Enterprise Mainframe Specialist: COBOL, JCL & CICS

Staffing Spot, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Staffing Spot, Inc. is seeking an experienced Mainframe Technical Specialist to design, develop, maintain, and support enterprise mainframe applications on IBM z/OS. You will work with COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, and related technologies to deliver robust solutions.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, database administrators, business analysts, and production support teams, performing on-call duties and leading incident resolution when needed.

Qualifications

• Experience with IBM z/OS mainframe environments.
• Hands-on COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, and VSAM skills.
• Strong debugging and production incident-management abilities.
• Experience with ISPF/PDF, TSO, and SDSF utilities.
• Familiarity with mainframe deployment tools (Endevor/Changeman) and Git.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain mainframe applications on IBM z/OS.
• Develop and support COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, and related technologies.
• Analyze requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Perform development, debugging, testing, and deployment activities.
• Troubleshoot production incidents and conduct root-cause analysis.
• Monitor performance and identify optimization opportunities.
• Maintain JCL procedures, batch jobs, utilities, and scheduling processes.
• Work with DB2 databases (SQL development, tuning, data analysis).
• Support CICS online transactions and troubleshoot issues.
• Participate in upgrades, migrations, modernization, and releases.
• Prepare documentation and operate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

COBOL

JCL

DB2

CICS

z/OS

VSAM

ISPF/PDF

TSO

SDSF

IDCAMS

IEBGENER

IEBCOPY

Endevor

Changeman

Git

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field

Tools

Endevor

Changeman

Git

Job description

Staffing Spot, Inc. is seeking an experienced Mainframe Technical Specialist to design, develop, maintain, and support enterprise mainframe applications on IBM z/OS. You will work with COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, and related technologies to deliver robust solutions.

You will collaborate with infrastructure, database administrators, business analysts, and production support teams, performing on-call duties and leading incident resolution when needed.