Natural Addibas Mainframe Consultant

Eqplus Pty Ltd; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 700,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Eqplus Pty Ltd in Cape Town seeks an experienced mainframe developer to design, develop, and support Natural applications on IBM Mainframe platforms, working with Adabas databases.

You will analyse requirements, translate them into solutions, and perform development, debugging, testing, and maintenance.

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to work both independently and in a team environment are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Adabas database infrastructure.
• Knowledge of IBM Mainframe environments and application support processes.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a technical team.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, enhance, and support applications using Natural on IBM Mainframe platforms.
• Work with Adabas database infrastructure to support reliable data storage, retrieval, and processing.
• Analyse business and technical requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Perform application development, debugging, testing, and maintenance.
• Investigate and resolve application and database-related incidents.
• Support mainframe application integration and data processing activities.
• Conduct system testing, troubleshoot defects, and implement corrective solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation and adhere to development standards.
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, database administrators, and other technical stakeholders.
• Support ongoing system enhancements and production support activities.
• Strong experience with Adabas database infrastructure.
• Knowledge of IBM Mainframe environments and application support processes.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a technical team.

Skills

Adabas

Natural

IBM Mainframe

Analytical

Troubleshooting

Independent work

Teamwork

Tools

VisionPLUS

Job description

• Develop, maintain, enhance, and support applications using Natural on IBM Mainframe platforms.
• Work with Adabas database infrastructure to support reliable data storage, retrieval, and processing.
• Analyse business and technical requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Perform application development, debugging, testing, and maintenance.
• Investigate and resolve application and database-related incidents.
• Support mainframe application integration and data processing activities.
• Conduct system testing, troubleshoot defects, and implement corrective solutions.
• Maintain technical documentation and adhere to development standards.
• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, database administrators, and other technical stakeholders.
• Support ongoing system enhancements and production support activities.
• Strong experience with Adabas database infrastructure.
• Knowledge of IBM Mainframe environments and application support processes.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a technical team.

Highly Advantageous Skills

• Experience with VisionPLUS.
• Experience in the banking or financial services industry.
• Experience in the retail sector.
• Knowledge of transaction processing and business-critical mainframe applications.