Senior Mainframe Developer - Tieto Tech Consulting (m/f/d)

Tieto Corp.; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Tieta? Correction: Tieto is hiring a Mainframe Senior Developer in Bengaluru to lead development and maintenance of mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, and DB2. The role requires 8+ years of hands-on experience, strong debugging, and collaboration with distributed teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

You will design, optimize, and support COBOL programs, DB2 queries, and batch processes, contribute to design reviews, and ensure reliable production support in a hybrid work model.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on IBM Mainframe development experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with COBOL, JCL, and VSAM.
• Good experience with IBM DB2, including SQL queries, joins, subqueries, performance tuning, and database troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of mainframe development, debugging, and batch processing.
• Experience in application maintenance, enhancements, and production support.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain mainframe programs using COBOL, JCL and related technologies.
• Design, develop, enhance and maintain mainframe applications using IBM DB2 and related technologies.
• Write, optimize and troubleshoot DB2 SQL queries and database operations.
• Perform impact analysis, root cause analysis, debugging, and production issue resolution.
• Participate in requirements analysis, technical design, coding, unit testing and code reviews.
• Optimize application and database performance to ensure reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with business analysts, architects, QA teams and other stakeholders.
• Support application releases, deployments and production maintenance activities.
• Prepare technical documentation and follow coding standards and best practices.

Skills

Mainframe development

COBOL

JCL

VSAM

DB2 SQL

Debugging

Batch processing

Communication

Distributed teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT

Tools

File-AID

Abend-AID

Xpediter

CICS

Job description

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced Mainframe Senior Developer with 8+ years of experience in mainframe application development, maintenance, and support. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience with Mainframe technologies, IBM DB2 and, along with the ability to analyze business requirements, develop technical solutions, troubleshoot issues, and deliver high-quality code.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, Develop and maintain mainframe programs using COBOL, JCL, and other relevant technologies.
• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain mainframe applications using IBM DB2 and related mainframe technologies.
• Write, optimize, and troubleshoot DB2 SQL queries and database operations.
• Perform impact analysis, root cause analysis, debugging, and production issue resolution.
• Participate in requirements analysis, technical design, coding, unit testing, and code reviews.
• Optimize application and database performance to ensure reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with business analysts, architects, QA teams, and other technical stakeholders.
• Support application releases, deployments, and production maintenance activities.
• Prepare technical documentation and follow established coding standards and development best practices.

Required Skills

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in IBM Mainframe development.
• Strong hands-on experience with COBOL ,JCL and VSAM.
• Good experience with IBM DB2, including SQL queries, joins, subqueries, performance tuning, and database troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of mainframe development, debugging, and batch processing.
• Experience in application maintenance, enhancements, and production support.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively with distributed teams.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with CICS
• Knowledge of DB2 utilities and database performance optimization.
• Familiarity with mainframe tools such as File-AID, Abend-AID, and Xpediter.
• Experience with change management, version control, and release management tools.
• Exposure to Agile development methodologies.

Work Location and Model

• Location: Bangalore
• Work Arrangement: Hybrid – a combination of work from office two days per week and work from home three days a week.

Qualifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Additional Information

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