Hybrid Lead Mainframe Developer — Cards & Payments

Cognizant; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Long-term/Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant seeks a Lead Developer – Mainframe to design, develop, and optimize enterprise mainframe apps for Cards and Payments. You will lead the development lifecycle, improve transaction processing, and ensure system resilience in a hybrid environment.

Based in Dallas, TX, you will drive continuous improvements, optimize batch/online processing, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance financial systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on Mainframe app development in financial/transaction environments.
• Strong COBOL, DB2, VSAM, JCL expertise with tuning and batch processing.
• Proven Cards & Payments system experience incl. processing, settlement and dispute handling.
• Solid debugging, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and enhancement of mainframe apps for high-volume processing.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.
• Design and optimize batch and online processing components.
• Review and improve COBOL programs, DB2 queries, and VSAM structures.
• Develop and maintain efficient JCL processes including scheduling and recovery.

Skills

Mainframe

COBOL

DB2

VSAM

JCL

Leadership

Job description

Cognizant seeks a Lead Developer – Mainframe to design, develop, and optimize enterprise mainframe apps for Cards and Payments. You will lead the development lifecycle, improve transaction processing, and ensure system resilience in a hybrid environment.

Based in Dallas, TX, you will drive continuous improvements, optimize batch/online processing, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver high-performance financial systems.