Cobol Developer - Hybrid (Mainframe Banking Expert)

Closer Consulting; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office kit

Career plan

Custom training plan

Hybrid work model

Challenging complex projects

Job summary

Closer Consulting in Lisbon is seeking a Cobol Developer with 10+ years of Mainframe experience to join a hybrid work setup. The role focuses on COBOL, DB2, CICS and batch processing within banking projects.

The ideal candidate will handle technical analysis, application development, maintenance and troubleshooting, including production support and on-call rotations. Knowledge of mortgage and credit processes is a plus.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of experience in Mainframe development and application analysis.
• Strong knowledge of COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL and Control-M.
• Experience in production support, incident resolution and banking domain.
• Understanding of credit contracts, mortgages and related accounting.
• Experience with testing (unit and system).

Responsibilities

• Perform mainframe development, maintenance and troubleshooting of banking applications.
• Provide production support, incident resolution and on-call batch processing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure system stability.
• Analyze credit contracts, interest calculations and repayments in production systems.
• Contribute to quality assurance and adherence to LEAN IT/CMMI practices.

Skills

Mainframe development

COBOL

DB2

CICS

JCL

Control-M

Analytics

Troubleshooting

Tools

EDz

ALM Quality Center

BMC Remedy

Job description

Closer Consulting in Lisbon is seeking a Cobol Developer with 10+ years of Mainframe experience to join a hybrid work setup. The role focuses on COBOL, DB2, CICS and batch processing within banking projects.

The ideal candidate will handle technical analysis, application development, maintenance and troubleshooting, including production support and on-call rotations. Knowledge of mortgage and credit processes is a plus.