Developer III Mainframe

SYSTEMTEC is seeking an  Developer III Mainframe for a hybrid opportunity for candidates in Columbia, SC. Candidate will develop, enhance, and support mission-critical mainframe applications that power healthcare claims processing and related business operations. The role requires hands-on expertise across COBOL, JCL, DB2, and CICS, along with strong production troubleshooting and systems analysis capabilities.

Required Qualifications of the Developer III Mainframe:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to provide sponsorship or work with Third-Party agencies.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field; alternatively, 4 years of relevant experience, or 2 years of relevant experience combined with an Associate’s degree in a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience in application development, systems testing, or a closely related area.
• Hands-on experience with COBOL development, including both batch and online applications.
• Strong JCL experience, including batch processing, job scheduling, restart/recovery, and troubleshooting.
• Professional experience with DB2 and SQL, including database access, query development, and application performance tuning.
• Hands-on CICS experience involving online transaction processing, application development, and production support.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot production issues and evaluate application changes within a complex mainframe environment.
• Ability to work onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, as well as additional onsite days when needed; an in-person interview is required.
• Credit check required; candidates must also be willing to participate in a rotating on-call schedule after onboarding, approximately one week every 8–12 weeks.

Preferred Skills/Experience of the Developer III Mainframe:

Healthcare payer or health insurance experience is strongly preferred, particularly hands-on experience with claims adjudication, eligibility, benefits, pricing, provider systems, pharmacy systems, or healthcare claims processing. Additional experience with IMS, IBM MQ/MQ Series, VS Code, GitHub, GitHub Copilot, Zowe, Node.js, Git-based source control, or AI-assisted development practices is beneficial.

Responsibilities of the Developer III Mainframe:

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions, including designing and implementing application enhancements.
• Develop, modify, test, and maintain COBOL batch and online programs within a mainframe environment.
• Create and maintain JCL processes while supporting batch execution, scheduling, job recovery, and restart procedures.
• Develop and optimize DB2 SQL, access and manipulate application data, and perform database or application performance analysis.
• Develop and support CICS transactions while investigating and resolving complex production issues affecting critical healthcare applications.
• Participate in implementations, production deployments, business initiatives, and the rotating after-hours/on-call support schedule.

Work Location: Columbia, SC — Partial onsite. The standard schedule is Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Eastern Time, with onsite work required Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday plus additional onsite days as needed.

Compensation / Benefits:
Full-Time Employment with SYSTEMTEC means competitive compensation, access to health, dental, disability, and life coverage, and 401(k) with match.

***Please note: SYSTEMTEC is not set up to employ workers in the states of California, New York, and New Jersey.***