Senior Mainframe Developer – Modernization & Integration

Virtusa; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Virtusa in Jersey City seeks a senior mainframe specialist with 9+ years of hands-on experience in COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, IMS. You will lead modernization efforts and integrations with external systems, and work with enterprise schedulers like CA-7 and Control-M.

You will collaborate with business and IT leadership, apply SDLC practices (Agile/Waterfall), and solve complex debugging challenges while guiding teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• 9+ years of hands-on experience in COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, IMS (DB/DC), and IBM MQ.
• Strong understanding of batch processing, transaction processing, and online mainframe applications.
• Experience with enterprise schedulers (e.g., CA-7, Control-M).
• SDLC knowledge including Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Proven ability to lead mainframe modernization efforts or integrations with external systems.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Strong communication skills interacting with business and IT leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead mainframe modernization efforts and integrations with external systems.
• Collaborate with business and IT leadership to define and implement solutions.
• Partner with teams to ensure SDLC processes (Agile/Waterfall) are followed.
• Provide mentoring and guidance to junior developers and operations staff.

Skills

Batch processing

Transaction processing

Mainframe applications

Leadership

SDLC understanding

Agile

Waterfall

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

COBOL

JCL

CICS

DB2

VSAM

IMS (DB/DC)

IBM MQ

CA-7

Control-M

Job description

Virtusa in Jersey City seeks a senior mainframe specialist with 9+ years of hands-on experience in COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, IMS. You will lead modernization efforts and integrations with external systems, and work with enterprise schedulers like CA-7 and Control-M.

You will collaborate with business and IT leadership, apply SDLC practices (Agile/Waterfall), and solve complex debugging challenges while guiding teams.