Mainframe Developer

Location: Remote, United States of America

Salary: $56–$61 per hour

Company

hirify.global is a global services firm with over 9,000 associates and more than 40 years of experience delivering talent and technology solutions across public and commercial sectors.

What you will do

• Develop, enhance, test, implement, and maintain COBOL, NATURAL, and JCL batch and online mainframe applications.
• Support legacy mainframe applications and integration efforts involving taxation and client systems.
• Analyze existing applications, provide code walkthroughs and technical analysis, and document modernization requirements.
• Troubleshoot production issues, job failures, and system abends; perform root cause analysis and implement corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain data feeds, interfaces, file layouts, file transfers, and integration processes between legacy and modernized platforms.
• Participate in design reviews, technical planning, code reviews, system testing, integration testing, UAT, and production deployments.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience developing enterprise mainframe applications using COBOL.
• 5+ years of experience with JCL development and job scheduling.
• 3+ years of experience with NATURAL/ADABAS.
• 5+ years of experience using TSO/ISPF or similar mainframe editing tools.
• 3+ years of experience with AFP, PAGEDEF, FORMDEF, and OVERLAY technologies.
• Advanced expertise in COBOL, JCL, and NATURAL programming, plus working knowledge of ADABAS database architecture and file structures.
• Experience maintaining and enhancing large legacy mainframe systems, developing system integrations, data interfaces, file transfers, and data feeds.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills for batch and online applications.
• Ability to analyze technical specifications, system workflows, and data models, and experience with mainframe utilities, job monitoring tools, and debugging tools.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting taxation, revenue, or government systems.
• Familiarity with CICS and online transaction processing environments.
• Experience with legacy modernization or data migration initiatives.
• Knowledge of mainframe security, scheduling tools, and source code management practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time remote work arrangement.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Access to a 401k retirement account.
• Paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.
• Reasonable accommodations are available throughout the application and selection process.