NH DOL IBMi System Developer Programmer Specialist

Job Title: COBOL Mainframe Developer

Duration (Contract): 13 14 Months

Client Location: Concord NH 03301

Location Preference: Onsite

Job Description:
As a COBOL Mainframe Developer you will serve as the primary technical authority responsible for sustaining supporting and optimizing a mature IBM i (AS/400) environment and its COBOL based business applications. You will focus on ensuring system stability diagnosing and resolving complex issues enhancing existing programs to support regulatory and business changes and contributing technical expertise to an ongoing platform migration while maintaining operational continuity.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and optimize COBOL applications on IBM i to ensure performance reliability and compliance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve system and application issues identifying root causes and implementing fixes independently.
• Manage and enhance batch jobs file transfers and system integrations.
• Monitor system health job queues and performance metrics to proactively address issues.
• Support SQL based data access and ensure data integrity across applications.
• Collaborate with business and technical stakeholders to clarify requirements and resolve defects.
• Develop and maintain clear technical documentation runbooks and troubleshooting procedures.
• Provide technical support for emulator usage print queues and spool file management.
• Contribute to data transition planning and integration support for platform migration initiatives.

Required Skills Experiences Education and Competencies:

• Strong experience maintaining and supporting COBOL applications in an IBM i (AS/400) environment.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex application and system issues with minimal supervision.
• Experience managing batch processing job scheduling and file transfer integrations.
• Working knowledge of SQL for data access and validation in mainframe environments.
• Familiarity with system monitoring backup restore and operational administration tasks.
• Experience supporting emulator tools print/output queues and related system utilities.
• Ability to document technical processes and communicate clearly with stakeholders.
• Strong analytical problem solving and independent decision making skills.

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $40.00 to $60.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills experience location and industry.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.