Technical Manager - COBOL

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