Specialist Product Engineer (Cobol / Mainframe Developer)

Boardroom Appointments; Randburg; On-site; ZAR 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Boardroom Appointments seeks a Specialist Product Engineer (Cobol/Mainframe Developer) with at least 2 years of relevant experience. Strong English communication, attention to detail, and proficiency in Excel and Word are essential.

The role involves delivering well-documented code, following procedures, and collaborating across teams to ensure scalable and resilient solutions. Expected to stay updated with new technologies and participate in training programs while aligning with group

Qualifications

• At least 2 years relevant experience, preferably in Mechanical Services (Mining, Power Generation and/or Petrochemical industries).
• Fully conversant in English; additional languages an advantage.
• Be computer literate in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Follow job procedures and guidelines.
• Be attentive to detail, cooperative and willing to participate in training.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle from analysis to implementation and feasibility assessment.
• Produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code for technical solutions.
• Ensure designs support self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability and resilience.
• Apply design patterns to deliver reliable solutions.
• Debug existing code and polish feature sets.
• Collaborate with integrated teams to evolve products and services.
• Align development processes to Group Architecture and Infrastructure guidelines.
• Input into project plans, releases, testing and risk management.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring and maintenance of applications.
• Stay updated on emerging technologies and cross-domain skills.
• Perform peer reviews and support user adoption materials.

Skills

English proficiency

Attention to detail

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Delegation

MS Excel

MS Word

Cobol

Mainframe development

Tools

Cobol

Job description

About the job Specialist Product Engineer (Cobol / Mainframe Developer)

• At least 2 years relevant experience, preferably in the Mechanical Services (Mining, Power Generation and or Petro Chemical industries) is preferred.
• Fully conversant in the English language, additional languages will be an advantage.
• Be computer literate on Microsoft Excel and Word
• Work within guidelines and rules
• Be attentive to detail, cooperate and participate in relevant training programs.
• Follow job procedures
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• The ability to delegate.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle includingEvaluate analysis, problem definition, business requirements, solution development & provide recommendations to enable the operational feasibility of solutions
• Quickly produce well-organised, optimized, and documented source code to deliver technical solutions
• Ensure designs & solutions support the technical organisation principles of self-service, repeatability, testability, scalability & resilience
• Apply general design patterns and paradigms to deliver technical solutions
• Debug existing source code and polish feature sets.
• Work with integrated teams and other developers to improve and evolve technical products and services
• Align all application development & development process to Group Architecture & Infrastructure guidelines
• Provide input into project & program teams (when required) to plan & manage the development lifecycle e.g. releases, risk management, testing, integration etc.
• Conduct reviews, performance monitoring & ongoing optimization and maintenance on applications
• Stay ahead of the curve on emerging technologies and development practices and continuously evolve existing knowledge & skill in preparation for cross domain and other experiences e.g. Secure Side, Testing, Infrastructure solutions etc.
• Conduct peer reviews, testing, problem solving within and across the broader team
• Support the people change teams in the development of user material (Customer, Employee & 3rd Party Adoption)
• Identify technical risks and mitigate these (pre, during & post release)
• Update / Design all application documentation aligned to the organization technical standards and risk / governance frameworks
• Participate in incident management & DR activity applying critical thinking, problem solving & technical expertise to get to the bottom of major incidents