Senior Mainframe Lead-MQ, CICS, Healthcare Claims (Remote)

Cognizant; Dover (DE); Remote; EUR 53,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid holidays & PTO

401(k) plan

Disability Insurance

Parental Leave

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Mainframe professional for a remote role in Germany. The candidate will lead MQ/CICS-based messaging solutions and Healthcare Claims processing, ensuring scalable, compliant enterprise integrations while coordinating with onsite and offshore teams.

The role requires 7+ years in mainframe technologies, strong debugging and leadership capabilities, and experience in Agile environments. A fast-paced, globally distributed team environment is typical for this position.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with mainframe technologies, including CICS and MQ.
• Experience with Healthcare Claims Adjudication processes and related business workflows.
• Strong understanding of code migration and release management processes.
• Experience with package creation and code promotion across Development, Test, QA, and Production environments.
• Knowledge of post-deployment validation and backout procedures.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate with business stakeholders, cross-functional teams, and offshore development teams.
• Experience working in Agile development environments.
• Ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a team environment.
• Strong ability to collaborate effectively with business stake holders and offshore development team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement technical solutions for Claims applications by transforming business requirements into scalable, efficient, and compliant mainframe systems.
• Design, develop, test, debug, and maintain mainframe Claims applications using CICS, and MQ.
• Collaborate with business analysts, QA teams, project managers, and support teams to ensure successful project execution.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring to offshore team members and coordinate onsite-offshore activities.
• Serve as a key point of contact for technical issue resolution.
• Troubleshoot production issues and optimize application performance.
• Conduct code reviews and ensure compliance with established coding standards and best practices.
• Support SIT, UAT, production deployments, and post-implementation activities.

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Mainframe professional for a remote role in Germany. The candidate will lead MQ/CICS-based messaging solutions and Healthcare Claims processing, ensuring scalable, compliant enterprise integrations while coordinating with onsite and offshore teams.

The role requires 7+ years in mainframe technologies, strong debugging and leadership capabilities, and experience in Agile environments. A fast-paced, globally distributed team environment is typical for this position.