Senior COBOL Developer — Mainframe Modernization (Hybrid Albany)

Cloud & Things Inc; City of Albany (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 117,000; Part time

Job summary

Cloud and Things seeks a COBOL Developer (Developer Level 3) to support New York State’s IES modernization initiative in Albany with hybrid work arrangements. The role emphasizes legacy mainframe maintenance, defect diagnosis, and documenting business rules within the development lifecycle.

The candidate should have 7+ years of COBOL experience on mainframes, plus 2+ years in a leadership capacity and strong mainframe analysis skills. Part-time engagement with a 30-month duration is offered.

Qualifications

• More than 7 years of experience on complex projects, including 2 or more years in a Developer leadership role (Level III).
• More than 7 years of direct COBOL 74 and/or COBOL 85 programming experience on mainframes.
• 5 or more years of mainframe systems analysis and design, programming, and unit and integration testing experience.

Responsibilities

• Review production mainframe systems to identify major technical components and map them to business functions.
• Analyze COBOL routines, procedures, TIP screens, ECL, batch jobs, and FTP processes.
• Examine DMS and RDMS database structures, data dictionaries, and source code to identify discrepancies or inaccuracies.
• Monitor production systems and diagnose and debug issues in the mainframe environment.
• Document system specifications, technical findings, and solutions to facilitate knowledge transfer.
• Collaborate with architects and application development teams to refine solution designs.
• Coordinate activities with team members, users, and requestors; serve as a subject matter expert throughout the IES software development lifecycle.
• Report task progress, risks, and outstanding issues to supervisors and project leads.

Skills

Leadership experience

COBOL proficiency

Mainframe analysis

Team coordination

Tools

RDMS

DMS

ECL

Job description

Cloud and Things seeks a COBOL Developer (Developer Level 3) to support New York State’s IES modernization initiative in Albany with hybrid work arrangements. The role emphasizes legacy mainframe maintenance, defect diagnosis, and documenting business rules within the development lifecycle.

The candidate should have 7+ years of COBOL experience on mainframes, plus 2+ years in a leadership capacity and strong mainframe analysis skills. Part-time engagement with a 30-month duration is offered.