Senior COBOL Developer – NetCOBOL

Experience: 10 Years
Primary Skills: NetCOBOL SQL Sybase Unix/Linux Shell Scripting
Secondary Skills: Micro Focus COBOL Enterprise COBOL Mainframe Systems

We are seeking an experienced COBOL Developer with strong hands-on expertise in NetCOBOL SQL and Unix/Linux shell scripting to support enterprise application development enhancement maintenance and production support.

The ideal candidate must have practical experience developing and maintaining COBOL-based applications working with relational databases such as Sybase writing and optimizing SQL queries and using Unix/Linux shell scripts for batch processing and automation.

The role involves troubleshooting complex application and database issues implementing enhancements supporting legacy systems and ensuring application stability and performance.

• Design develop enhance and maintain enterprise applications using NetCOBOL.

• Work with Micro Focus COBOL and other COBOL-based legacy application environments.

• Analyze existing application code and implement enhancements based on business requirements.

• Perform coding debugging testing and maintenance activities.

• Develop and support batch processing applications and application workflows.

• Develop maintain and optimize SQL queries for application requirements.

• Work with Sybase databases for data retrieval manipulation and processing.

• Perform database troubleshooting and query performance optimization.

• Analyze data-related issues and ensure data accuracy and consistency.

• Support database integration with COBOL applications.

• Develop and maintain Unix/Linux shell scripts for batch processing and automation.

• Automate application execution file processing job scheduling and operational tasks.

• Monitor batch jobs and troubleshoot execution failures.

• Support application deployment and production operations in Unix/Linux environments.

• Troubleshoot and resolve application defects production incidents and performance issues.

• Perform root cause analysis and implement permanent fixes.

• Support application releases enhancements and maintenance activities.

• Ensure application reliability availability and operational stability.

• Maintain technical documentation and support procedures.

• Analyze technical requirements and translate them into scalable application solutions.

• Participate in code reviews unit testing integration testing and release activities.

• Collaborate with business analysts database teams infrastructure teams and other technical stakeholders.

• Follow established SDLC processes and enterprise development standards.

• 10 years of experience in COBOL application development and maintenance.

• Strong hands-on experience with NetCOBOL - Mandatory.

• Strong SQL development and database troubleshooting experience.

• Experience working with Sybase databases.

• Proficiency in Unix/Linux shell scripting.

• Experience in application development debugging enhancements and production support.

• Strong understanding of batch processing and legacy application environments.

• Micro Focus COBOL.

• Enterprise COBOL / IBM System z.

• Mainframe application development and support.

• Database performance tuning and optimization.

• Job scheduling and batch automation.

• Experience with application maintenance and production support in enterprise environments.

• 10 years of relevant professional experience in COBOL development.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering or a related discipline is preferred.

• Strong analytical troubleshooting communication and problem-solving skills.