Peoplesoft Cobol Developer

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Greetings!!


This is Piyush, IT Recruiter at Jconnect Inc.


I'm looking for an PeopleSoft COBOL Developer with our client. Please find job description below.

Job Title: PeopleSoft COBOL Developer (COBOL to Python Conversion Project)


Location: Remote


Employment Type: Contract (6-12+ months)


We are seeking an experienced PeopleSoft COBOL Developer to assist our Student Information Systems team in analyzing, documenting, and converting legacy COBOL programs within PeopleSoft Campus Solutions into modern, maintainable Python-based services.


You will work closely with developers, analysts, and architects to understand the functional intent of existing COBOL programs (e.g., Academic Advisement, Student Records, Financial Aid), extract business logic, and migrate that logic into modern data-processing workflows.


Key Responsibilities

• Review and analyze existing PeopleSoft Campus Solutions COBOL programs (delivered and customized), including process scheduler jobs such as SRPCARR, SRPCASAR, and related modules.
• Document current program logic, data flows, and dependencies between COBOL, SQR, and Application Engine processes.
• Collaborate with business analysts to confirm functional equivalence of new Python implementations.
• Design and develop new Python-based modules, focusing on modularity, maintainability, and performance.
• Work with PeopleSoft Process Scheduler and Oracle database to validate end-to-end data integrity.
• Provide code reviews, unit testing, and transition of converted components into production.
• Support performance tuning and optimization for both COBOL structure and modernization practices.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience developing or maintaining COBOL programs in PeopleSoft Campus Solutions or PeopleSoft HCM/Finance environments.
• Strong experience with PeopleSoft Process Scheduler, COBOL build/runtime environment (Micro Focus or IBM Enterprise COBOL), and Oracle SQL.
• Deep understanding of inter-program or large procedural codebases.
• Strong experience with Python (preferably for data transformation or service orchestration).
• Hands-on grasp of relational data structures and set-based logic used in Campus Solutions.

If you are interested, please send me your updated resume ASAP with below details :

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Best Regards,


Piyush Sri

Jconnect Infotech Inc.
168 Barclay Center Ste. 347
Cherry Hill, NJ 08034

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