Cobol Mainframe Developer

Ampcus Inc; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Ampcus Inc is seeking a Cobol/Mainframe Developer to work on Card Management Systems in Milwaukee, WI. You will implement COBOL programs, JCL, and modernize legacy processes while handling high-volume transactions.

The role requires 8 years of software development, Linux/UNIX/z/OS expertise, and hands-on coding in both mainframe and containerized environments. Strong communication and financial services experience are a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of software development engineering experience.
• Working knowledge in Linux, UNIX & z/OS operating systems.

Responsibilities

• Handle backend business logic in Cobol/Mainframe environments.
• Develop in both legacy Mainframe TSO and modern server/container environments.
• Contribute to transformation/modernization of high-volume processing to scalable On-prem Distributed or Cloud.
• Collaborate in design sessions and produce technical design/documentation.
• Perform strong unit testing and be on on-call support when required.

Skills

Mainframe

COBOL

JCL

z/OS

UNIX/Linux

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT

Tools

OpenShift

Docker

Kubernetes

Control-M

Job description

Job Title

Cobol / Mainframe Developer

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Job Description

This is for a Cobol / Mainframe Developer who would work within Card Management Systems. Must need to have an experience with Mainframe. Need a strong experience with Cobol Programming and JCL. Will be responsible for handling backend business logics. Experience with Payment Transactions or Debit Transactions area would be nice to have. Must need to have hands-on coding experience. Previous Client experience is a great to have.

Qualifications Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent experience. 8 years of software development engineering experience. Working knowledge in Linux, UNIX & z/OS operating systems. Proficient with Mainframe Development as well as modern Object-Oriented development. Need to be able to develop in both a legacy Mainframe TSO environment and also a modern server/container environment using common IDE's and development tools. Knowledge and experience in transformation/modernization of processing high volumes of data via Mainframe processing to scalable On-prem Distributed or Cloud Processing Via Microservices And Containers. Knowledge Of The Following File Transmission (FTP/NDM) & batch processing in very high-volume settings is required. Knowledge of event driven architecture and common event processing models and platforms is desired. Experience in technical design writing and documentation. Work independently and collaborate in team design sessions. Strong unit testing skills. Flexibility to be on on-call support, as required. Excellent written and Verbal Communication Skills. Experience In Financial Services Industry.

Experience in decomposing and rewriting legacy processes and systems into more modern infrastructures a plus. Familiarity in microservice architectures and containers (Kubernetes/K8s, OpenShift, Docker) a plus. Familiarity in processing in a cloud (Azure, AWS) environment a plus. Familiarity in Domain Driven Design a plus. Technical Experience Linux, UNIX (AIX), z/OS. Powershell, Bash/UNIX Scripting. JAVA, J2EE, EJB. JavaBeans, JavaScript, servlets, JDBC, struts, JSR-352, Hibernate. React, Angular, Vue, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Vitest, Jest. COBOL, CICS, MVS, JCL, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, FileAid, CA-EasyTrieve, Schedule tool (CA-7), Control-M, Abend-AID. Eclipse, IntelliJ, Visual Studio Code, IBM Developer for z/OS. JSON, AVRO, XML, XPath. SOAP & Restful APIs. WLP,

Equal Opportunity Employer

Ampcus is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, age, protected veterans or individuals with disabilities.