Mainframe COBOL Engineer

K Anand Corporation; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

K Anand Corporation is seeking an experienced Mainframe Analyst to join the Digital Growth Program in Raleigh, onsite, for a 12-month contract. The role focuses on analyzing, supporting, and enhancing critical Mainframe applications while liaising between business stakeholders, development teams, and production support.

The candidate will troubleshoot, perform RCA, and drive permanent resolutions with strong SDLC and Agile experience in a banking/financial services environment.

Qualifications

• Weaknesses or gaps not listed; must have hands-on mainframe expertise with incident management experience.
• Experience supporting large enterprise mainframe environments in production settings.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve mainframe application issues.
• Provide production support and ensure system stability and performance.
• Perform impact analysis for enhancements, defects, and change requests.
• Collaborate with business users and technical teams to gather requirements.
• Conduct root cause analysis and drive permanent resolutions.
• Participate in release planning, testing support, and implementation activities.
• Monitor batch processing and resolve job failures as needed.
• Maintain runbooks and support procedures; provide status updates to client and leadership.

Skills

z/OS

JCL

COBOL

DB2

CICS

VSAM

Production Support

Incident Management

Mainframe Analysis

Troubleshooting

Batch Monitoring

Scheduling

Root Cause Analysis

Problem Management

ServiceNow

Ticketing Tools

Stakeholder Communication

Client-facing

SDLC

Agile

Tools

Control-M

Scheduling Tools

Job description

Position: Mainframe technical expertise

Location: Raleigh, NC 27617

Contract duration: 12 months

Must-Have Skills:

• IBM Mainframe technologies (z/OS, JCL, COBOL, DB2, CICS, VSAM)
• Production Support and Incident Management
• Mainframe Application Analysis and Troubleshooting
• Batch Monitoring and Scheduling
• Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and Problem Management
• ServiceNow or equivalent ticketing tools
• Strong stakeholder communication and client-facing experience
• Knowledge of SDLC and Agile methodologies

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Mainframe modernization initiatives
• AFS/Banking or Financial Services domain experience
• Control-M or other scheduling tools

Detailed Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced Mainframe Analyst to join the Digital Growth (DG) Program in an onsite client-facing role. The candidate will be responsible for analyzing, supporting, and enhancing critical Mainframe applications while serving as a key liaison between business stakeholders, development teams, and production support teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve Mainframe application issues.
• Support production operations and ensure system stability and performance.
• Perform impact analysis for enhancements, defects, and change requests.
• Collaborate with business users and technical teams to gather and clarify requirements.
• Conduct root cause analysis and drive permanent resolutions to recurring issues.
• Participate in release planning, testing support, and implementation activities.
• Monitor batch processing activities and resolve job failures as needed.
• Maintain project and operational documentation, runbooks, and support procedures.
• Provide regular status updates to client and leadership teams.

Minimum Experience:- 8-10 Years

Preferred Domain Experience:

• Banking and Financial Services
• Application Maintenance and Enhancement Projects
• Large Enterprise Support Environments

Interview Process (Is face to face required?) Yes