Description
The Application Developer (Mainframe & Distributed) is responsible for designing, developing, maintaining, and integrating critical business applications that span traditional z/OS environments and modern distributed architectures.
This role bridges legacy data processing with modern APIs, cloud services, and web front-ends, ensuring high availability, performance, and data integrity across the entire application stack.
Key responsibilities include:
- Design, code, test, and debug complex applications using both mainframe languages (COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2) and distributed technologies (Java, .NET, APIs).
- Build and maintain bridges between mainframe systems and distributed/cloud applications (e.g., AWS, Azure, RESTful APIs).
- Develop and monitor mainframe batch processes JCL and CICS transaction programs.
- Create and optimize complex database queries and procedures in DB2 and IMS DB.
- Perform root cause analysis for production abends, diagnose performance issues, and provide on-call support.
- Participate in Agile/Scrum methodologies, implementing Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD GitLab) pipelines for both legacy and modern code.
In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to:
- Create technical documentation, including High-Level Designs (HLD), and collaborate with onshore/offshore teams.
The ideal candidate will have experience with IDz, zOS Connect API, MQ Series, Cobol, CI/CD GitLab, and P&C Insurance Experience.