Mainframe Developer

Mainframe Developer Location: Salt Lake City, UT Employment Type: Contract-to-Hire (6+ Months, Likely Full-Time Conversion) Work Model: Onsite Interview Process: Virtual About the Role At our client, technology powers critical business operations that impact millions of users every day. We're looking for a Mainframe Developer who is passionate about building reliable, scalable, and high-performing enterprise solutions. As a member of a collaborative engineering team, you'll work alongside architects, business analysts, QA engineers, product stakeholders, and operations teams to develop and support mission-critical mainframe applications. This role offers the opportunity to solve complex technical challenges, modernize enterprise systems, and contribute to innovative solutions within a global technology environment. What You'll Do Design, develop, and maintain enterprise mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM. Partner with Product Managers, Architects, Business Analysts, and development teams to build scalable and reliable software solutions. Analyze business and technical requirements and recommend enhancements that improve application performance and stability. Troubleshoot and resolve production issues across applications, databases, batch processes, and testing environments. Support and monitor Control-M batch scheduling and workflow execution to ensure operational excellence. Manage application deployments, environment refreshes, configuration updates, and post-deployment validations. Develop and maintain technical documentation, operational procedures, and knowledge-base articles. Collaborate with QA, Release Management, Infrastructure, and offshore teams to ensure successful implementations. Identify opportunities for automation, process improvements, and operational efficiencies. Serve as a technical subject matter expert (SME) for supported applications and provide guidance during audits, releases, and enhancement projects. Participate in Agile ceremonies, technical reviews, and continuous improvement initiatives. Mentor junior team members through technical coaching and knowledge sharing. Provide on-call production support for mission-critical applications when required. Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience). 5+ years of experience designing, developing, maintaining, and supporting enterprise mainframe applications. Strong hands-on expertise with:

• COBOL

• JCL

• CICS

• DB2

• VSAM Experience supporting batch processing, production support, troubleshooting, and application maintenance. Experience with source control and deployment tools such as Endeavor. Experience with Control-M scheduling, batch workflow management, and job monitoring. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and resolve complex system issues. Excellent communication and collaboration skills. Preferred Qualifications Experience with Easytrieve (EZtrieve) and other enterprise mainframe utilities. Experience using mainframe debugging, performance tuning, and monitoring tools. Experience working in Agile development environments. Previous experience mentoring developers and supporting large-scale enterprise systems The Judge Group