Senior Micro Focus COBOL Developer

Experience: 5+ Years

Location: Bangalore / Gurgaon

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Micro Focus COBOL Developer with strong hands-on expertise in Micro Focus COBOL 6.4. The candidate will be responsible for developing, enhancing, maintaining, and modernizing legacy COBOL applications while ensuring application performance, reliability, and quality.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain COBOL applications using Micro Focus COBOL 6.4.
• Work on legacy application modernization and performance optimization.
• Debug and resolve application defects and production issues.
• Collaborate with business analysts, architects, and development teams.
• Perform unit testing, integration testing, and support UAT.
• Conduct code reviews and maintain technical documentation.
• Provide production support and troubleshoot critical application issues.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in COBOL application development.
• Strong hands-on experience in Micro Focus COBOL 6.4.
• Experience with Visual COBOL, Enterprise Developer, and Enterprise Server.
• Good knowledge of SQL and relational databases (DB2 / Oracle / SQL Server).
• Experience in application debugging, maintenance, and modernization.
• Knowledge of Git / SVN / TFS.
• Understanding of SDLC, testing, and production support.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Preferred Candidate: Developers with strong hands-on Micro Focus COBOL 6.4 experience and legacy application maintenance / modernization exposure.