Cobol Mainframe Developer

CSS; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CSS in Lincoln, Nebraska seeks a COBOL Mainframe Developer to join our agile team. You will maintain legacy COBOL/CICS applications, interact with DB2 and SQL, and participate in full software lifecycle tasks in a on-site environment.

Ideal candidates hold a CS degree (or technical CS degree) with 5+ years of development experience, and are proficient in JCL, QMF, XPEDITER, and agile SCRUM practices. Duration through 11/30/2027; onsite interviews required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or technical CS degree with 5+ years development experience.
• Understand business needs and translate to technical solutions.
• Troubleshoot and support existing products and services.
• Collaborate in an Agile environment with SCRUM practices.
• Maintain legacy COBOL/CICS applications and interact with DB2.
• Experience coding COBOL and CICS within the last year.

Responsibilities

• Perform analysis, programming and testing as part of a software team.
• Assist with capturing business requirements, design, and system architecture.
• Maintain legacy applications (COBOL/CICS) and perform minor enhancements.
• Develop front-end, middle-tier and back-end components.
• Utilize JCL and job scheduling; write SQL for DB2 accessed programs.
• Troubleshoot issues and provide timely software support.
• Follow department standards, methodologies and processes.

Skills

COBOL

CICS

SQL

DB2

JCL

QMF

XPEDITER

AGILE

SCRUM

Mainframe

Visual Studio

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Technical Degree in Computer Science

Tools

App Master Builder

Mainframe z/OS

DB2 tooling

JCL tooling

QMF

XPEDITER

Job description

COBOL MAINFRAME DEVELOPER Estimated Duration: 11/16/2026 - 11/30/2027 Location: Onsite, Lincoln, NE - Candidates must be able to interview onsite

We are seeking a dedicated COBOL Application Developer to join our team of performance driven professionals utilizing Agile development methodology.

Requirements:

• Qualified applicants will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or hold a Technical Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent combination of education and minimum 5+ years development experience).
• Explore and gain a thorough understanding of the business.
• Troubleshoot problems and provide support on existing products and services.
• Work as part of a software development team in the implementation of projects.
• Perform daily tasks of analysis, programming and testing as needed.
• Assist with; capturing business requirements, design, system architecture and development.
• Maintain legacy applications (minor new development) in Micro Focus Cobol, Cobol and CICS that interact with the Department's Information Systems.
• Must have most recent experience within the last year coding programs in COBOL.
• Experience with SQL utilizing DB2 accessing by programs, writing queries in QMF and creating tables is required.
• Experience with JCL and job scheduling is required.
• Experience in software development utilizing Agile with SCRUM is desired but not required.
• Perform front-end, middle-tier and back-end development.
• Skilled in troubleshooting and weighing relative costs and benefits of potential actions.
• Extremely detailed oriented and able to follow Department standards, methodologies, principles and processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Regular and reliable attendance is required.

Experience with:

• Cobol and CICS. (candidates MUST be able to develop in COBOL AND CICS - no exceptions)
• Job Control Language (JCL) and job scheduling.
• IBM mainframe (z/OS).
• TSO
• All aspects of the software development lifecycle and workflow.
• Visual Studio for source control.
• SQL (Structured Query Language).
• DB2
• QMF
• XPEDITER

Preferences:

• Experience developing in MicroFocus Cobol using App Master Builder and Native COBOL will be given high preference.
• Experience with application development in highway inventory systems.
• Experience with SQL Server 2012 and higher.
• Experience with designing and building secure ASP.NET applications would give candidate ability to program in C# as well as COBOL.
• Experience with Web/Windows Services.
• Experience with SSRS reports.
• Experience with Agile development methodology of 2+ years.
• Experience with Mainframe Migration (re-hosting or re-platform).