Description

Key Skills: COBOL, DB2, JCL, TSO, ISPF, zOS, Mainframe SAS, Endevor, Host Analytics, SQL

Good to Have Skills: Experience with hybrid work environments, agile delivery approaches, cross-functional team collaboration, security compliance, governance standards, production support, root cause analysis, performance monitoring, error handling, logging practices, release management, environment management, capacity planning, risk assessment, documentation standards, and regulatory compliance knowledge.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Design mainframe solution architectures that efficiently integrate TSO ISPF JCL Mainframe SAS Host Analytics DB2 and COBOL components to support highly reliable business critical workloads.
• Develop scalable batch and online processing strategies using JCL and COBOL that optimize resource utilization and increase throughput for enterprise operations.
• Implement robust data models and physical database structures in DB2 that improve query performance data integrity and auditability for analytical and transactional use cases.
• Create and refine Mainframe SAS and Host Analytics flows that transform complex raw data into accurate timely and trusted insights for decision makers.
• Review and optimize existing COBOL programs JCL streams and DB2 access patterns to reduce failures minimize incident rates and enhance overall platform resilience.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams spanning business analysts testers infrastructure specialists and data consumers to translate functional requirements into detailed mainframe design specifications.
• Establish coding configuration and documentation standards for TSO ISPF based development activities that ensure maintainability traceability and consistent quality across distributed project teams.
• Guide the adoption of reusable patterns for error handling logging and performance monitoring in COBOL DB2 and JCL that simplify support and reduce mean time to recovery.
• Coordinate with release and environment management stakeholders to define deployment approaches for mainframe changes that reduce risk and avoid downtime.
• Assess technical risks related to capacity performance and data quality in mainframe solutions and propose targeted mitigation plans that protect business continuity.
• Document end to end solution designs job flows data lineage and operational procedures in clear and accessible formats that support effective knowledge sharing across teams.
• Support production issues by performing structured root cause analysis on mainframe components and implementing preventive improvements that enhance platform stability.
• Engage with security compliance and governance partners to ensure that mainframe architectures and data flows meet enterprise standards and contribute to safe and responsible use of data.

Experience Required: Eight to ten years of progressive experience in mainframe engineering with practical solution design exposure. Strong applied expertise in TSO ISPF for code development debugging and dataset management. Advanced proficiency in JCL design and troubleshooting including utilities condition handling and performance tuning. Hands on experience with Mainframe SAS and Host Analytics. Proven ability in DB2 database design SQL optimization and access path analysis. Deep COBOL programming experience to construct structured modular and maintainable code.

Key Skills

Education

Any Graduate