Remote Mainframe COBOL Developer – Modernization & Impact
BairesDev
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Job summary
BairesDev is seeking a COBOL Developer to maintain and modernize mission-critical IBM mainframe applications. You will play a key technical role ensuring stability and evolving core business logic in enterprise environments.
The role requires 4+ years in mainframe software engineering with COBOL, CICS, and DB2, plus strong JCL/VSAM skills. Join a 100% remote, globally distributed team offering flexible hours and competitive USD compensation.
Qualifications
- 4+ years of software engineering experience in mainframe environments.
- Proven expertise with COBOL, CICS and DB2.
- Strong, hands-on knowledge of JCL and VSAM and mainframe batch/online processing.
- Experience modernizing legacy COBOL applications to contemporary standards.
- Advanced proficiency in English.
Responsibilities
- Design, code, test, and debug COBOL programs for batch and online CICS processing.
- Maintain and optimize data access using DB2, VSAM, and JCL for performance.
- Analyze legacy code to identify modernization opportunities and refactoring needs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate mainframe apps with cloud-native architectures.
- Provide production support including root-cause analysis for critical systems.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies to deliver quality software updates.
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Job description
BairesDev is seeking a COBOL Developer to maintain and modernize mission-critical IBM mainframe applications. You will play a key technical role ensuring stability and evolving core business logic in enterprise environments.
The role requires 4+ years in mainframe software engineering with COBOL, CICS, and DB2, plus strong JCL/VSAM skills. Join a 100% remote, globally distributed team offering flexible hours and competitive USD compensation.
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