Senior COBOL EngineerHybrid(KochiTVM)Remote

Senior COBOL Engineer - Legacy Maintenance & Modernization Support

Experience:10 years
Engagement:Full-time
Budget : 20 - 22 LPA

Location:Kerala / Remote

Role

Take full technical ownership of the existing COBOL-based application including knowledge transition from current onsite developer. Perform application maintenance production support and minor enhancements on UNIX/Cobol/PLSQL stack. Analyze debug and resolve incidents and defects in coordination with onsite teams. Understand and document the business processes and functional workflows of the legacy application. Collaborate with client stakeholders to gain domain knowledge and establish strong working relationships. Provide technical inputs and support to the modernization or rewrite initiative (e.g. requirement mapping system decomposition data migration planning). Create and maintain technical documentation including job flows data mappings and system dependencies. Suggest opportunities for performance optimization simplification and risk reduction in the legacy system. Participate in code reviews quality checks and operational readiness activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Take full technical ownership of the existing COBOL-based application including knowledge transition from current onsite developer.
• Perform application maintenance production support and minor enhancements on UNIX/Cobol/PLSQL stack.
• Analyze debug and resolve incidents and defects in coordination with onsite teams.
• Understand and document the business processes and functional workflows of the legacy application.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to gain domain knowledge and establish strong working relationships.
• Provide technical inputs and support to the modernization or rewrite initiative (e.g. requirement mapping system decomposition data migration planning).
• Create and maintain technical documentation including job flows data mappings and system dependencies.
• Suggest opportunities for performance optimization simplification and risk reduction in the legacy system.
• Participate in code reviews quality checks and operational readiness activities.

Required Skills & Experience

• Core: COBOL programming (Micro Focus/Mainframe to UNIX environment)
• Database: PL/SQL Oracle
• OS/Environment: UNIX/Linux - shell scripting job scheduling (e.g. Cron Control-M)
• Strong analytical and debugging skills across complex batch and transactional systems
• Experience in production support and incident resolution for critical business applications
• Hands-on experience in understanding and refactoring legacy code
• Good understanding of SDLC ITSM and change management processes
• Excellent communication and client engagement skills ability to build confidence with business users
• Proven ability to work independently with minimal supervision

Desirable Skills

• Exposure to modernization or rewrite projects (e.g. migration from COBOL to Java/.NET/cloud-native)
• Experience in reverse engineering and documenting legacy systems
• Familiarity with version control systems (Git Bitbucket) and CI/CD tools
• Domain knowledge in Finance and Accounting

Good to Have:

Exposure to modernization or rewrite projects (e.g. migration from COBOL to Java/.NET/cloud-native)

Required Skills:

COBOLPL/SQLOracleUnixLinux