Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cognizant is a technology and engineering company seeking a Senior Mainframe Developer to design, enhance, and support reliable healthcare claims applications. The role focuses on developing COBOL-based mainframe solutions, troubleshooting production issues, supporting testing and deployment activities, and providing technical leadership to distributed teams.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, debug, and maintain healthcare claims applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, and MQ
- Translate business requirements into scalable, efficient, and compliant mainframe solutions that support claims adjudication workflows
- Troubleshoot production issues, optimize application performance, conduct code reviews, and implement sustainable fixes
- Support system integration testing, user acceptance testing, code migration, production deployment, post-implementation validation, and backout activities
- Provide technical leadership to offshore team members, coordinate onsite and offshore delivery, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to achieve project goals
Skills
- · 8+ years of strong hands-on experience developing mainframe applications with COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM, CICS, and MQ
- · Experience with healthcare claims adjudication processes and related business workflows
- · Knowledge of code migration and release management, including package creation, environment promotion, deployment validation, and backout procedures
- · Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills for complex application and production issues
- · Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work independently and contribute effectively in an Agile, onsite and offshore delivery environment
- ***\*Please note, this role cannot offer visa transfer or sponsorship now or in the future\****
- · Experience providing technical guidance or mentoring to distributed engineering teams
- · Experience conducting code reviews and improving mainframe application performance
- · Experience supporting system integration testing, user acceptance testing, production deployments, and post-production activities
- · Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to business and technology stakeholders
Benefits
- Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
- Stock awards, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance, subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off, subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
- 401(k) plan and contributions, subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
- Long-term/Short-term Disability, subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
- Paid Parental Leave, subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan, subject to applicable eligibility requirements.
- Remote work arrangement in the United States.
- Various wellbeing programs supporting a healthy work-life balance.
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