SENIOR IBM i / AS400 SPECIALIST – CORE MODERNIZATION

Vrinda International; India; Remote; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Part time

Job summary

Vrinda International is seeking a Senior IBM i / AS400 Specialist for remote/offshore India engagement. The role focuses on legacy system analysis, COBOL reverse engineering, and modernizing business logic with IBM i tech stacks.

Key responsibilities include analyzing DB2 for i schemas, documenting system behavior, and ensuring test data readiness, in collaboration with onshore leads. 12+ years IBM i experience and proficiency in COBOL and Python are required.

Qualifications

• 12+ years IBM i / AS400 experience is mandatory.
• Strong COBOL on IBM i/AS400 capability.
• Python on IBM i – mandatory.
• Legacy application reverse engineering experience.
• Batch processing, job queues and scheduling knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Analyze DB2 for i schemas, files, tables, relationships and data structures.
• Reverse engineer COBOL applications and extract business rules.
• Trace policy, transaction and line-of-business processing flows.
• Analyze batch jobs, job queues, scheduling and dependencies.
• Document actual system behavior and technical flows.
• Generate and validate realistic test data.
• Support QA/UAT environments and data readiness.
• Collaborate with onshore IBM i SME/Lead and modernization teams.

Skills

IBM i / AS400 expertise

COBOL on IBM i/AS400

Python on IBM i

DB2 for i

SQL

Legacy system analysis

Batch processing & scheduling

Test data preparation

Tools

COBOL on IBM i/AS400

Python on IBM i

DB2 for i

SQL

Job description

Remote / Offshore, India | Posted on 09/04/2026

Job Description

Location: Remote / Offshore – India

Experience: 12+ Years

Employment: Contract / Project-Based

Shift: US Shift | Minimum 4 Hours Overlap

ROLE OVERVIEW

We are looking for a Senior IBM i / AS400 Specialist with strong hands‑on expertise in COBOL, DB2 for i, SQL, and Python on IBM i . You will work as the offshore execution arm of the Onshore IBM i Lead, focusing on legacy system analysis, COBOL reverse engineering, business logic discovery, system dependencies, documentation, test environments, and test-data preparation .

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Analyze DB2 for i schemas, files, tables, relationships & data structures
• Reverse engineer complex COBOL applications and business rules
• Trace Policy, Transaction & Line-of-Business processing flows
• Analyze batch jobs, job queues, scheduling & dependencies
• Document actual system behavior and technical/functional flows
• Generate and validate realistic test data
• Support QA/UAT environment and data readiness
• Collaborate with Onshore IBM i SME/Lead and modernization teams

MANDATORY SKILLS

12+ years IBM i / AS400 experience

Strong COBOL on IBM i/AS400

Python on IBM i – Mandatory

Legacy application reverse engineering

Batch processing, job queues & scheduling

Not a Cloud, DevOps, Kubernetes, or generic backend role.

EXPECTATIONS

60 Days: Independently own system analysis, test environments & datasets.

90 Days: Own assigned modules end‑to‑end and deliver validated modernization‑ready documentation.