COBOL Developer

Purple DriveCOBOL Developer Share Urbana, MOOverview:Role Description:We are seeking a seasoned COBOL Developer to join our team supporting legacy mainframe systems. You’ll be responsible for maintaining, enhancing, and modernizing COBOL-based applications to enable policy servicing, insurance claims, and regulatory compliance.Key Responsibilities:Design, code, test, and maintain COBOL applications for both online and batch processing environments.Analyze functional specifications and document technical designs and logical flowcharts.Debug and resolve production batch failures and perform root cause analysis.Integrate COBOL applications with modern systems and APIs as part of migration initiatives.Conduct code and design reviews to ensure performance, security, and adherence to architectural standards.Collaborate with business analysts, QA, infrastructure, and project teams.Mentor junior developers and support technical onboarding.Required Qualifications:Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.5 years of COBOL/mainframe development experience in insurance or financial services.Proficiency in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, with mainframe tools (e.g., IBM zOS, CICS, IMS).Strong debugging and troubleshooting capabilities for batch and online environments.Experience integrating COBOL systems with SQL/DB2, MQ series, REST or SOAP services.Familiarity with Agile development, SDLC, version control, and ITIL/ITSM practices.Excellent problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and ability to work independently.Preferred (Bonus) Qualifications:Experience with COBOL modernization, lift-and-shift, refactoring or migration to modern systems.Exposure to cloud integration, API platforms, GenAI-based refactoring tools.Knowledge of disaster recovery, performance tuning, and mainframe security.Certifications in IBM mainframe, DB2, CICS, or Azure/AWS online skills.