Senior Cobol Developer

Location: Remote U.S. | Employment Type: Full-Time

Clearance Requirement: Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal Minimum Background Investigation (MBI); active Moderate Risk MBI preferred

Work Authorization: U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card holder for at least 3 years)

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Senior COBOL Developer to support the development, maintenance, testing, and modernization of enterprise applications within a federal environment. The position requires strong hands-on IBM COBOL development experience along with DB2, CICS, unit testing, production support, and technical documentation experience. The Senior COBOL Developer will analyze existing applications and requirements, develop and modify COBOL programs, troubleshoot production issues, support testing activities, and maintain technical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze application planning, design, testing, requirements, and related technical documentation.
• Analyze existing programs and identify required application and code changes.
• Create, update, unit test, and maintain IBM COBOL programs.
• Revise, repair, and enhance existing programs to improve efficiency or support new requirements.
• Refactor and reengineer COBOL code as needed.
• Perform systems analysis and programming activities supporting existing applications.
• Research and resolve issues affecting program components in production environments.
• Track requirements and develop and execute unit test cases.
• Develop and maintain functional, program, interface, operational, and technical documentation.
• Prepare workflow charts and diagrams describing application inputs, outputs, and processing logic.
• Work with technical, engineering, and management personnel to clarify requirements, identify issues, and recommend changes.
• Assist testing teams across development, system acceptance, and integration testing environments.
• Support code development, system startup and monitoring, integration and regression testing, and knowledge transfer activities.
• Support modernization efforts, where applicable, involving the transition of legacy applications toward DevOps, Agile software engineering, and object-oriented technologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university (an additional four (4) years of related work experience may substitute for the degree).
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Minimum 4 years of IBM COBOL programming experience.
• Experience with DB2 and IBM DB2 utilities.
• Experience with CICS.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated experience supporting clients.
• Must meet the requirements to obtain and maintain a Minimum Background Investigation (MBI).
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident (Green Card holder for at least three years).
• Must be federal tax compliant.
• Must meet applicable federal identity verification and security requirements for access to government systems and facilities.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting federal processing systems.
• Experience with SQL, JCL, and Batch processing.
• Active federal Moderate Risk MBI clearance is preferred.

Benefits

• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Medical insurance including health, vision, and dental insurance
• 401K matching
• Flexible Spending Account
• Flexible schedules, as per business needs
• Training and professional certification plans that benefit the employee