Senior Mainframe Developer (Remote)

Cognizant's Application Development and Maintenance practice is seeking a highly qualified Senior Mainframe Developer with 8+ year of experience developing and building high-performing, scalable, enterprise applications. You will be part of a digital software team that works on high-demand applications. Our engineers have a passion for high-quality, reliable and maintainable code. You will work side by side with product managers, designers, and clients, making decisions together to quickly deliver valuable working software to clients and their users. Our engineers are agile and retrospective, and not afraid to identify what we're doing wrong, so we can fix it, and what we're doing right, so we can improve on it. Above all, we judge success by the success of our team and the happiness of our customers. Location Portsmouth, NH (Remote) You must be legally authorized to work in the USA without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future Roles/Responsibilities Client co-ordination for Mainframe Modernization project work. Existing system analysis of various Mainframe LPAR's Co-ordination with existing team to setup testing environment. Analyze and respond to service tickets. Design and develop automated solutions for Mainframe Modernization Required Qualifications 8+ years of experience Understanding of Mainframe Environment and hands on experience in running JCL's Hands on experience in handling various files configuration in Mainframe, VSAM, Tapes, Seq files etc. Hands on experience in handling DB2 data. Develop DB2 unload load/unload JCL's. Debug, configure, develop Cobol Programs. Hands on experience in running Cobol code on Mainframe. Writing automated scripts for reducing the manual work for test JCL setup ,Code Analysis, Test data copy, FTP etc. Salary and Other Compensation The annual salary for this position is between $83,250- $106,000.00 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate. This position is also eligible for Cognizant's discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant's applicable plans. Benefits Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off 401(k) plan and contributions Long-term/Short-term Disability Paid Parental Leave Employee Stock Purchase Plan Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law. Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2026-04-20