Role Title : Mainframe Developer
Role Type : Direct Hire
Contract Length : Permanent
Location : Hybrid - Round Rock, TX 78681 (suburb of Austin)
Job Description
We are seeking a Mainframe Developer with strong technical expertise in IBM mainframe applications development, testing, and production support. The ideal candidate will bring hands-on experience in COBOL, CICS, DB2, and related technologies, along with a proven ability to support and enhance mission-critical applications in a hybrid environment.
Required Qualifications
- Progressive experience in IBM mainframe applications development, testing, and production support.
- Strong technical background with COBOL II, CICS, DB2, Z / OS, VSAM, TSO, Syncsort, DB2 utilities, JCL, and IBM utilities .
- Skilled in maintaining and debugging CICS applications, COBOL batch processing, and DB2 stored procedures.
- Knowledge of Top Secret for mainframe applications IAM and application-level security controls.
- Proficiency in both batch and online processing within a mainframe environment.
- Solid experience with SQL queries, database operations, and reporting .
- Participation in an application on-call support rotation .
Preferred Qualifications
Experience converting mainframe COBOL applications to modern distributed applications (Java, Python, etc.).Familiarity with IBM Application Discovery and Delivery Intelligence (ADDI), Watson Code Assistant for Z (WCA4Z), or other AI-based code generation / conversion tools .Experience with IBM development / testing utilities and BMC Control products .Exposure to Change Management and Control-D reports .Knowledge of the FFEL program and student loan applications .Awareness of non-public information (NPI) privacy safeguards .