Senior Mainframe Developer: Cobol, DB2 & CICS

Bank of America; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 103,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a senior mainframe developer in New Jersey to deliver complex requirements across the SDLC with strong DB2 and Cobol experience. You will contribute to architecture, CI/CD, and automated testing while mentoring teammates and driving efficient delivery.

Responsibilities include refining stories, defining requirements, and implementing scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment. In-office collaboration is emphasized with flexible role-based arrangements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of mainframe experience with SDLC tasks, especially Batch Jobs and Native SPs in production.
• Proficient with IBM Data Studio and mainframe tooling.
• Hands-on with Native (SQL) and Cobol Stored Procedures.
• Experience transforming legacy jobs using DataStage or Informatica distributed platforms.
• Able to read and code JCL, PROCs, and COBOL programs.
• Experience with DB2 Rest APIs and NDM Scripting.
• Knowledge of Git, CI/CD, ISPW, and agile environments.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Codes solutions and unit test to deliver a requirement/story per acceptance criteria and compliance requirements
• Designs, develops, and modifies architecture components, application interfaces, and solution enablers while ensuring architecture integrity
• Mentors other software engineers on CI/CD practices and automating tool stack
• Executes story refinement, definition of requirements, and estimating work necessary to realize a story through the delivery lifecycle
• Performs spike/proof of concept as necessary to mitigate risk or implement new ideas
• Automates manual release activities
• Designs, develops, and maintains automated test suites (integration, regression, performance)

Skills

Application Development

Automation

Influence

Solution Design

Technical Strategy

Architecture

DevOps Practices

Result Orientation

Solution Delivery

Analytical Thinking

Collaboration

Data Management

Risk Management

Test Engineering

Tools

IBM Data Studio

DataStage

Informatica

Git

IBM Developer for zOS (IDZ)

Job description

Bank of America is seeking a senior mainframe developer in New Jersey to deliver complex requirements across the SDLC with strong DB2 and Cobol experience. You will contribute to architecture, CI/CD, and automated testing while mentoring teammates and driving efficient delivery.

Responsibilities include refining stories, defining requirements, and implementing scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment. In-office collaboration is emphasized with flexible role-based arrangements.