Remote Senior Mainframe COBOL Developer 12-Month Contract

Rezult Group; Crestline Heights (AL); Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Rezult Group is seeking a Senior Mainframe COBOL Developer for an immediate 12-month contract. This remote role targets applicants in the southeastern United States and focuses on maintaining and enhancing batch-processing applications on a mainframe using COBOL, DB2, and JCL.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years COBOL, 5+ years DB2/SQL, and strong JCL/CICS/TSO skills with tools such as Xpediter, Abend-AID, File-AID and ISPW. BMC/Topaz familiarity is a plus.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of hands-on COBOL development in a mainframe environment.
• 5+ years of DB2/SQL experience.
• Strong working knowledge of JCL, CICS and TSO, with debugging and release tools such as Xpediter, Abend-AID, File-AID and ISPW.
• Understanding of BMC products (Control-M, Control-D). Recent BMC and Topaz experience is a plus.
• Insurance industry exposure and a bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and enhance batch-processing applications on a mainframe platform using COBOL, DB2 and JCL.
• Deliver development and support requests for business stakeholders, with an emphasis on commission and compensation-related processing.
• Analyze and resolve production issues, including abends, across batch and limited online (CICS) environments.
• Support a heavy slate of upcoming projects tied to infrastructure modernization and a platform migration.
• Work closely with a small, seasoned team of senior developers, communicating progress and roadblocks clearly.
• Contribute to testing, documentation and release activities across the software development life cycle.

Skills

COBOL

Mainframe

Communication

Batch processing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

DB2

SQL

JCL

CICS

TSO

Xpediter

Abend-AID

File-AID

ISPW

Control-M

Control-D

Job description

Rezult Group is seeking a Senior Mainframe COBOL Developer for an immediate 12-month contract. This remote role targets applicants in the southeastern United States and focuses on maintaining and enhancing batch-processing applications on a mainframe using COBOL, DB2, and JCL.

Ideal candidates will have 10+ years COBOL, 5+ years DB2/SQL, and strong JCL/CICS/TSO skills with tools such as Xpediter, Abend-AID, File-AID and ISPW. BMC/Topaz familiarity is a plus.