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# Mainframe/ Cobol Developer - Higher Education Background

- **Company:** Amtex Systems Inc
- **Location:** New York, NY, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Batch Processing, Customer Information Control System (CICS), COBOL (Programming Language), IBM DB2, Job Control Language (JCL), Mainframes, Student Information Systems, Virtual Storage Access Methods
- **Published:** November 14, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/059b97be-114a-478c-88c6-d090f97bcc20

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on experience with Mainframe and COBOL
 * Higher education experience is mandatory (student information systems preferred)
 * Ability to work independently in a fully remote setup
 * Availability in EST or CST time zones

Nice to Have

 * JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM
 * Experience supporting systems through decommissioning or migration

## Description

A higher education institution is moving from its legacy student system to a new student platform. We are looking for experienced Mainframe/COBOL developers to support the legacy system through its final phase. This is a sunsetting engagement: no new development. The focus is on keeping the system stable and running until decommissioning., * Provide production support and maintenance for the legacy mainframe student system

 * Troubleshoot and resolve issues to keep the system stable through the transition
 * Support batch processing and existing jobs as the system winds down
 * Work with the project team during the move to the new student system