VARITE INC · 10 hours ago
Lead Cobol Developer
Urbana, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$44.24/hr - $49.24/hr
5+ years expVARITE INC is an award-winning minority business enterprise providing global consulting and staffing services. They are seeking a qualified Lead Cobol Developer to maintain, enhance, and modernize COBOL-based applications for legacy mainframe systems.
Information Technology & Services
Responsibilities
Design, code, test, and maintain COBOL applications for both online and batch processing environments
Analyse functional specifications and document technical designs and logical flowcharts
Debug and resolve production batch failures and perform root cause analysis
Integrate COBOL applications with modern systems and APIs as part of migration initiatives
Conduct code and design reviews to ensure performance, security, and adherence to architectural standards. Collaborate with business analysts, QA, infrastructure, and project teams
Mentor junior developers and support technical onboarding
Qualification
Required
Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field
5 years of COBOL mainframe development experience in insurance or financial services
Proficiency in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, with mainframe tools (e.g., IBM zOS, CICS, IMS)
Strong debugging and troubleshooting capabilities for batch and online environments
Experience integrating COBOL systems with SQLDB2, MQ series, REST or SOAP services
Familiarity with Agile development, SDLC, version control, and ITILITSM practices
Excellent problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and ability to work independently
Preferred
Experience with COBOL modernization, lift-and-shift, refactoring or migration to modern systems
Exposure to cloud integration, API platforms, GenAI-based refactoring tools
Knowledge of disaster recovery, performance tuning, and mainframe security
Certifications in IBM mainframe, DB2, CICS, or Azure, AWS online skills
Company
VARITE INC
VARITE has a definite spirit.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Adarsh Katyal
President & CEO
Sue Patel Arora
Vice President Of Strategic Partnerships
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