Perma Technologies is seeking a highly experienced Technical Manager with deep expertise in COBOL and mainframe application environments to lead, manage, and modernize mission‑critical legacy systems. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technologist with strong leadership experience who can guide teams, optimize complex systems, drive modernization initiatives, and ensure stability, scalability, and performance across production workloads.
Responsibilities:
- Lead architecture, design, and development of COBOL‑based systems running on mainframe environments
- Provide expert-level guidance on COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, and batch/online processing workflows
- Drive modernization initiatives—including refactoring, re‑platforming, and integration with distributed/cloud systems
- Establish coding standards, review technical designs, and ensure adherence to industry best practices
- Manage and mentor a team of COBOL developers, analysts, and QA engineers
- Oversee delivery across multiple projects, ensuring timelines, quality, and operational excellence
- Facilitate training, skill development, and knowledge transfer within the team
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams including QA, infrastructure, DevOps, and business stakeholders
- Oversee performance tuning, debugging, and optimization of mainframe applications
- Manage production incidents, root-cause analysis, and long-term fixes
- Implement strong change management, release processes, and risk controls
- Collaborate with business leaders to understand requirements and translate them into strong technical solutions
- Prepare architectural documentation, roadmaps, project plans, and status reports
- Evaluate third‑party tools, modernization platforms, and automation opportunities
- Ensure systems meet enterprise security standards, audit requirements, and regulatory compliance
- Implement monitoring, logging, and disaster recovery strategies
- Drive continuous improvement in reliability, maintainability, and scalability