Mainframe Developer

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or technical degree in Computer Science, or an equivalent combination of education and at least five years of development experience.
• Recent hands-on COBOL coding experience within the past year; must be able to develop in both COBOL and CICS.
• Experience with SQL and DB2, including program access, writing QMF queries, and creating tables.
• Experience with JCL and job scheduling.
• Experience with IBM mainframe (z/OS), TSO, the software development lifecycle, Visual Studio source control, QMF, and XPEDITER.
• Strong troubleshooting skills, sound judgment when weighing possible actions, and close attention to detail.
• Ability to follow department standards, methodologies, principles, and processes.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; regular and reliable attendance.
• Agile development experience using SCRUM is preferred, but not required.
• Preferred experience with Micro Focus COBOL, App Master Builder, and Native COBOL; highway inventory systems; SQL Server 2012 or later; secure ASP.NET application design and development, including C#; Web or Windows Services; SSRS reports; at least two years of Agile development; or mainframe migration, including re-hosting or re-platforming.

Responsibilities:

• Build an understanding of the business and its needs.
• Troubleshoot issues and support existing products and services.
• Collaborate with the software development team to implement projects.
• Perform analysis, programming, and testing as needed, including front-end, middle-tier, and back-end development.
• Help capture business requirements and contribute to design, system architecture, and development.
• Maintain legacy applications, with minor new development, using Micro Focus COBOL, COBOL, and CICS to interact with the Departments information systems.

Technologies:

• ASP.NET
• C#
• CICS
• COBOL
• IBM
• IBM Mainframe
• Support
• JCL
• SQL
• TSO
• Visual Studio
• Web
• Windows

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We are seeking a Mainframe Developer for a role based in Lincoln, Nebraska. The position focuses on maintaining and supporting legacy applications and contributing to software development projects involving Department information systems.

last updated 43 week of 2026