Swoon is partnering with a leading financial services client to hire a Senior Mainframe Developer to join their Mainframe Engineering team. This role involves contributing to critical engineering initiatives and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable, high-quality mainframe solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, and implement mainframe-based applications using COBOL, DB2, CICS, and JCL
- Analyze system requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions
- Troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance existing code within a high-availability enterprise mainframe environment
- Collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders to support major technology initiatives
- Participate in Agile development practices, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives
- Support production systems and participate in on-call rotations as needed
- Ensure solutions are scalable, maintainable, and aligned with enterprise engineering standards
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience working with mainframe technologies
- Strong hands-on experience with COBOL
- Strong hands-on experience with DB2
- Strong hands-on experience with CICS
- Strong hands-on experience with JCL
- Experience working in large enterprise environments
- Familiarity with Agile SDLC methodologies
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams
- Experience with Azure or AWS cloud environments
- Exposure to modernization initiatives or hybrid cloud architectures
- Experience working both independently and within collaborative engineering teams