COBOL Developer (German-speaking)

We are looking for an experienced COBOL Developer to support the analysis, maintenance, and enhancement of existing IBM mainframe applications. The role requires strong hands-on COBOL and DB2 expertise, excellent German language skills, and the ability to analyse complex legacy systems and support knowledge transfer to internal teams.

Key Responsibilities & Requirements:

• Proven years of experience in IBM mainframe development.
• Strong hands-on COBOL development and maintenance experience, including recent COBOL project experience (PL/I-only experience is not sufficient).
• Excellent knowledge of DB2 and Embedded SQL within COBOL environments.
• Ability to analyse complex legacy applications, program dependencies, and data flows.
• Experience enhancing existing applications, troubleshooting issues, and producing technical documentation.
• Very good German language skills, particularly for functional discussions and knowledge transfer.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with IBM z/OS, JCL, batch processing, and CICS.
• Knowledge of WSDL/SOAP interfaces.
• Insurance industry experience, ideally in Property & Casualty (P&C).
• Ability to identify and document business rules embedded in COBOL code.
• Experience providing architecture advice and transferring knowledge to internal development teams.

Contract Details:

• Duration: 12 months
• Working Model: Fully Remote
• Language: German (very good proficiency required)