Mainframe Developer

Job Description

Insight Globals client, a technical consulting company, is seeking to hire a Mainframe Developer to support and enhance an active state eligibility platform. This role focuses on maintaining mission critical systems that determine public benefit eligibility. The developer will work within an ongoing project and collaborate with state and vendor teams.

Key Responsibilities

Support daily operations of a state eligibility mainframe application

Develop, modify, and maintain COBOL programs and batch processes

Analyze eligibility business rules and translate them into technical logic

Troubleshoot production issues and perform root cause analysis

Support scheduled batch cycles and time sensitive processing windows

Participate in system upgrades, enhancements, and defect remediation

Collaborate with business analysts, testers, and infrastructure teams

Ensure compliance with state security, audit, and data standards

Document technical designs, program logic, and operational procedures

pay range: $40-50/hr

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Skills and Requirements

Strong experience with COBOL in an IBM zOS environment

Hands on experience with JCL for batch job execution

Working knowledge of CICS and online transaction processing

Experience with DB2 or IMS databases

Familiarity with mainframe utilities and debugging tools Prior experience with state eligibility systems or human services platforms

Knowledge of public assistance programs such as Medicaid or SNAP

Experience working on long running modernization or enhancement projects

Exposure to data interfaces and file transfers between systems