Job Title: Mainframe COBOL
Location: Remote
Type: Contract role
Key Responsibilities:
- Design develop and maintain COBOL-based applications on IBM mainframe systems (z/OS).
- Support and enhance core payor systems including claims adjudication enrollment billing and eligibility.
- Analyze and troubleshoot complex batch and online processing issues.
- Collaborate with business analysts and product owners to translate requirements into technical solutions.
- Participate in modernization efforts including integration with APIs databases and cloud platforms.
- Ensure compliance with HIPAA and CMS regulations in all system changes and data handling.
- Document system changes workflows and technical specifications.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing and best practices.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or related field.
- 5 years of experience in COBOL development on IBM mainframe environments.
- Strong knowledge of JCL VSAM DB2 CICS and TSO/ISPF.
- Experience in healthcare payor systems especially claims processing and eligibility workflows.
- Familiarity with ANSI X12 EDI transactions (etc.).
- Understanding of HIPAA compliance and healthcare data privacy standards.
- Strong analytical debugging and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with modernization initiatives (e.g. wrapping COBOL logic in APIs migrating to cloud).
- Exposure to FHIR HL7 or other modern interoperability standards.
- Familiarity with DevOps tools and CI/CD pipelines for mainframe environments.
- Experience with performance tuning and capacity planning on mainframe systems.
- Knowledge of Agile methodologies and tools (e.g. Jira Confluence).