- Company Name
- GEC _ Global Experts Consulting
- Job Title
- Développeur COBOL (Mainframe)
- Job Description
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Job Title: COBOL Developer (Mainframe)
Role Summary: Senior COBOL developer responsible for designing, coding, testing, and maintaining batch and online applications on IBM z/OS. Focus on banking processes, performance optimization, and production support.
Expectations: Deliver high‑quality, maintainable COBOL code that meets functional and performance requirements; collaborate closely with business, digital, and operations teams through all development stages.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and unit‑test COBOL programs for batch and online processing.
- Perform corrective and evolutionary maintenance of existing mainframe applications.
- Participate in requirements analysis, UAT, integration testing, and production cut‑over.
- Optimize batch and online job performance through tuning and resource management.
- Review and debug JCL, DB2, CICS, IMS, ISPF, and Endevor artifacts; maintain version control.
- Collaborate with banking stakeholders to understand and implement payment, RTGS, MT940, asset‑liability, and other finance processes.
- Work within project cycles (V model or Agile) and deliver increments on schedule.
Required Skills:
- 5+ years of COBOL development (batch and online) on IBM z/OS platform.
- Proficiency in JCL, DB2, CICS, IMS, ISPF, and Endevor.
- Strong debugging, performance tuning, and optimization abilities.
- Understanding of banking processes: transfers, payments, mass processing, RTGS, account statements (MT940 / ETEBAC), term deposits, accounting, document management, payment systems.
- Experience in project environments (V model or Agile).
- Fluent in English (written and spoken).
Required Education & Certifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field (preferred).
- Certifications in COBOL, IBM z/OS, or mainframe technologies are advantageous.