Senior Mainframe Developer — Remote (Healthcare Claims)

Cognizant; Lincoln (NE); Remote; USD 65,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance

401(k) plan and contributions

Paid holidays plus PTO

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Mainframe Developer to design, enhance, and support healthcare claims applications. You will work with an agile team across onsite and offshore delivery to meet project goals, with a remote work model available for qualified US applicants.

The role emphasizes hands-on mainframe development, code migration, and deployment validation, with leadership responsibilities for offshore team members and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on experience developing mainframe applications with COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, and MQ.
• Experience with healthcare claims adjudication processes and related business workflows.
• Knowledge of code migration and release management, including package creation, environment promotion, deployment validation, and backout procedures.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills for complex applications and production issues.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in an Agile, onsite and offshore delivery environment.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, debug, and maintain healthcare claims applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, and MQ.
• Translate business requirements into scalable, efficient mainframe solutions that support claims adjudication workflows.
• Troubleshoot production issues, optimize performance, review code, and implement fixes.
• Support system integration testing, user acceptance testing, deployment activities, and post-implementation validation.
• Provide technical leadership to offshore team members and coordinate onsite/offshore delivery with stakeholders.

Skills

COBOL

JCL

DB2

VSAM

CICS

MQ

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Mainframe Developer to design, enhance, and support healthcare claims applications. You will work with an agile team across onsite and offshore delivery to meet project goals, with a remote work model available for qualified US applicants.

The role emphasizes hands-on mainframe development, code migration, and deployment validation, with leadership responsibilities for offshore team members and cross-functional collaboration.