COBOL DB2 Senior Software Engineer

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Chennai District; On-site; INR 600,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Sopra Steria Group in Chennai is seeking a software professional with 2-4 years of experience to contribute to COBOL-based development in a hybrid UK-time zone setup. The role covers coding, testing, and support across Indian and UK teams.

The candidate will handle incident resolution, change requests, and documentation within an Agile framework, embracing knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of COBOL/DB2/JCL/VSAM experience.
• Experience in debugging and incident handling in mainframe environments.
• Able to work in a hybrid setup with UK shift timings.

Responsibilities

• Coding and unit testing as per predefined timelines.
• Work on change requests from business and provide incident resolution.
• Participate in agile development and post-implementation support.
• Document learnings and update knowledge assets.

Skills

Cobol

DB2

JCL

VSAM

Job description

About Sopra Steria
Sopra Steria, a major Tech player in Europe with 51,000 employees in nearly 30 countries, is recognised for its consulting, digital services and solutions. It helps its clients drive their digital transformation and obtain tangible and sustainable benefits. The Group provides end-to-end solutions to make large companies and organisations more competitive by combining in-depth knowledge of a wide range of business sectors and innovative technologies with a collaborative approach. Sopra Steria places people at the heart of everything it does and is committed to putting digital to work for its clients in order to build a positive future for all. In 2025, the Group generated revenues of €5.6 billion.
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Job Description

• Experience : 2 years to 4 year
• Shift Timing : UK Shift
• Mode of work : Hybrid

Primary Skill Set :Cobol, DB2, JCL and VSAM.

Job Description:

• Responsible for coding, unit testing, application development/support, bug fixing and deliver tasks assigned as per predefined timelines and quality standards.
• Work on change requests from business.
• The resolution and recovery of assigned Incidents
• Analyzes incidents to identify service restoration actions to be taken
• Incident investigation and diagnosis of all priority type.
• Assists with classification and prioritization of incidents
• Detection of possible Problems and the creating a problem records
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills.
• Investigates assigned problems through to resolution or error identification
• Handle ad-hoc requests for Service status or one-time information retrieval/reports
• Gather service data as needed for reporting and communications
• Analyzing the process and suggesting improvements
• Keeping affected business partners informed about progress
• Participate in implementation activities and provide post implementation support.
• Contribute towards updatingknowledge assets
• Document all the learning’s from the project
• Adhere to the Agile Ways of Working
• Should be willing to work in Development/support in UK/India shift.

Additional Information

At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.

All of our positions are open to people with disabilities.