Senior Mainframe Engineer (Remote) – MQ/CICS Expert

Cognizant; Annapolis (MD); Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Ins.

Paid holidays plus PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Long-term and Short-term Disability

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Mainframe with 7+ years of experience in MQ, mainframe technologies, and Healthcare Claims processing. The role leads design, development, support, and optimization of MQ-based messaging and Claims applications while partnering with onsite and offshore teams.

The position emphasizes technical leadership, collaboration, and adherence to coding standards across development, testing, and production environments.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in MQ, mainframe technologies, and Healthcare Claims processing.
• Experience designing and supporting MQ-based messaging and Claims applications.
• Experience with Agile development environments.
• Strong communication and collaboration with onshore/offshore teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement scalable, compliant mainframe solutions for Claims processing.
• Design, develop, test, debug and maintain mainframe Claims apps using CICS and MQ.
• Collaborate with analysts, QA, PMs and support teams to ensure project success.
• Provide technical leadership and coordinate onsite-offshore activities.
• Serve as a point of contact for issue resolution and production support.
• Troubleshoot production issues and optimize performance.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure coding standards and best practices.
• Support SIT, UAT, deployments and post-implementation work.

Skills

MQ

CICS

Mainframe

Healthcare Claims

Agile

Offshore teams

Stakeholder

Problem solving

Job description

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation is seeking a Senior Mainframe with 7+ years of experience in MQ, mainframe technologies, and Healthcare Claims processing. The role leads design, development, support, and optimization of MQ-based messaging and Claims applications while partnering with onsite and offshore teams.

The position emphasizes technical leadership, collaboration, and adherence to coding standards across development, testing, and production environments.