Lead PL/I Design and Development Consultant

DWS; Brisbane; Hybride; AUD 239 000 - 314 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

DWS is seeking a Lead PL/I Design and Development Consultant to provide technical leadership in a mature mainframe environment. You will lead analysis, design, and hands-on PL/I work on complex components, ensuring quality and delivery across the enterprise architecture.

The role demands deep PL/I expertise, strong debugging, and collaboration with an experienced development team. Hybrid arrangement, 2+ days onsite in Melbourne, with ACN/Max Term contract terms.

Qualifications

• Extensive PL/I enterprise app experience on IBM mainframes.
• Experience delivering PL/I development, migration, remediation or modernisation initiatives.
• Hands-on involvement across design, detailed technical design, build, testing, implementation, troubleshooting and tuning.
• Deep knowledge of VSAM file structures, access patterns, performance, concurrency and recoverability.
• Deep knowledge of IBM MQ including application integration, message processing and diagnostics.
• Ability to understand and modify large, complex legacy applications safely.
• Strong diagnostic and problem-solving capability across online, batch, data-access and integration processing.
• Experience providing hands-on technical leadership, design assurance and code review within a team.
• Ability to work hands-on within an experienced team.
• Strong written and verbal communication for designs and implementation guidance.
• Good working knowledge of Db2.
• Experience with CICS and high-volume mainframe transactions.
• Experience in banking, insurance or regulated industries.
• Experience with complex financial calculations, batch processing, reconciliation and regulatory processing.
• Experience migrating PL/I apps to remove legacy DB dependencies.
• Familiarity with mainframe performance-monitoring, debugging and diagnostics toolsets.

Responsabilités

• Lead the technical analysis and detailed design of complex PL/I application changes.
• Establish practical design and development approaches for key solution initiatives.
• Undertake hands-on development of complex PL/I components.
• Analyse large and complex existing PL/I codebases, including online, batch and integration processing.
• Lead troubleshooting, root-cause analysis and performance tuning activities.
• Review designs and code produced by the development team.
• Identify technical risks and implementation issues.
• Collaborate with developers to resolve engineering problems.
• Support estimation, planning, testing and production-readiness activities.
• Strengthen team capability through knowledge transfer and leadership.

Connaissances

Technical leadership

PL/I expert

Mainframe analysis

CICS experience

Db2 knowledge

MQ knowledge

Formation

Bachelor's degree in computing

Outils

VSAM

IBM MQ

Db2

CICS

Description du poste

Lead PL/I Design and Development Consultant

DWS is seeking a Lead PL/I Design and Development Consultant to provide technical leadership within a highly experienced mainframe development environment. This opportunity is suited to a hands-on PL/I specialist who can lead complex technical analysis and design activities, work directly with code, provide technical assurance, and help resolve demanding engineering challenges across a large enterprise application landscape.

Where: Melbourne
Type: ACN or Max Term
Start: December 2026 or January 2027
Length: 6 months+
Style: Hybrid; 2+ days onsite
Salary: Up to $1,500/day ACN; Max Term by negotiation

Role requirements

• Lead the technical analysis and detailed design of complex PL/I application changes.
• Establish practical design and development approaches for key solution initiatives.
• Undertake hands-on development of complex or high-risk PL/I components.
• Analyse large and complex existing PL/I codebases, including online, batch and integration processing.
• Lead complex troubleshooting, root-cause analysis and performance tuning activities.
• Review technical designs and code produced by the development team.
• Identify technical risks, design weaknesses and potential implementation issues.
• Work collaboratively with developers to resolve complex engineering problems.
• Support technical estimation, development planning, testing, implementation and production-readiness activities.
• Strengthen team capability through practical knowledge transfer and technical leadership.

Mandatory experience and capabilities

• Extensive commercial experience designing and developing enterprise applications in PL/I on IBM mainframe platforms.
• Demonstrated experience delivering significant PL/I development, migration, remediation or modernisation initiatives.
• Substantial hands‑on involvement across solution design, detailed technical design, build, testing, implementation, troubleshooting and tuning.
• Deep technical knowledge of VSAM including file structures, access patterns, performance, concurrency, integrity and recoverability.
• Deep practical knowledge of IBM MQ including application integration, message processing, exception handling, diagnostics and performance.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and safely modify large, complex and potentially poorly documented legacy applications.
• Strong diagnostic and problem‑solving capability across online, batch, data‑access and integration processing.
• Experience providing hands‑on technical leadership, design assurance and code review within an established development team.
• Ability to work effectively within an experienced development team while remaining hands‑on.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the production of clear technical designs and implementation guidance.
• Good working knowledge of Db2.
• Experience with CICS and high‑volume mainframe transaction‑processing applications.
• Experience within banking, insurance or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience with complex financial calculations, batch processing, reconciliation and regulatory processing.
• Experience migrating or restructuring PL/I applications to remove a legacy database dependency.
• Familiarity with mainframe performance‑monitoring, debugging and diagnostic toolsets.

About Us: Since 1991, DWS has been helping organisations across Australia reimagine what’s possible through technology, business, and management consulting. With offices in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, and Canberra, our 300+ locally based consultants bring deep expertise and fresh thinking to every project. We deliver end‑to‑end solutions spanning IT consulting, Staff Augmentation, Managed Delivery, Data & Analytics, Cloud, AI and Automation.

Our strength lies in our people; each consultant is carefully selected for their expertise, creativity, and commitment to excellence. Together, we deliver impactful solutions that drive innovation, efficiency, and long‑term value. At DWS, we don’t just meet expectations - we redefine them.

Applicants must hold Australian Citizenship, Permanent Residency (PR), or other permanent work rights – DWS are unable to sponsor or support visas.

DWS encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.