About the role
- Location: Torrance, CA (Hybrid - 4 days)
- Employment Type: Contract to Hire
Please reshare the profiles which were not interviewed last time, the role has reopened.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Mainframe Developer with strong expertise in COBOL/CICS, DB2, JCL, and MQ, along with domain experience in Automotive Finance. The role involves application development, production support, and performance optimization across multiple enterprise-level systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide application development and production support for large-scale mainframe applications
- Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, including batch and online abends
- Analyze and optimize daily/monthly batch processes to improve efficiency and reduce processing windows
- Perform impact analysis across multiple systems and platforms
- Deliver technical design, development, and estimation documentation
- Participate in on-call support for batch processes during off-hours
Required Skills
- Strong hands-on experience with:
- COBOL
- CICS
- DB2
- JCL
- IBM MQ
- Experience in mainframe development + production support environment
- Strong troubleshooting/debugging skills for batch and online systems
- Familiarity with unit testing practices
Preferred Skills
- Experience in Automotive Finance industry
- Exposure to FIS Systematics (A plus but not Mandatory)
Soft Skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced production environment
- Interpersonal style aligned with client culture
Mandatory Skills
.Net Core, Microservices
Good to Have Skills
- GitHub Co-Pilot
- JSON
- Prompt Engineering