Senior COBOL Engineer — Core Banking Production Support

1001 Absa Bank; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 800,000 - 1,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Absa Bank Limited is seeking a Senior Cobol Engineer to join the PPB Banking Division's Core Banking Technology Support team. You will maintain and enhance COBOL applications, ensuring high availability and timely production incident resolution.

The role requires expertise in COBOL on the mainframe, JCL, IMS/DB2, and related tools, with 24/7 standby on a rotation. Bachelor's degree in IT is required and prior production support experience is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology.
• Minimum 5 years COBOL/Mainframe experience.
• Experience with production support and incident resolution.

Responsibilities

• Provide production support for COBOL-based applications, including issue investigation and resolution.
• Analyze and troubleshoot system problems, providing timely and efficient fixes.
• Participate in root cause analysis and implement long-term solutions to recurring issues.
• Enhance and maintain legacy COBOL applications to meet evolving business requirements.
• Work collaboratively with QA, analysts, and other developers to deliver robust solutions.
• This position includes 24/7 standby responsibilities on a rotational basis

Skills

Cobol Mainframe

JCL

IMS & DB2

TSO/ISPF/ISPW/Code Pipeline

Easytrieve

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Job description

Absa Bank Limited is seeking a Senior Cobol Engineer to join the PPB Banking Division's Core Banking Technology Support team. You will maintain and enhance COBOL applications, ensuring high availability and timely production incident resolution.

The role requires expertise in COBOL on the mainframe, JCL, IMS/DB2, and related tools, with 24/7 standby on a rotation. Bachelor's degree in IT is required and prior production support experience is essential.