Mainframe Developer Intermediate

CSS Staffing; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CSS Staffing seeks a dedicated COBOL Mainframe Developer for onsite work in Lincoln, NE. Responsibilities include analyzing business requirements, programming and testing, and supporting legacy systems written in COBOL and CICS. The role requires experience with JCL, SQL/DB2, and Agile with SCRUM.

Qualified candidates will have a CS degree and 5+ years of development experience. Join a performance-driven, Agile team offering opportunities to work across front-end through back-end layers and to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or technical CS degree or equivalent.
• 5+ years of development experience.
• Experience in Cobol/CICS and mainframe environments.

Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements and understand the application context.
• Perform programming and testing as part of the software development life cycle.
• Troubleshoot issues and provide support on existing COBOL applications.

Skills

COBOL

CICS

JCL

SQL

DB2

QMF

XPEDITER

Agile SCRUM

Visual Studio

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or Technical Degree in CS

Tools

Micro Focus Cobol

App Master Builder

DB2 Utilities/Tools

Job description

COBOL MAINFRAME DEVELOPER Estimated Duration: 10/19/2026 - 10/31/2027 Location: Onsite, Lincoln, NE - Candidates must be able to interview onsite We are seeking a dedicated COBOL Application Developer to join our team of performance driven professionals utilizing Agile development methodology.

Requirements

• Qualified applicants will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or hold a Technical Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent combination of education and minimum 5+ years development experience).
• Explore and gain a thorough understanding of the business.
• Troubleshoot problems and provide support on existing products and services.
• Work as part of a software development team in the implementation of projects.
• Perform daily tasks of analysis, programming and testing as needed.
• Assist with; capturing business requirements, design, system architecture and development.
• Maintain legacy applications (minor new development) in Micro Focus Cobol, Cobol and CICS that interact with the Department's Information Systems.
• Must have most recent experience within the last year coding programs in COBOL.
• Experience with SQL utilizing DB2 accessing by programs, writing queries in QMF and creating tables is required.
• Experience with JCL and job scheduling is required.
• Experience in software development utilizing Agile with SCRUM is desired but not required.
• Perform front-end, middle-tier and back-end development.
• Skilled in troubleshooting and weighing relative costs and benefits of potential actions.
• Extremely detailed oriented and able to follow Department standards, methodologies, principles and processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Regular and reliable attendance is required.

Experience with:

• Cobol and CICS. (candidates MUST be able to develop in COBOL AND CICS - no exceptions)
• Job Control Language (JCL) and job scheduling.
• IBM mainframe (z/OS).
• TSO
• All aspects of the software development lifecycle and workflow.
• Visual Studio for source control.
• SQL (Structured Query Language).
• DB2
• QMF
• XPEDITER

Preferences:

• Experience developing in MicroFocus Cobol using App Master Builder and Native COBOL will be given high preference.
• Experience with application development in highway inventory systems.
• Experience with SQL Server 2012 and higher.
• Experience with designing and building secure ASP.NET applications would give candidate ability to program in C# as well as COBOL.
• Experience with Web/Windows Services.
• Experience with SSRS reports.
• Experience with Agile development methodology of 2+ years.
• Experience with Mainframe Migration (re-hosting or re-platform).