Senior Mainframe Developer: COBOL/CICS DB2, Production

Kforce Inc; Roanoke (TX); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce has a client in Westlake, TX that is seeking a Mainframe Developer. This role focuses on designing, deploying, and supporting software releases into production environments while safeguarding customer data and addressing root causes with solid technical designs.

The candidate should have 7–10 years of experience in enterprise software development, deep knowledge of COBOL/CICS/DB2/VSAM/JCL/Endevor, and comfort with debugging, scheduling, and IOMs.

Qualifications

• BS/BA or advanced degree, or equivalent experience preferred.
• 7-10 years of software development experience in business critical, enterprise-wide applications.
• Experience with COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, JCL, IBM Utilities, FileAID, Endevor, SQL, Debuggers, Schedulers, and IOMs.
• Experience handling high severity/ critical production issues.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Experience writing COBOL/Native stored procedures is a plus (nice to have/willing to learn).
• Experience with Distributed Technologies such as Java and service based architecture via RESTful APIs (nice to have/willing to learn).
• Detailed oriented and execute thorough unit, functional and regression testing.
• Ability to perform hands on detailed analysis.
• Proactive in your work in development and designing solutions.
• Ability to perform detailed analysis for maintenance and enhancement projects in the batch and online environments.
• Excellent mainframe development skills in COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, JCL, IBM Utilities, FileAID, Endevor, SQL, Debuggers, Schedulers, and IOMs.
• Ability to perform detailed analysis for maintenance and enhancement projects in the batch and online environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy and support software releases into production environments
• Employ your data security skills to keep our customers' information safe
• Identify the root cause of problems and designs and implements technical design solutions to address them

Skills

COBOL

CICS

DB2

VSAM

JCL

Endevor

SQL

Debuggers

Schedulers

IOMs

Java

REST APIs

Documentation

Problem analysis

Proactive design

Education

BS/BA or advanced degree

Tools

Endevor

Job description

Kforce has a client in Westlake, TX that is seeking a Mainframe Developer. This role focuses on designing, deploying, and supporting software releases into production environments while safeguarding customer data and addressing root causes with solid technical designs.

The candidate should have 7–10 years of experience in enterprise software development, deep knowledge of COBOL/CICS/DB2/VSAM/JCL/Endevor, and comfort with debugging, scheduling, and IOMs.