COBOL Technical Lead
PepsiCo, Inc.
Plano, United States of America
21 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary to permanent Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
$ 94KJob location
Plano, United States of America
Tech stack
Java
Agile Methodologies
Customer Information Control System (CICS)
COBOL
Code Review
IBM DB2
DevOps
Job Control Language (JCL)
Mainframes
Performance Tuning
Job description
- We are looking for an experienced COBOL Technical resource to lead the design, development, and maintenance of large-scale mainframe applications., * Must drive development and maintenance using COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2/IMS
- Lead solution design, code reviews, and technical decision-making
- Must understand Agile methodologies and DevOps for mainframe
- Perform complex impact analysis and ensure high-quality delivery
- Mentor and guide developers; enforce coding standards and best practices
- Coordinate with architects, business analysts, QA, and production support teams
- Own end-to-end delivery for assigned modules, including release readiness
- Support production issues, root cause analysis, and performance tuning
- Participate in legacy modernization and mainframe-to-Java/cloud initiatives
- Ensure compliance with security, audit, and regulatory requirements
- Having Assembler experience is an additional advantage
Requirements
- The role requires strong hands-on expertise in COBOL and mainframe technologies, technical leadership capabilities, and the ability to guide teams through legacy enhancement and modernization initiatives.