Mainframe Developer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Hourly
Reviewed: Wed, Aug 12, 2026
This job expires in: 27 days
Job Summary
Seeking a skilled Mainframe Developer for a remote, full-time position, responsible for application analysis, development, maintenance, and legacy modernization initiatives with a focus on COBOL-based applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform code screening, analysis, and scraping of existing mainframe applications to identify dependencies, inefficiencies, risks, and optimization opportunities
- Analyze legacy applications and contribute to modernization, transformation, and migration strategies
- Design, develop, test, and maintain COBOL-DB2-CICS based applications, including managing JCL jobs and batch processing
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in Mainframe technologies, including COBOL, DB2, VSAM, JCL, and CICS
- Strong experience in batch processing, job scheduling, and production support environments
- Experience with enterprise scheduling tools such as Control-M
- Proficiency with Mainframe debugging and analysis tools such as Xpediter, File-AID, and Abend-AID
- Experience working in Agile and SDLC-driven environments
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