Senior Mainframe Developer - Enterprise COBOL, NaturalOne & Financial Systems - REMOTE (W2 ONLY)

Chandra Technologies, Inc; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Chandra Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced Enterprise COBOL developer for a 100% remote role. You will read and extend a large COBOL codebase on z/OS, implement new composite reservoir accounts, and ensure accurate posting, accruals, and reconciliation within a regulated environment.

Attention to traceability and batch window constraints is essential. Qualifications include 5+ years in Enterprise COBOL, 5+ years NaturalOne, 3+ years JCL, and strong experience with Adabas/VSAM and

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Enterprise COBOL development on z/OS.
• 5+ years with NaturalOne in a mainframe environment.
• 3+ years of JCL development and production support.
• 3+ years in financial/accounting systems with double-entry posting and month-end close.
• 3+ years working with Adabas and VSAM.
• 3+ years tracing undocumented logic through copybooks and job streams.

Responsibilities

• Analyze current account master and posting/balance programs to identify recognition points for composite reservoir accounts.
• Design and code the new account type end to end: structures, opening/closing, linkage, sweep logic, allocation, interest, and closing balance derivation.
• Modify batch COBOL programs and JCL; extend nightly/month-end cycles without extending batch windows.
• Add audit trails, reports, and reconciliation controls for the new function.
• Produce test data, unit/regression tests, and parallel-run comparisons; investigate differences.
• Support implementation and production runs, including on-call coverage during initial cycles.
• Document data flows, runbooks, and provide hand-off materials for support.

Skills

Enterprise COBOL

NaturalOne

JCL

Adabas/VSAM

Trace undocumented logic

Job description

Work Location: 100% Remote Candidate location: No SC residency required. Candidate must reside in lower 48 states (Continental US) and comfortable working EST time zone hours.

We are adding new composite reservoir accounts to our existing mainframe accounting platform: a pooled account structure in which balances from multiple subsidiary accounts are concentrated into, and drawn back from, a single reservoir account under defined sweep and allocation rules. This is additional function inside a legacy system. You will be reading a large body of COBOL that has been in production for an extended period, much of it lightly documented, and extending it so that the new account type posts, settles, accrues, reports, and reconciles exactly as the existing types do. Correctness and traceability of every cent matter more than speed of delivery.

Job Description

• Only W2 resumes are accepted

Daily Duties / Responsibilities

• Analyze the current account master, posting, and balance-maintenance programs to establish where composite reservoir accounts must be recognized, and document what you find.
• Design and code the new account type end to end: master file and table structures, account opening and closing, participant linkage, sweep and reverse-sweep logic, allocation and interest apportionment, and closing balance derivation.
• Modify batch COBOL programs and JCL and extend the nightly and month-end cycles to include the new processing without lengthening the batch window beyond agreed limits.
• Add new CRAs to the audit trail, exception reporting, and reconciliation controls the new function requires, working with accounting stakeholders on what must be evidenced.
• Produce test data, unit and regression test packs, and parallel-run comparisons against current production output; investigate every difference until it is explained.
• Support implementation, conversion of any in-scope existing accounts, and early-life production runs, including on-call cover during the first cycles.
• Leave behind program documentation, data-flow notes, and runbook updates that the support team can work from.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of Enterprise COBOL development experience in a z/OS environment
• 5+ Years of Experience with NaturalOne
• 3+ years of JCL development and production support experience
• 3+ years of experience with financial/accounting systems development or support including double-entry posting, balance/accrual maintenance, value dating, reconciliation, and month‑end closeouts in a regulated environment
• 3+ years of experience working with Adabas and VSAM
• 3+ years of experience with tracing undocumented logic through copybooks, call chains, and job streams

These are the skills we expect to see evidence of in the first conversation.

• COBOL — substantial production experience in Enterprise COBOL on z/OS, both batch and online; comfortable extending large existing programs and reading code you did not write.
• NaturalOne — the Eclipse-based Software AG development environment; developing, debugging, and deploying natural applications from it, including local development and remote z/OS projects.
• Natural and Adabas — Natural programs, subprograms, and maps; DDMs, descriptors and superdescriptors, and Adabas file design and performance behavior.
• z/OS and JCL — writing and debugging JCL, procs, GDGs, utilities, SORT, and restart/rerun handling; fluent in TSO/ISPF.
• Mainframe data stores — VSAM file design and access, and Adabas for z/OS.
• Financial accounting logic — double-entry posting, balance/accrual maintenance, value dating, reconciliation, and month‑end close in a regulated environment.
• Analysis of legacy systems — tracing undocumented logic through copybooks, call chains, and job streams, and stating clearly what a change will and will not affect.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with cash management, account pooling, sweeps, or treasury applications
• Experience with CA-7 scheduling and batch operations
• Experience with REXX, Python, or Java

Additional Skills & Duties

• Track record of taking a specification from analysis through production implementation with limited supervision.
• Clear written communication: you can explain a change to an auditor, a business analyst, and another developer, and adjust the explanation for each.
• Degree in computer science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.