Mainframe Developer

Job role - Mainframe developer

Experience - 5+

Location - Banaglore/Chennai/delhi/mumbai

Skill Requirements: Hands-on experience on the skillsets below

Must Have skillsets :

• COBOL / MS COBOL (application development, enhancement, and maintenance)
• JCL for batch job design and execution
• Strong experience in batch and online transaction processing
• DB2 (preferred) or equivalent relational databases
• Working knowledge of SQL
• Exposure to IMS (optional / good-to-have)
• Checkpoint restart processing (DB2 / IMS)
• GSAM file processing
• Understanding of batch flow scheduling and dependencies
• Experience with batch schedulers (preferred: Control-M)

Good to have skillsets:

• Mainframe + CICS + CICS Webservices
• Ability to perform deep call-flow analysis across multiple COBOL programs
• Working knowledge of Agile / Scrum delivery model
• Familiarity with modernized hybrid environments (mainframe + distributed)
• CICD, DevOps pipeline experience
• Banking / Financial Services domain experience

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain COBOL-based mainframe applications supporting business-critical functions
• Develop and support batch jobs using JCL, ensuring reliability, performance, and restartability
• Work with DB2 (and IMS where applicable) for data access, validation, and performance optimization
• Analyze production incidents, debug abends, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions
• Perform end-to-end impact analysis across multiple COBOL programs and batch flows
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Solution Architects, and Business Analysts to refine epics and user stories
• Translate solution architecture into technical design and working software
• Ensure adherence to coding standards, best practices, and documentation requirements
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and support iterative, incremental delivery
• Contribute to system stability, reliability, and continuous improvement of delivery practices