Senior Associate Developer

Sapient (publicissapient); Bengaluru; On-site; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Part time

Job summary

Sapient (publicissapient) is seeking a COBOL DB2 Developer on contract for 12 months to design, code, test, and maintain mainframe applications using COBOL, DB2 SQL, JCL, and VSAM.

You will write and optimize embedded SQL, manage DB2 packages and plans, troubleshoot production incidents, and support enterprise systems in financial services, government, or insurance sectors. Proficiency with TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, File-AID, and Abend-AID/Xpediter is valued.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, coding, testing, and maintaining mainframe COBOL applications.
• Strong DB2 SQL skills including queries, stored procedures, and package management.
• Experience with production support, incident resolution, and debugging tools (TSO/ISPF, SPUFI).

Responsibilities

• Write, modify, and unit-test batch and online COBOL programs.
• Write, analyze, and optimize complex DB2 SQL queries, stored procedures, and package management.
• Create and troubleshoot JCL, PROCs, sort utilities, and VSAM datasets.
• Use TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, File-AID, and Abend-AID/Xpediter for debugging and system testing.
• Perform L2/L3 troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and incident recovery for mission-critical jobs.

Skills

Mainframe development

SQL queries

Troubleshooting

Tools

COBOL

DB2

JCL

VSAM

TSO/ISPF

SPUFI

File-AID

Xpediter

Job description

ON CONTRACT (12 months)

A COBOL DB2 Developer designs, codes, tests, and maintains mainframe applications using COBOL, DB2 SQL, JCL, and VSAM. They write and optimize embedded SQL queries, manage database packages/plans, resolve production incidents, and support enterprise systems in banking, insurance, or government sectors.

• Application Development: Write, modify, and unit-test batch and online COBOL programs.
• Database Management: Write, analyze, and optimize complex DB2 SQL queries, stored procedures, and bind/package management.
• Job Control & File Handling: Create and troubleshoot JCL, PROCs, sort utilities, and VSAM (KSDS/ESDS) data sets.
• Testing & Debugging: Use TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, File-AID, and Abend-AID/Xpediter for debugging and system/UAT testing support.
• Production Support: Perform L2/L3 troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and incident recovery for mission-critical jobs.