Custom Application Architect

1200 Accenture Inc Company; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 83,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC in Canada seeks an experienced mainframe developer to design, build, test, and maintain COBOL/JCL/DB2/CICS applications. You will optimize batch processing and develop online interfaces for branch, digital, and call-centre channels.

The role requires 5–10+ years of hands-on mainframe experience, with DFSORT/SYNCSORT, REXX, and z/OS Connect toolkit skills. On-site presence in Mississauga is expected, with strong SDLC/ITIL adherence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5–10+ years of hands-on mainframe development experience.
• Strong exposure to Canadian retail banking and/or retail investments.
• Proficiency in COBOL, JCL, DB2 (SQL and performance tuning), CICS and VSAM.
• Experience with DFSORT/SYNCSORT, REXX, and enterprise scheduling tools such as CA-7, Control-M, or TWS.
• Hands-on debugging/data analysis tools such as Xpediter, Abend-Aid, File-Aid, Fault Analyzer.
• Experience with IDz, z/OS Connect toolkit, and mapping OpenAPI JSON to COBOL data.
• Experience integrating z/OS Connect adapters with CICS/DB2 subsystems; IDz debugging.
• Familiarity with mainframe DevOps tools (Zowe, Jenkins, IBM DBB, IBM Z Open Development).
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; bonus for Canadian bank/fund experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain mainframe applications (COBOL/JCL/DB2/CICS).
• Build and optimize batch processing for accounts, calculations, and tax slips.
• Develop online transactions/interfaces for branch, digital, and call-center channels.
• Convert functional specs to technical designs and perform impact analysis/code reviews.
• Troubleshoot production incidents and participate in on-call support.
• Support integration with distributed systems via MQ and z/OS Connect.
• Deploy changes using change and release management per SDLC/ITIL.
• Maintain docs, runbooks, and operational procedures; ensure security controls.

Skills

Mainframe development

COBOL

JCL

DB2

CICS

VSAM

DFSORT/SYNCSORT

REXX

z/OS Connect

IDz

Endevor

Control-M/CA-7/TWS

Jenkins

Git-based platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Computer Systems Engineering / Software Engineering

Tools

IDz

z/OS Connect toolkit

Endevor

Control-M

TWS

Git-based platforms

Job description

We are: The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) are the engine for reinvention in our clients’ transformation journey. Powered by more than 255,000 people across 24 countries, ATCs provide our clients with seamless access to industry insights and innovative technology solutions. Stronger together! The Advanced Technology Centers (ATCs) make a tremendous impact in solving our clients’ business problems by leveraging innovation, intelligence, industry insights, new IT, and new technology skills. With the global environment changing at a faster pace, our clients are facing unprecedented challenges, and they need us more than ever before. As a Network, ATCs are positioned to unlock greater opportunities and exponential value for our clients. The value for our clients and our people: For our clients, the Network provides the strength of our geographic diversity, greater resilience, and seamless access to the deepest industry knowledge, the latest in Gen AI solutions, and tech expertise from around the world. For our people, it brings an opportunity to shape truly boundaryless career paths in a highly collaborative team of experts where they can learn from each other and solve the world’s most complex client challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, and CICS
• Build and optimize batch processing for account processing, interest calculation, fee assessment, investment transactions, income distributions, and tax slip generation (T3, T5, T4RSP/RIF, NR4)
• Develop online transactions and interfaces for branch, advice, digital, and call-centre channels
• Convert functional specifications into technical designs, and perform impact analysis and code reviews
• Troubleshoot production incidents including abends, data issues, and batch delays; participate in on‑call support
• Support integration with distributed systems via MQ, APIs, and z/OS Connect
• Deploy changes using change and release management tools, following SDLC and ITIL processes
• Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational procedures
• Adhere to security, audit, and regulatory controls, including data privacy and segregation of duties

This role requires a minimum of 3 days per week of on‑site presence in Mississauga.

Here’s What You Need

• Atleast 5–10+ years of hands‑on mainframe development experience, with strong exposure to Canadian retail banking and/or retail investments
• You bring strong proficiency in COBOL, JCL, DB2 (including SQL and performance tuning), CICS, and VSAM
• You bring experience working with DFSORT/SYNCSORT, REXX, and enterprise scheduling tools such as CA-7, Control-M, or TWS
• You bring hands‑on experience using debugging and data analysis tools such as Xpediter, Abend‑Aid, File‑Aid, and Fault Analyzer
• You bring experience developing and maintaining COBOL programs and copybooks in IDz, including use of the z/OS Connect toolkit to map OpenAPI JSON schemas to backend data structures such as COMMAREA and containers
• You bring experience integrating z/OS Connect adapters with CICS, IMS, and Db2 subsystems, and using IDz interactive tools to debug and trace API execution on z/OS
• You should bring experience with source code and release management tools such as Endevor, ChangeMan, or Git‑based platforms
• You bring a strong understanding of batch processing windows, SLAs, restart/recovery design, and data reconciliation
• You bring strong analytical thinking, problem‑solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Systems Engineering, Software Engineering, or a closely related field
• Bonus points if: You bring experience working with a major Canadian bank, investment dealer, or fund company
• You bring knowledge of retail investment processing, including mutual fund trades, Fundserv messaging, registered plan contributions and withdrawals, withholding tax, and year‑end slips
• You bring exposure to IMS, PL/I, or Assembler
• You should bring experience with mainframe DevOps tools and practices, including Zowe, Jenkins, IBM DBB, and IBM Z Open Development
• You bring familiarity with modernization initiatives, including mainframe‑to‑cloud integration and API enablement
• You should bring an understanding of OSFI technology and cyber risk expectations (B‑13) and third‑party risk guidelines (B‑10)

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full‑time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below. The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Role Location: British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick

Annual Salary Range: $82,600 to $132,600

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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