other developers throughout the SDLC.
• Prepare technical documentation and support application deployment.

COBOL Strong hands-on experience JCL Job creation, execution, troubleshooting DB2 SQL queries, joins, performance tuning CICS Online transaction processing VSAM KSDS, ESDS, RRDS Mainframe Utilities SORT, IDCAMS, IEBGENER, IEBCOPY TSO/ISPF Hands-on experience Debugging Abend analysis and resolution Scheduling Tools Control-M / CA7 Version Control Endevor / Changeman Preferred Skills

• Experience with IBM z/OS environments.
• Knowledge of DB2 stored procedures and performance tuning.
• Experience with file handling and batch processing.
• Knowledge of production support and incident management.
• Exposure to mainframe modernization or migration projects.
• Basic understanding of Agile methodologies and SDLC., * Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5-6 years of professional experience in Mainframe Development.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.