Client:
Title: Senior Mainframe Developer With 15+ Yrs
Location: Jacksonville, Florida, USA
Onsite 5 days work from the office
Job Summary:
- We are seeking an experienced Senior Mainframe Developer to support the design, development, maintenance, and enhancement of mission‑critical enterprise applications.
- The ideal candidate will possess extensive hands-on expertise with mainframe technologies, including COBOL, DB2, JCL, CICS, IMS‑DB, and associated tools.
- This role requires strong analytical capabilities, a commitment to reliability, and the ability to provide comprehensive 24/7/365 production support for high‑availability systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, and implement new and existing mainframe business applications.
- Provide continuous production support, including troubleshooting and resolution of system issues to ensure maximum system stability and availability.
- Develop and maintain interfaces, reports, and utilities to support core business functions.
- Conduct system integration testing and support user acceptance testing activities.
- Review, enhance, and debug existing programs to improve performance, efficiency, and reliability.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including business analysts, testers, and infrastructure teams, to resolve issues and deliver enhancements.
- Proven experience supporting highly available systems in a 24/7/365 production environment.
- Strong analytical, diagnostic, and problem‑solving skills.
- Effective verbal and written communication abilities, with the capacity to collaborate across departments.
Required Qualifications:
- 5 to 15 years of progressive, hands-on experience with:
- COBOL, DB2, JCL, MS‑DB,CICS,VSAM
Technical Environment:
Languages & Tools: COBOL, JCL, Changeman, File‑Manager, IBM Debug Tool, dBeaver, IWS Job Scheduler, MQMON, TSO/ISPF
Databases: DB2, IMS‑DB
Transaction Management: CICS
File Systems: VSAM
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience using enterprise job scheduling tools such as IWS, CA7.
- Knowledge of mainframe debugging and file management utilities.
- Exposure to Agile or DevOps methodologies and practices.
Soft Skills:
- Strong organizational and time‑management capabilities.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
- Proactive approach with an emphasis on continuous improvement.
- Effective communication skills for interactions with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Flexibility and adaptability to evolving business priorities.