Remote IT Developer, Service No

Location: New York, NY or Pittsburgh, PA

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – 3 days onsite per week

Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Mainframe Developer to support legacy application development and modernization initiatives. The ideal candidate has strong, hands-on COBOL development experience, deep knowledge of core mainframe technologies, and direct experience migrating legacy applications and data to modern distributed platforms.

Key Responsibilities: Develop, maintain, and troubleshoot mainframe applications using COBOL.Support batch processing, CICS transaction processing, and database operations. Work with JCL, DB2, MQ, VSAM, and stored procedures. Analyze application dependencies across legacy systems and data structures. Contribute to mainframe modernization initiatives, including migrating VSAM data to relational databases and supporting integration with distributed technologies. Collaborate with technical teams to ensure application reliability and successful modernization.

Required Qualifications: Strong, recent hands-on COBOL development experience. Proficiency with JCL, CICS, DB2, MQ, VSAM, and batch processing. Experience with stored procedures and mainframe application troubleshooting. Direct experience participating in mainframe modernization or migration projects. Understanding of legacy application dependencies and data migration to relational databases. Familiarity with distributed technologies such as Java, Python, Oracle, or other relational database platforms.