We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.
Position Summary
As a Mainframe Developer at CVS Health, you will be responsible for the analysis, design, development, and deployment of critical integrated mainframe applications and systems. The Mainframe Developer is essential for ensuring the delivery of business value and that production applications remain stable with excellent performance and optimal scalability. The Mainframe Developer will work in an Agile scrum team environment and collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, develop technical specifications, and implement solutions that meet business needs. Expertise in mainframe technologies, such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, and DB2, will be crucial in ensuring the efficient and effective operation of our mainframe systems.
Responsibilities:
Develop mainframe applications according to customer specifications and requirements.
Collaborating with business analysts and stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements.
Work as part of a team to ensure solutions are designed to fully function in an integrated application suite.
Design and develop solutions that enable applications to perform optimally, and which can scale to meet future business needs.
Perform thorough unit and integration testing, and support QA testing and deployment activities.
Maintaining and enhancing existing mainframe systems; Working with other developers to create high-performance, scalable applications.
Monitor systems to ensure that they are functioning properly.
Analyze and optimize applications, Troubleshooting and resolving issues in mainframe applications.
Create and maintain documentation related to mainframe applications.
Closely interact with project managers, business analysts, and other developers, both locally and remote
Keeping up to date with industry trends and advancements in mainframe.
Required Qualifications
7+ year of experience with the following:
Mainframe development and support, utilizing several of the following technologies: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, SQL, MQ, Xpeditor, Endevor or similar source control application.
Systems analysis
Software design principles and software architecture
Agile delivery methodologies
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting
1+ years of experience with large-scale offshore vendor support arrangements
3+ years of healthcare experience in one or more of these areas:
Plan setup / enrollment
Claim Adjudication
Member eligibility/enrollment
Preferred Qualifications
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Ability to manage changing priorities.
Ability to multitask effectively, prioritizing business impact and urgency.
Ability to work in a team environment to deliver projects.
Being a self-starter, who takes initiative with challenging situations.
Experience with mainframe modernization/transformation initiatives
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related degree
Pay Range
The typical pay range for this role is:
€50,000.00 - €125,000.00We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 19/08/2026
Skills Required
- 7+ years mainframe development and support using technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, SQL, MQ, Xpeditor, Endevor (or similar).
- 7+ years systems analysis experience.
- 7+ years software design principles and software architecture experience.
- 7+ years experience with Agile delivery methodologies.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- 1+ year experience with large-scale offshore vendor support arrangements.
- 3+ years healthcare experience in plan setup/enrollment, claim adjudication, or member eligibility/enrollment.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related degree.
- Experience with mainframe modernization/transformation initiatives.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to manage changing priorities and multitask effectively.
- Ability to work in a team environment and be a self-starter.
- Excellent analytical skills.
What We Do
CVS Health is the leading health solutions company that delivers care in ways no one else can. We reach people in more ways and improve the health of communities across America through our local presence, digital channels and our nearly 300,000 dedicated colleagues – including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners. Wherever and whenever people need us, we help them with their health – whether that’s managing chronic diseases, staying compliant with their medications, or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient ways. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. And we do it all with heart, each and every day.
