Senior Mainframe Engineer: Production-Critical COBOL/CICS Expert

EY; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 67,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental coverage

Pension and 401(k)

Paid time off options

Flexible vacation policy

Job summary

EY is seeking a Service Delivery Center, Senior Mainframe Engineer to join our US-based team. You will design, build/configure, test, analyze, deliver, and support high-volume mainframe solutions using COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and JCL across batch and online environments.

The role emphasizes hands-on delivery, problem diagnosis, and production support, with collaboration across business, systems, operations, and vendor teams. Travel up to 30% may be required.

Qualifications

• BS/BA or advanced degree, or equivalent experience preferred.
• At least 3 years of relevant experience in software development for business‑critical, enterprise‑wide applications.
• Hands‑on mainframe development skills in COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, JCL, IBM Utilities, FileAID, Endevor, SQL, Debuggers, Schedulers, and IOMs.
• Ability to perform hands‑on detailed analysis for maintenance and enhancement projects in batch and online environments.
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting software releases into production environments.
• Strong data security skills and thorough unit, functional, and regression testing discipline.
• Experience handling high‑severity/critical production issues and identifying root causes.
• Comfortable working in Agile environments and collaborating with business and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• The goal is to help clients solve complex business problems by delivering robust, high-volume mainframe solutions.
• You will perform detailed analysis for maintenance and enhancement projects, design, deploy, and support software releases into production, identify root causes and implement technical design solutions, and own assigned workstreams independently from design through production support.
• Collaborate across business, systems, operations, and vendor teams, and mentor less‑experienced team members where appropriate.

Skills

COBOL

CICS

DB2

VSAM

JCL

Travel up to 30%

Agile environments

Education

BS/BA or advanced degree

Tools

IBM Utilities

FileAID

Endevor

SQL

Debuggers

Schedulers

IOMs

Job description

EY is seeking a Service Delivery Center, Senior Mainframe Engineer to join our US-based team. You will design, build/configure, test, analyze, deliver, and support high-volume mainframe solutions using COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and JCL across batch and online environments.

The role emphasizes hands-on delivery, problem diagnosis, and production support, with collaboration across business, systems, operations, and vendor teams. Travel up to 30% may be required.