COBOL Production Support

Capgemini; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini is seeking a Senior COBOL / Production Support Engineer to maintain and optimize the core Depo platform. You will balance hands-on enhancements with critical production support, including nightly batch processing and incident resolution.

The role requires strong COBOL, Control-M scheduling, Linux shell scripting, and OpenVMS DCL, with banking knowledge for validation of interest calculations and account balances.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of experience in a related role.
• Strong COBOL development, debugging, and optimization skills.
• Proficiency with Linux/Unix environments and batch processing.
• Experience with Oracle PL/SQL and SQL querying.
• Familiarity with SDLC, change control, and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Provide production support for the Depo platform and nightly batch runs using Control‑M.
• Investigate, diagnose, and resolve batch failures and processing issues.
• Respond to user inquiries and extract data on balances, accounts, and transactions.
• Develop system enhancements and scripts in Linux shell and OpenVMS DCL.
• Prepare technical design specs, estimates, and documentation.
• Coordinate testing and formal change requests per SDLC guidelines.
• Maintain tracking in Jira and report to management on progress and compliance.

Skills

COBOL Programming

Scripting Capabilities

Job Scheduling

Database Skills

Banking Knowledge

Operating Systems

SDLC & Tools

Tools

Control-M

Jira

OpenVMS DCL

Job description

Choosing Capgemini means choosing a company where you will be empowered to shape your career in the way you’d like, where you’ll be supported and inspired by a collaborative community of colleagues around the world, and where you’ll be able to reimagine what’s possible. Join us and help the world’s leading organizations unlock the value of technology and build a more sustainable, more inclusive world.

Job Description

Experience (4 to 6 years)

Position Overview:

We are seeking a Senior COBOL / Production Support Engineer to maintain and optimize our core client deposit platform (Depo). This role balances hands‑on system enhancements with critical production support, including managing nightly batch processing and resolving application incidents.

The ideal candidate possesses strong legacy system expertise in COBOL, Control-M enterprise job scheduling, and Linux shell scripting / OpenVMS DCL. Because this role supports a core deposit platform, a solid foundational understanding of banking and accounting principles is essential for validating interest calculations, account balances, and financial statements.

Technical Skills & Requirements:

COBOL Programming: Intermediate to advanced proficiency in writing, optimizing, and debugging COBOL code.

Scripting Capabilities: Advanced Linux shell scripting and environment automation skills; experience with OpenVMS DCL is highly preferred.

Job Scheduling: Hands‑on operational experience managing and troubleshooting enterprise batch windows using Control‑M (or a comparable scheduler).

Database Skills: Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL, database schemas, and SQL query construction.

Domain Knowledge & Experience:

Banking & Accounting: Foundational knowledge of basic banking and accounting principles (e.g., debits/credits, general ledger postings, interest accruals, and transaction balances).

Operating Systems: Direct experience working within Linux/Unix production environments; experience with the OpenVMS operating system is a strong asset.

SDLC & Process Tools: Proven familiarity with standard Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies, change control procedures, and daily operational proficiency with Jira.

Key Jobs & Responsibilities:

Production Support & Batch Monitoring: Provide comprehensive production support for the Depo platform. Support the nightly batch schedule on an on‑call rotation basis using Control‑M.

Incident Resolution & Troubleshooting: Investigate, diagnose, and resolve technical issues, failed batch jobs, and processing anomalies occurring in the batch.

User Support & Data Extraction: Address user inquiries regarding application functionality, including account and interest statements. Extract data on balances, accounts, and transactions.

Engineering & Enhancements: Design and develop system enhancements, ad hoc requests, and robust environment scripts using Linux shell and OpenVMS DCL.

Analysis & Documentation: Perform analysis for system upgrades. Provide development/testing estimates, and author technical design specifications and application documentation.

Testing & Release Coordination: Execute integrated testing with related applications. Create and manage formal change requests (CR) following corporate SDLC guidelines.

Process & Compliance: Maintain real‑time task tracking in Jira. Provide daily updates to management. Adhere strictly to institutional client policies and mandatory training timelines.