Mainframe COBOL/DB2 Engineer - 12-Month Contract

CTG

Piscataway Township (NJ)

On-site

USD 90,000 - 120,000

Full time

34 hours ago
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Job summary

CTG is seeking a Mainframe Application Developer – COBOL/DB2 for a 12-month contract in Piscataway, NJ. Responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and supporting mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, and DB2, along with production support and incident resolution.

The role requires strong COBOL/JCL/DB2 and SQL skills, experience with CICS, VSAM, IMS, and z/OS utilities, plus familiarity with batch processing and modernization initiatives.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field preferred.
  • Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.

Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain, and support mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, and DB2.
  • Perform application enhancements, troubleshooting, debugging, testing, and production support.
  • Analyze and resolve production incidents, abends, and batch processing issues.
  • Support batch and online processing and collaborate with technical and business teams.
  • Perform SQL queries, database updates, performance tuning, and application maintenance.
  • Support legacy application modernization, integration, and data transformation initiatives.

Skills

JCL / DB2 / SQL
Mainframe development & prod support
CICS / CICS TS / VSAM / IMS
TSO/ISPF/SDSF / z/OS
Abend analysis (S0C4/S0C7/S0C9/SB37)
Mainframe to distributed integration
DevOps / CI-CD / Git Jenkins / Zowe

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS / IT or related field

Job description

CTG is seeking a Mainframe Application Developer – COBOL/DB2 for a 12-month contract in Piscataway, NJ. Responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and supporting mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, and DB2, along with production support and incident resolution.

The role requires strong COBOL/JCL/DB2 and SQL skills, experience with CICS, VSAM, IMS, and z/OS utilities, plus familiarity with batch processing and modernization initiatives.

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