COBOL Mainframe Developer

Kyndryl • Boulder, CO

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About The Position

The COBOL Mainframe Developer supports Production and UAT batch and online environments, working directly with business stakeholders and collaborating with AMS technical leadership, infrastructure teams, Batch and Console Operations, and Batch Scheduling teams. The role requires technical ownership, independent problem-solving, and minimal supervision to deliver solutions that meet business requirements while preserving application quality, operational stability, and service reliability.

The successful candidate investigates and resolves application failures, gathers and clarifies business requirements, performs impact analysis and solution design, and develops and maintains COBOL programs, reporting solutions, batch schedules, and database data. The role spans the software development lifecycle, including documentation, estimation, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation production support. Working hours align with customer business hours Monday through Friday, with participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation that includes evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10–15 years of experience in mainframe application development and support, preferably in healthcare.
• Working hours aligned with customer business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Mountain Time.
• Participation in a 24x7 on-call rotation, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Proficiency in COBOL programming in an IBM z/OS environment.
• Expertise in Job Control Language (JCL).
• Knowledge of mainframe technologies including CICS, VSAM, and CA-Datacom.
• Strong Production Support experience, including batch and online support, incident resolution, break-fix analysis, and permanent fixes.
• Familiarity with TSO, ISPF, and SDSF.
• Experience throughout the software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, solution design, development, testing, implementation, and production support.
• Ability to independently own enhancements, defects, and service requests from inception through production deployment and post-production support.
• Experience working directly with customer business stakeholders to understand requirements, evaluate solution options, make recommendations, and translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills, including application impact analysis across batch, online, database, and interface components.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including producing technical and functional documentation and communicating with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with Agile and Waterfall software development methodologies.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in healthcare applications and claims processing.
• Experience in a Systems Analyst, Lead Developer, or similar customer-facing technical role.
• Experience facilitating requirements-gathering sessions, solution-design discussions, UAT activities, and implementation planning with customer business stakeholders.
• Experience estimating, coordinating, and independently managing small-to-medium enhancements and service requests throughout their lifecycle.
• Experience with CA Jobtrac.
• Experience with Endevor or equivalent software configuration management tools.
• Experience with file transfer protocols and tools, including NDM, FTP, and SFTP.

Responsibilities

• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve Production and UAT batch and online application failures.
• Document incidents, root causes, resolutions, technical designs, and operational procedures.
• Support UAT and Production batch processing end to end, including providing correction instructions to Operations teams.
• Engage with business stakeholders to gather, analyze, and clarify business requirements.
• Perform impact analysis and solution design for production issues, enhancements, and service requests.
• Create and maintain functional specifications, technical design documents, process flows, and operational documentation.
• Modify COBOL programs, reporting solutions, batch schedules, and database data to meet business requirements.
• Perform development, unit testing, production installations, and post-implementation support.
• Monitor and respond to support requests, alerts, and incidents.
• Liaise between business users, Operations, Scheduling, and technical teams to support successful change delivery.
• Support effort estimation, planning, testing, implementation, and production validation activities.
• Own enhancements, defects, and service requests from requirements gathering through production deployment and post-production support.

Benefits

• Employee benefits intended to support employee and family well-being, with choices reflecting employee diversity.
• Employee learning programs and access to industry certification training, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Skillsoft.
• Company-wide volunteering and giving platform, including donation, fundraising, volunteering, and nonprofit search options.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior