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Base Salary
$105k - $120k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, enhance, maintain, and support high-volume enterprise applications using CA Gen/CoolGen and Mainframe technologies.
- Contribute to application design, technical standards, and technical decisions for Mainframe and CA Gen solutions.
- Assess legacy CA Gen applications for maintainability, scalability, performance, and modernization readiness.
- Support database, interface, batch, online, and integration component design.
- Perform impact analysis, debugging, root-cause analysis, defect resolution, code reviews, and performance tuning.
- Manage batch-processing activities including scheduling, dependency analysis, abend resolution, restart/recovery, and cycle monitoring.
- Support modernization initiatives such as component rationalization, API enablement, re-platforming, and progressive replacement.
- Support unit testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, releases, deployments, and post-production validation.
- Provide technical guidance to team members and support complex development and design decisions.
Requirements
- 9+ years of relevant experience designing, developing, testing, maintaining, and supporting enterprise Mainframe applications.
- Strong hands-on CA Gen/CoolGen application development experience is required.
- Strong proficiency with COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, TSO/ISPF, and VSAM.
- Experience developing, enhancing, maintaining, and providing production support for business-critical Mainframe applications.
- Strong DB2/SQL knowledge, including queries, data analysis, troubleshooting, and performance optimization.
- Experience with batch processing, scheduling, dependency analysis, abend resolution, restart/recovery, and batch-cycle monitoring.
- Experience with technical impact analysis, debugging, root-cause analysis, defect resolution, and code reviews across CA Gen and Mainframe components.
- Experience supporting unit testing, SIT, UAT, release and deployment activities, and post-production validation.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, documentation, and communication skills.
- Experience assessing legacy CA Gen applications and exposure to modernization approaches such as component rationalization, API enablement, re-platforming, or progressive replacement.
- Experience resolving complex performance and production issues and providing technical guidance on complex application development and design decisions is preferred.
Benefits
- Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States, subject to business and client requirements.
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
- Paid holidays and paid time off.
- 401(k) plan and contributions.
- Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
- Eligibility for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.
About Cognizant
Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.