COBOL Developer

🕒 September 29, 2025

🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🖥 Software Engineer

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WaveStrong, Inc.

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2001

🔒 Cybersecurity

Cybersecurity • Cloud Security

WaveStrong, Inc. is a leading information security and data privacy consulting company founded in 2001. It provides enterprise and cloud information security consulting services, specializing in strategy and solution consulting. WaveStrong helps clients navigate the complexities of planning, designing, implementing, and managing data security solutions across various verticals, including government, education, and commercial sectors. The company's offerings include enterprise security consulting, cloud security, risk management, incident response, and managed security services. They are known for their extensive experience in endpoint, application, network, and database security. Their solutions aim to protect data while optimizing security operations and compliance management.

📋 Description

• Exciting Remote Cobol Developer with Hogan contract opportunity. • Design, code, test, debug and support COBOL programs for batch and online (CICS) processing • Develop and maintain JCL for job scheduling, scheduling jobs via Control-M or CA-7 • Integrate Mainframe applications with Hogan platforms (assessment engines, reporting modules) • Perform unit testing, code reviews and work with QA to drive defects to resolution • Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root-cause analysis and implement permanent fixes • Tune COBOL, DB2 and JCL jobs for optimal throughput and resource utilization • Participate in Agile ceremonies (daily standups, backlog grooming, sprint demos) • Author and maintain technical design documents, run books and support procedures • Liaise with business analysts, project managers and operations teams to deliver on time

🎯 Requirements

• Design, code, test, debug and support COBOL programs for batch and online (CICS) processing • Develop and maintain JCL for job scheduling, scheduling jobs via Control-M or CA-7 • Integrate Mainframe applications with Hogan platforms (assessment engines, reporting modules) • Perform unit testing, code reviews and work with QA to drive defects to resolution • Troubleshoot production incidents, perform root-cause analysis and implement permanent fixes • Tune COBOL, DB2 and JCL jobs for optimal throughput and resource utilization • Participate in Agile ceremonies (daily standups, backlog grooming, sprint demos) • Author and maintain technical design documents, run books and support procedures • Liaise with business analysts, project managers and operations teams to deliver on time • 5+ years hands-on IBM Mainframe development with ANSI COBOL • Strong experience in CICS (BMS), JCL, TSO/ISPF • Solid DB2 SQL programming and performance-tuning skills • Experience working with VSAM files (ESDS, KSDS, RRDS) • Hands-on Hogan experience: installation, configuration, report generation or integration APIs • Familiarity with Mainframe source control tools (Endevor, ChangeMan or Git for z/OS) • Exposure to job scheduling tools (Control-M, CA-7) and monitoring (SDSF, RMF) • Comfortable in Agile/Scrum development environment • Excellent analytical, problem-solving and written/oral communication skills