Mainframe Developer

**Company Description**:

- Technology is our how. And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change.

By combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses.

From prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters.

Development is the largest discipline at Endava. Our developers design, build, and release software products in multiple programming languages, frameworks, and libraries. Always collaborating with cross-functional project teams, our developers are adaptable problem-solvers with a client-oriented mindset.

A Mainframe Development Consultant in COBOL understands the technical landscape of IT projects, comprehends the business context and goals, and uses their experience to develop optimal solutions, including technology and design choices. They support the project manager in planning software delivery, articulate the vision to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, and work directly with customers to define solutions.

**Responsibilities**:

- Oversee activities of mid Application Developers, as applicable and provide individuals with constructive feedback as it pertains to team performance.
- Participate in the design, coding, testing.
- Assist clients in business/technical specification gathering when requested.
- Develop detailed analysis/design documents for several enhancement projects.
- Solve Online and Batch Abends.
- Support the system testing and client integration testing efforts as required.
- Develop Pseudo Code for the mid and junior Developers.

**Qualifications**:

- Strong technical background and proficiency in IBM COBOL
- Experience with JCL, CICS, and DB2.
- Excellent communication skills to effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Excellent problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong problem-solving skills to address challenges and roadblocks that may arise during the modernization process.
- Capability to mentor team members, share knowledge, and facilitate training sessions to enhance the skill set of the development team

Nice to Have
- Relevant programming languages (Legacy languages - Assembler, PL1, Easytrieve, New IT languages - Java, Spring, Python)
- DevOps principles and practices, including continuous integration, continuous deployment (CI/CD), infrastructure as code, and automated testing.

**Additional Information**:
Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:

- ** Finance**: Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;
- ** Career Development**: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;
- ** Learning Opportunities**:Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;
- ** Work-Life Balance**: Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;
- ** Health**: Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;
- ** Community**: Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, events and celebrations.