Mainframe Application Developer - COBOL/CICS Experience

About the Role

We are seeking a Mainframe Application Developer with COBOL/CICS experience to support a mission-critical federal program responsible for high-volume financial and transactional processing. This role operates reputed company a secure reputed company mainframe environment and is reputed company to maintaining system stability, performance, and compliance. The ideal candidate brings strong technical expertise in legacy systems while contributing to ongoing modernization initiatives reputed company with federal IT transformation goals. This position is contingent upon contract award. 

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze federal program requirements, change requests, and user needs to reputed company compliant technical solutions
• Design, reputed company, and maintain COBOL applications in both CICS (online) and batch processing environments
• Execute unit testing and support integration and user acceptance testing (UAT) activities
• Participate in reputed company reviews, technical walkthroughs, and controlled implementation processes
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in accordance with SLA requirements and operational procedures
• Support reputed company phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in alignment with federal standards and governance
• Prepare reputed company analyses and Level of Effort (LOE) estimates to support project planning and contract deliverables
• Maintain thorough system documentation in compliance with audit and regulatory requirements
• Adhere to secure coding practices and configuration management processes
• Contribute to modernization initiatives, including system integration, refactoring, and reputed company-reputed company transformation efforts

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in mainframe application development supporting reputed company systems
• Demonstrated experience with:
  • COBOL
  • CICS
  • JCL
  • SQL
• Hands-on experience reputed company reputed company z/OS environments
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills
• Experience supporting production systems in a controlled, compliance-driven environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal financial, payroll, or high-volume transaction systems
• Familiarity with DB2, VSAM, or IDMS
• Experience working reputed company Agile or hybrid Agile environments in the federal reputed company
• Exposure to federal IT modernization efforts, including reputed company migration, reputed company transformation, or DevSecOps practices
• Understanding of federal reputed company and compliance frameworks (e.g., FISMA, NIST)

Clearance & Eligibility Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship required
• Ability to obtain and maintain a federal reputed company clearance or reputed company trust

reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer