# Cobol Developer at QES

Mainframe Developer (COBOL & DB2) Location: Cape Town Work Model: Hybrid Engagement: Contract - 12 months About the RoleWe are seeking experienced Mainframe Developers with strong COBOL and DB2 expertise to join our team in Cape Town. This role offers the opportunity to work across the full development lifecycle, contributing to the design, development, maintenance, and optimisation of enterprise applications within a mainframe environment. Key Responsibilities Develop, maintain, and enhance applications within mainframe environments. Design, code, test, and implement solutions using COBOL and DB2. Analyse business and technical requirements, translating them into effective solutions. Perform application enhancements, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Optimise DB2 queries and database solutions. Investigate and resolve production issues and system defects. Participate in code reviews, testing, and quality assurance activities. Collaborate with technical teams, business stakeholders, and delivery teams. Produce and maintain technical documentation. Support continuous improvement initiatives and ensure alignment with standards. Key Requirements- Proven experience as a Mainframe D

- **Id**: 3934284
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/qe-services-cobol-developer-at-qes>
- **Role**: Enterprise Apps
- **Role family**: Enterprise Apps
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Cape Town, South Africa
- **Countries**: ZA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-30T07:00:20Z
- **Last verified at**: 2026-10-30T07:00:20Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Days open**: 9
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2132
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no

## Company

- **Id**: 4497049
- **Name**: QE Services
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/qe-services>
- **Is staffing agency**: yes
- **Employer type**: agency
- **Is intermediary**: no

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **COBOL** — Optional: no
- **Db2** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 9

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-08T05:19:20Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 49
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.522
- **P room**: 0.945
- **Age days**: 8
- **Expected fill days**: 25
- **Reasons**: seen:8, agency, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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