We are seeking an experienced COBOL /
Mainframe Developer to join our team and play a pivotal role in supporting
and enhancing business-critical legacy systems within the financial services
sector. This is a hands-on position focused on stability, performance, and the
continuous evolution of core platforms that power essential operations.
You will work with COBOL in IBM z/OS
environments, maintaining and optimising high-volume transactional systems —
with a particular emphasis on employee benefits and retirement fund solutions.
In addition to strong production support and troubleshooting responsibilities,
this role offers meaningful involvement in modernisation and integration
initiatives, helping to connect proven legacy systems with contemporary
technologies including APIs, Java, .NET, and cloud platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain and enhance COBOL-based systems
supporting critical business functions
- Analyse business requirements and
translate into technical solutions
- Support production incidents, defect
resolution, and system improvements
- Participate in impact analysis, testing,
and release cycles
- Collaborate with BA’s, architects, and
cross-functional teams
- Contribute to modernisation initiatives
where applicable.
Requirements
- 5+ years COBOL development experience
(recent, hands-on)
- Strong experience in mainframe
environments (IBM z/OS)
- COBOL / ACUCOBOL
- Experience working on Employee benefits,
retirements funds, core transactional systems (e.g., banking, insurance, policy
admin, payments)
- Ability to analyse, maintain, and enhance
existing legacy codebases and have strong troubleshooting and production
support experience
- Batch processing and high-volume
transaction systems
- Modernisation / integration projects (API,
.NET, Java, cloud)
- Experience working in Agile delivery
environments
- Prior experience in financial services
(banking or insurance)
Skills Required
- 5+ years COBOL development experience (recent, hands-on)
- Strong experience in mainframe environments (IBM z/OS)
- Experience with ACUCOBOL
- Experience with employee benefits, retirement funds, or core transactional systems (banking, insurance, policy admin, payments)
- Ability to analyse, maintain, and enhance legacy codebases; strong troubleshooting and production support experience
- Experience with batch processing and high-volume transaction systems
- Experience in modernisation/integration projects (APIs, .NET, Java, cloud)
- Experience working in Agile delivery environments
- Prior experience in financial services (banking or insurance)
What We Do
Sabenza IT is a niche recruitment company specializing in Information Technology, SAP, Finance, and Engineering roles, with over 23 years of experience.
