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Closed on August 16, 2026.

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Job Description

Remote Senior Mainframe Developer role at Global KTech focused on leading design, development, and deployment of complex mainframe solutions using COBOL, CICS, DB2, and batch processing on IBM z/OS.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical governance by defining and enforcing coding standards
  • Lead thorough code reviews to ensure quality and consistency
  • Maintain comprehensive documentation for legacy architectures
  • Develop and deploy complex, secure batch and online programs using enterprise COBOL on IBM zOS
  • Architect and optimize online CICS applications for ultra low latency, efficient screen layouts, high throughput, and robust error handling
  • Design relational DB2 schemas, implement high performance embedded SQL, and tune stored procedures, indexes, and queries to remove bottlenecks
  • Manage and optimize JCL streams, including utilities such as IEBGENER, IDCAMS, and SORT, with automated batch scheduling
  • Perform advanced root cause analysis, tracing, and performance tuning to maintain high availability using tools like Dump Analysis, Xpediter, InterTest, or File AID
  • Collaborate with Cloud and Integration Architects to expose core mainframe data and logic to RESTful APIs via zOS Connect or MQ Series

Requirements

  • Minimum 8 years of professional IBM Mainframe software engineering experience
  • Proven track record in high volume transactional environments in Financial Services, Healthcare, Logistics, or Insurance
  • Proficiency in Enterprise COBOL
  • Experience with JCL
  • Strong Embedded SQL skills
  • Assembler knowledge
  • EZTrieve is a plus
  • Online Processing CICS
  • BMS
  • Maps
  • TS TD Queues
  • Program Control
  • Intercommunication
  • Data Management
  • DB2 relational design
  • SPUFI
  • DCLGEN
  • EXPLAIN plan analysis
  • VSAM
  • zOS
  • TSO
  • ISPF
  • Endevor
  • Changeman
  • Version Control
  • Debugging
  • COBOL: 10 years required
  • CICS: 10 years required
  • JCL: 10 years required

Technologies

  • Enterprise COBOL
  • JCL
  • Embedded SQL
  • Assembler
  • EZTrieve
  • Online Processing CICS
  • BMS
  • Maps
  • TS TD Queues
  • Program Control
  • Intercommunication
  • DB2
  • SPUFI
  • DCLGEN
  • EXPLAIN plan analysis
  • VSAM
  • zOS
  • TSO
  • ISPF
  • Endevor
  • Changeman
  • Version Control
  • Debugging

Engagement details

  • Location: Remote
  • Compensation: USD 55 - 60 per hourly
  • Minimum overall professional experience: 8+ years
  • COBOL, CICS and JCL require 10 years of experience each
  • Visa: Any

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