Cobol Programmer

Empiric; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Empiric in Stockholm is seeking an experienced COBOL/Mainframe Developer to join a banking technology environment supporting clearing, settlement and financial transactions.

You will work with IBM mainframe technologies, such as z/OS, DB2, IMS and MQ, focusing on reliable processing, error handling, and performance. Collaboration with IT and business stakeholders is essential in this controlled banking setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in COBOL and mainframe development.
• Strong familiarity with IBM z/OS environments.
• Banking domain exposure, especially clearing and settlement systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance COBOL applications on IBM mainframe systems.
• Support banking clearing and settlement operations and batch processing.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues in business-critical mainframe apps.

Skills

COBOL

Mainframe development

IBM z/OS

DB2

IBM File Manager

ChangeMan/Librarian

IBM MQ

IMS

OPC Scheduler

XML / pureXML

Job description

Location: Stockholm, Sweden

Start Date: ASAP

Specialism: Mainframe Development | Clearing & Settlement

The Opportunity

We're looking for an experienced COBOL / Mainframe Developer to join a banking technology environment in Stockholm, working with business-critical systems supporting clearing, settlement and financial transactions.

This is an opportunity to work with established mainframe technologies that play a vital role in processing financial transactions reliably and securely.

If you have a strong background in IBM mainframe development and understand the complexities of banking systems, we'd love to hear from you.

What You'll Be Doing

• Developing, maintaining and enhancing COBOL applications running on IBM mainframe systems.
• Working with systems supporting banking clearing and settlement operations.
• Troubleshooting, debugging and resolving issues within business-critical applications.
• Working with DB2 databases, batch processing and transaction workflows.
• Supporting application changes, testing and releases in a controlled banking environment.
• Collaborating with technical and business stakeholders to maintain system reliability and performance.

Technical Experience

We're looking for experience across the following technologies:

• COBOL — Mainframe development and compilation
• IBM z/OS — Mainframe operating environment
• DB2 — Database development and management
• IBM File Manager
• ChangeMan / Librarian
• IBM MQ
• IMS
• OPC Scheduler
• XML / pureXML

Banking Experience

Previous experience working within banking, particularly clearing and settlement systems, is important.

Additional understanding of payment processing, financial transaction flows and banking operations would be highly beneficial.