- Design develop and maintain COBOL programs JCL scripts and DB2 database components for batch and online mainframe applications
- Analyze debug and resolve production issues in mainframe environments including file management and scheduling via ESP or similar tools
- Perform impact analysis for change requests enhancements and defect fixes ensuring minimal disruption to existing processes
- Optimize performance of COBOL programs JCL jobs and DB2 queries to meet SLAs and improve system efficiency
- Manage and manipulate files using mainframe file management utilities and tools ensuring data integrity and accuracy across jobs and processes
- Collaborate with cross functional teams BA QA operations to understand requirements clarify functional specifications and deliver high quality solutions
- Create and maintain technical documentation including program specifications job flows data mappings and operational runbooks
- Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to coding standards best practices and security compliance guidelines
- Support batch scheduling and monitoring using ESP or equivalent schedulers including job setup dependencies and failure recovery procedures
- Contribute to testing activities by preparing test data supporting unit and integration testing and assisting QA teams in defect analysis
- Education Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related fields such as BTech BE BSc BCA MTech ME MSc
- Experience 3 5 years of hands on experience as a mainframe developer in an enterprise environment
- Strong proficiency in COBOL for developing and maintaining batch and online programs
- Solid experience with JCL for job creation execution and troubleshooting in mainframe environments
- Practical knowledge of DB2 including writing and tuning SQL queries working with tables views and stored procedures on mainframe
- Proven experience in file management on mainframe platforms including handling sequential VSAM and other common file types
- Working knowledge of ESP or similar enterprise job scheduling tools for batch job orchestration
- Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into clear maintainable technical solutions on mainframe systems
- Good communication skills to interact effectively with technical and non technical stakeholders
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