Cobol Mainframe Developer

COBOL MAINFRAME DEVELOPER

Estimated Duration: 11/16/2026 - 11/30/2027
Location: Onsite, Lincoln, NE - Candidates must be able to interview onsite

We are seeking a dedicated COBOL Application Developer to join our team of performance driven professionals utilizing Agile development methodology.

Requirements:

*  Qualified applicants will have a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or hold a Technical Degree in Computer Science (or equivalent combination of education and minimum 5+ years development experience).

*  Explore and gain a thorough understanding of the business.

*  Troubleshoot problems and provide support on existing products and services.

*  Work as part of a software development team in the implementation of projects.

*  Perform daily tasks of analysis, programming and testing as needed.

*  Assist with; capturing business requirements, design, system architecture and development.

*  Maintain legacy applications (minor new development) in Micro Focus Cobol, Cobol and CICS that interact with the Department's Information Systems.

*  Must have most recent experience within the last year coding programs in COBOL.

*  Experience with SQL utilizing DB2 accessing by programs, writing queries in QMF and creating tables is required.

*  Experience with JCL and job scheduling is required.

*  Experience in software development utilizing Agile with SCRUM is desired but not required.

*  Perform front-end, middle-tier and back-end development.

*  Skilled in troubleshooting and weighing relative costs and benefits of potential actions.

*  Extremely detailed oriented and able to follow Department standards, methodologies, principles and processes.

*  Strong verbal and written communication skills.

*  Regular and reliable attendance is required.  

Experience with: 
*  Cobol and CICS.  (candidates MUST be able to develop in COBOL AND CICS - no exceptions) 
*  Job Control Language (JCL) and job scheduling.  
*  IBM mainframe (z/OS). 
*  TSO 
*  All aspects of the software development lifecycle and workflow. 
*  Visual Studio for source control.  
*  SQL (Structured Query Language). 
*  DB2 
*  QMF 
*  XPEDITER 
  
Preferences: 
*  Experience developing in MicroFocus Cobol using App Master Builder and Native COBOL will be given high preference. 
*  Experience with application development in highway inventory systems. 
*  Experience with SQL Server 2012 and higher. 
*  Experience with designing and building secure ASP.NET applications would give candidate ability to program in C# as well as COBOL. 
*  Experience with Web/Windows Services. 
*  Experience with SSRS reports. 
*  Experience with Agile development methodology of 2+ years. 
*  Experience with Mainframe Migration (re-hosting or re-platform).