Mainframe/Cobol Developer

AAATX AAA Texas LLC; Coppell (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

401(K) company match and Pension

Tuition assistance

Floating holidays and PTO

Paid parental leave

Wellness programs

Employee discounts

Job summary

Auto Club Enterprises in Coppell, TX is seeking a Mainframe/Cobol Developer to maintain, upgrade, and support our insurance product suite, as we migrate to a cloud-based, modernized platform.

The ideal candidate has COBOL on Z/OS, DB2, JCL, CICS, ISPW, and related tools; hybrid schedule with three in the office and two at home; familiarity with Agile teams and production support.

Qualifications

• Experience with COBOL programming in a Z/OS mainframe environment.
• Ability to analyze programs and understand current application state.
• Familiarity with mainframe tools: COBOL, DB2, JCL, CICS, ISPW.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, upgrade and support the Mainframe Insurance application.
• Assist with conversion of Insurance business to Guidewire P&C.
• Refine change requirements and participate in design sessions.
• Provide production support on a rotating day/night schedule.
• Collaborate with Agile teams and meet deployment deadlines.

Skills

COBOL

Z/OS Mainframe

DB2

JCL

CICS

ISPW

SyncSort

Xpediter

FileAid

Abend-Aid

Tools

SyncSort

Xpediter

SAR

FileAid

Abend-Aid

Job description

Mainframe/Cobol Developer Job Description

As our Mainframe Developer, you will be an important member of our insurance product team, responsible for maintaining, upgrading, and supporting the organization’s insurance business. The team has exciting years ahead of them as we transform our insurance application to a cloud-based application and modernize the technology across the board.

What You’ll Do

You will be making system updates to the Mainframe Insurance application. You may be required to assist with the conversion of Insurance business from Mainframe platform to Guidewire P&C Insurance application. You will be needed to help refine system change requirements, attend design sessions, present ideas to groups of people with diverse roles and skill levels, and exchange ideas with your team members. You are required to provide application production environment support on a rotational schedule during the day and night.

What You’ll Need To excel in this role,

To excel in this role, you should have experience with COBOL programming in a Z/OS Mainframe environment. Ability to analyze programs and understand the current state of the applications. Bring your experience with COBOL, DB2, JCL, CICS, ISPW and other mainframe application development skills. Our team is interested in your experience and eager to learn from you. You may be able to work in a hybrid work environment of three days in the office, two days at home. The days are scheduled in advance and change every quarter.

What We Prefer

You have worked previously with an Agile team or understand these concepts. You’re expected to participate in daily standup meetings, you’ll complete your projects or stories during sprints, and you’re ready to meet frequent deployment deadlines. Proficient in most tools used with the mainframe application development such as Sycnsort, Xpediter, SAR, FileAid, and Abend-Aid. Prior experience in Insurance/Property-Casualty domain-related domains. Willingness and desire to learn new skills.

Remarkable benefits:

• Health coverage for medical, dental, vision
• 401(K) saving plans with company match AND Pension
• Tuition assistance
• Floating holidays and PTO for community volunteer programs
• Paid parental leave
• Wellness programs
• Employee discounts (membership, insurance, travel, entertainment, services and more!)

Auto Club Enterprises is the largest club within the national AAA federation. We have nearly 17,000 employees in 24 states helping more than 18 million members. The strength of our organization is our employees. Bringing together and supporting different cultures, backgrounds, personalities, and strengths creates a team capable of delivering legendary, lifetime service to our members. When we embrace our diversity – we win. All of Us! With our national brand recognition, long-standing reputation since 1900, and constantly growing membership, we are seeking career-minded, service-driven professionals to join our team. “Through dedicated employees we proudly deliver legendary service and beneficial products that provide members peace of mind and value.”

AAA is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Our organization participates in E-Verify

For more than a century, AAA has been synonymous with trust, dependability, quality, and innovation. It's our mission to provide our growing membership with the legendary service we are famous for, and we welcome committed professionals ready to challenge themselves in a dynamic industry. AAA would not exist without the millions of members who give us their loyalty, or our employees whose mission it is to give those members world-class service.

What else do we offer? Stability. Growth. Commitment to an exciting future for both you and our members.