Senior COBOL Mainframe Developer

About the role

Crisil is seeking a motivated and technically strong Senior Mainframe COBOL Developer to support critical payment applications, contribute to design and development activities, and drive improvements aligned with modern engineering practices, including Agile delivery and emerging AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop, enhance, and maintain mainframe applications using COBOL, CICS, JCL, IMS DB / DC
• Support mission-critical payment applications for global banking clients
• Work closely with SMEs and cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality deliverables
• Manage and track team work using JIRA
• Support various problem resolution, and root cause analysis
• Assist in performance tuning and capacity improvement initiatives
• Contribute towards documentation, standards, and governance practices
• Explore and support adoption of Agentic AI capabilities (e.g., automation, intelligent code analysis, AI-assisted development)

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in Mainframe application development
• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on experience with COBOL, CICS, JCL and IMS
• Strong experience in: COBOL (Mainframe development), JCL (Job Control Language), CICS, IMS DB / IMS DC
• Familiarity with batch and online transaction processing systems
• Working knowledge of Agile methodologies
• Hands-on experience with JIRA for workflow and tracking
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Understanding of Agentic AI / AI-assisted development tools

Skills

• COBOL (Mainframe development)
• JCL (Job Control Language)
• CICS
• IMS DB / IMS DC
• JIRA
• Agile methodologies
• Agentic AI / AI-assisted development tools

Good to Have

• Experience in banking and payments domain
• Knowledge of SWIFT, ACH, ISO 20022 or card payment processing
• Experience with DB2 and VSAM
• Familiarity with IBM z/OS utilities
• Exposure to DevOps and CI/CD practices in a mainframe environment
• Knowledge of AI-assisted development tools