Remote Senior COBOL Developer — Mainframe Modernizer

BairesDev; Bogotá; A distancia; COP 249.930.000 - 374.895.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Remote work

Competitive salary (USD)

Home office setup

Flexible hours

Parental leave

Mentorship & growth

Descripción de la vacante

BairesDev in an entirely remote setup seeks a Senior COBOL Developer to maintain and modernize critical mainframe applications. You will bridge legacy COBOL with modern requirements, ensuring stability in high-volume processing for sectors like banking and insurance.

Join a global team that values performance and scalability, with opportunities to work from home and collaborate across time zones. Excellent English proficiency is required for global coordination and documentation.

Formación

• 4+ years of experience in Software Engineering with a focus on COBOL development.
• Proven expertise in maintaining and modernizing COBOL applications on IBM mainframes.
• Proficiency in working with CICS, DB2, and JCL in mainframe environments.
• Deep understanding of VSAM and both batch and online processing.
• Strong background in mainframe system architectures within banking, insurance, or government sectors.
• Advanced proficiency in English.

Responsabilidades

• Design, develop, and maintain complex COBOL programs for both batch and online mainframe environments.
• Optimize mainframe application performance using CICS, DB2, and VSAM to handle large-scale data transactions.
• Analyze and troubleshoot existing legacy codebases to resolve production issues, job failures, and system abends.
• Modernize legacy systems by developing interfaces, data feeds, and integration processes with newer technologies.
• Develop and manage JCL jobs to automate and streamline mainframe batch processing workflows.
• Produce comprehensive technical documentation, including program specifications and job flow diagrams, to ensure system maintainability.

Conocimientos

COBOL development

Mainframe systems

CICS

DB2

JCL

VSAM

Batch processing

Online processing

English proficiency

Herramientas

CICS

DB2

JCL

VSAM

Descripción del empleo

BairesDev in an entirely remote setup seeks a Senior COBOL Developer to maintain and modernize critical mainframe applications. You will bridge legacy COBOL with modern requirements, ensuring stability in high-volume processing for sectors like banking and insurance.

Join a global team that values performance and scalability, with opportunities to work from home and collaborate across time zones. Excellent English proficiency is required for global coordination and documentation.