Senior Software Engineer - COBOL and DB2

Sopra Steria India Limited; Chennai; Hybrid; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sopra Steria India Limited in Chennai is seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to maintain COBOL applications, perform unit testing, and handle change requests. You will work on incidents, provide timely resolutions, and contribute to knowledge assets.

The role requires 2–4 years of COBOL, DB2, JCL and VSAM experience and a BE/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech/MCA degree. The position is hybrid with UK shift timing, offering collaboration across UK and India teams.

Qualifications

• BE / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech / MCA.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for coding, unit testing, application development/support, bug fixing and deliver tasks within timelines and quality standards.
• Work on change requests from business.
• Resolve and recover incidents and perform incident diagnosis and problem records creation.
• Investigate incidents to identify restoration actions and root causes.
• Assist with classification, prioritization of incidents and problem management.
• Document learnings and update knowledge assets; adhere to Agile Ways of Working.

Skills

Cobol

DB2

JCL

VSAM

Education

BE/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech/MCA

Job description

Company 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. The world is how we shape it.

Experience

2 years to 4 year

Location

Chennai (Siruseri)

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 updating knowledge 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.

Qualifications

B.E / B.Tech / M.E / M.Tech / MCA

Experience Level

Senior Level

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