Technical Lead

Job Summary

MAINFRAME SENIOR DEVELOPER

Detailed Job DescriptionLocation

Pan India

ROLEBANDTECH STACKEXPERIENCETYPE

Mainframe Senior DeveloperE2.1Mainframe8+ YearsFull-time

Role Purpose

Design, develop and support mainframe components as a senior individual contributor: delivering high-quality, well-tested and maintainable solutions, resolving complex technical problems, and supporting less experienced engineers within the team.

Key Responsibilities

Development & Design

• Design and build mainframe components, services and enhancements within the agreed architecture and standards.
• Translate user stories and specifications into clean, efficient and testable implementations.
• Handle complex technical problems, performance issues and non-trivial defects independently.
• Contribute to technical design discussions, estimation and solution options.

Quality Engineering

• Write and maintain unit, integration and regression tests to agreed coverage expectations.
• Participate actively in code reviews, providing and acting on constructive feedback.
• Apply secure coding practices, effective error handling and appropriate logging.Delivery & Support
• Deliver committed scope within agreed sprint or release timelines with predictable quality.
• Support build, deployment, environment issues and release verification activities.
• Investigate production incidents, perform root-cause analysis and implement durable fixes.

Collaboration

• Work closely with leads, architects, QA, business analysts and support teams.
• Participate in agile ceremonies, backlog refinement and dependency discussions.
• Mentor junior developers through pairing, reviews and knowledge sharing.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Focus - Mainframe

• Design, develop and support COBOL/CICS/DB2 batch and online components within agreed standards.
• Optimize batch windows, DB2 access paths and resource consumption to protect service levels.• Support mainframe modernization, API exposure and integration with distributed and cloud platforms.

Required Technical Competencies

Core SkillsCOBOL, JCL, CICS, VSAM, DB2 and z/OS utilities; batch and online program design and optimization.

Design & ArchitectureMainframe application architecture, modularization, API enablement and modernization/coexistence patterns.

Data & IntegrationDB2 and VSAM data design, SQL tuning, file handling, data conversion, integrity and reconciliation.

Platform & DevOpsz/OS operations, scheduling, change management, environment promotion and mainframe-to-distributed integration.

Quality & OperationsUnit and regression testing, batch cycle validation, performance and MIPS optimization, defect RCA.

Experience & Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on mainframe development experience in enterprise environments.
• Strong track record delivering production-grade components across full delivery cycles.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or IT, or equivalent experience.
• Relevant platform or cloud certifications advantageous, not mandatory.

Leadership & Behavioural

• Strong ownership of assigned deliverables end to end.
• Analytical, detail-oriented approach to problem solving.
• Clear written and verbal communication within a delivery team.
• Collaborative, dependable and open to feedback.Location-Specific Expectations
• Collaborate from an India delivery location with stakeholders across regions and time zones.
• Ensure standards, decisions and reusable patterns are documented and adopted across distributed squads.
• Support virtual workshops, technical governance and production-readiness reviews.

Key Deliverables & Success Measures

• Working, tested and reviewed code delivered to agreed scope and timelines.
• Low defect leakage into system, UAT and production environments.
• Timely resolution of assigned defects and production incidents.
• Accurate technical documentation and effective knowledge transfer.
• Consistent adherence to coding, security and testing standards.

Skill Requirements

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