Cardlink Developer

Accenture PLC; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Cardlink Developer with hands-on COBOL/CICS experience to develop, enhance, and support Cardlink applications on the IBM Mainframe z/OS. The ideal candidate has about 4 years in COBOL/CICS and a good understanding of banking systems.

Responsibilities include batch processing with JCL, VSAM datasets, SDLC compliance, testing, and production support, with opportunities to grow in a global delivery environment.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of overall IT/application development experience, with approximately 4 years of hands-on COBOL/CICS development.
• Proven experience in Cardlink development and delivery.
• Strong hands-on experience with Mainframe COBOL and CICS.
• Good knowledge of JCL and Mainframe batch processing.
• Experience working with VSAM and Sequential Datasets.
• Working knowledge of Easytrieve.
• Experience with IBM z/OS Mainframe environments and banking sector exposure.
• Understanding Card applications / card processing is highly desirable.
• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Experience with application testing, debugging, defect fixing, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, maintain, and support Cardlink applications on the Mainframe platform.
• Perform application development using COBOL and CICS based on functional and technical requirements.
• Develop and maintain batch processes using JCL.
• Work with VSAM and sequential datasets for application data processing.
• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Perform program coding, unit testing, debugging, and defect resolution.
• Conduct impact analysis for application changes and enhancements.
• Support system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and production implementation activities.
• Investigate and resolve application issues within agreed service levels.
• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, program specifications, test evidence, and implementation of documents.
• Follow established SDLC, change management, coding, testing, and release management processes.

Skills

COBOL/CICS

Mainframe expertise

JCL

VSAM/Sequential datasets

Easytrieve

IBM z/OS

Banking domain experience

SDLC

Testing & production support

Cardlink knowledge

Tools

Cardlink

Mainframe utilities

Job scheduling

Release management tools

Job description

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with 774,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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Sub-Domain: Application Development Management

Experience Level: Junior – L2 (3–5 years)

Location: Kuala Lumpur

Type of Work: QR

Job Summary:

We are seeking a Cardlink Developer with hands‑on experience in Mainframe COBOL/CICS development and Cardlink application delivery within the banking sector. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, enhancing, maintaining, and supporting Cardlink applications running on the IBM Mainframe z/OS platform.

The ideal candidate will have approximately 4 years of experience in COBOL/CICS development, a good understanding of banking and card-related systems, and practical experience across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), change management, testing, and production support processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, enhance, maintain, and support Cardlink applications on the Mainframe platform.

• Perform application development using COBOL and CICS based on functional and technical requirements.

• Develop and maintain batch processes using JCL.

• Work with VSAM and sequential datasets for application data processing.

• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.

• Perform program coding, unit testing, debugging, and defect resolution.

• Conduct impact analysis for application changes and enhancements.

• Support system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and production implementation activities.

• Investigate and resolve application issues within agreed service levels.

• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, program specifications, test evidence, and implementation of documents.

• Follow established SDLC, change management, coding, testing, and release management processes.

Required Skills:

• 3–5 years of overall IT/application development experience, with approximately 4 years of hands‑on COBOL/CICS development.

• Proven experience in Cardlink development and delivery.

• Strong hands‑on experience with Mainframe COBOL and CICS.

• Good knowledge of JCL and Mainframe batch processing.

• Experience working with VSAM and Sequential Datasets.

• Working knowledge of Easytrieve.

• Experience working on IBM z/OS Mainframe environments.
• Banking sector experience is required.

• Understanding card applications / card processing is highly desirable.

• Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Experience with application testing, debugging, defect fixing, and production support.

• Familiarity with change management and release management processes/tools.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience with Cardlink implementations, enhancements, upgrades, or production support.

• Knowledge of card issuing authorization, transaction processing, or card lifecycle management.

• Experience with Easytrieve reporting and data extraction.

• Knowledge of Mainframe utilities and job scheduling

• Experience with production incidents and problem management in banking environments.

You will also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.