Decommissioning - Profil Natural - Adabas

Rhox; Brussel; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rhox in Belgium is seeking a Natural and ADABAS developer to move data from BS2000 to Linux without disrupting ongoing processing. You will build extraction, transformation and replication components so both environments can run in parallel, keeping data synchronised.

You will analyze legacy programs and data flows, develop extraction and transformation modules, test reconciliations and document results. Fluency in French, Dutch and English (B2) will aid cross-team coordination.

Qualifications

• BS2000 mainframe experience essential.
• Proficient in ADABAS on BS2000.
• Experience with Natural for BS2000 8.2.x or higher.
• Ability to interpret legacy code and incomplete documentation.

Responsibilities

• Analyse legacy programs, jobs, objects and data flows.
• Develop modules for data extraction and transformation.
• Build replication between BS2000 and Linux without changing source processes.
• Test and reconcile source and target data for completeness and consistency.
• Detect missing records, duplicates and incorrect mappings or transformations.
• Document analyses, components, mappings, test results and corrective actions.

Skills

BS2000 mainframe

ADABAS

Natural for BS2000

BS2000 tools: SDF

Tools

SDF

JCL

EDT

LMS

Job description

We're looking for a Natural and ADABAS developer to move data from BS2000 to Linux without disrupting existing processing. You'll build extraction, transformation and replication components so both environments can run in parallel, keeping their data as synchronised as possible.

What you'll do

• Analyse legacy programs, jobs, objects and data flows.
• Develop modules for data extraction and transformation.
• Build replication between BS2000 and Linux without initially changing source processes.
• Test and reconcile source and target data for completeness and consistency.
• Detect missing records, duplicates and incorrect mappings or transformations.
• Document analyses, components, mappings, test results and corrective actions.

What you bring

• Strong experience with BS2000 mainframe processes and data objects.
• ADABAS for Mainframe BS2000 version 8.2.
• Natural for Mainframes BS2000 version 8.2.7 or higher.
• BS2000 tools: SDF, JCL, EDT and LMS.
• Data reconciliation, replication and transformation skills.
• Office 365.
• Ability to interpret legacy code despite incomplete or outdated documentation.
• Attention to detail, systematic testing and clear technical documentation.
• Initiative to identify information gaps, risks and dependencies.
• Ability to prioritise across databases, processes and data flows.
• French, B2.
• Dutch, B2.
• English, B2.

Good to know

• Application migration is outside the scope; the work focuses on data.