Sabenza IT

COBOL / Mainframe Developer

Sabenza IT  •  Johannesburg, ZA (Onsite)  •  12 hours ago
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Job Description


We are seeking an experienced

COBOL /
Mainframe Developer

to join our team and play a pivotal role in supporting
and enhancing business-critical legacy systems within the financial services
sector. This is a hands-on position focused on stability, performance, and the
continuous evolution of core platforms that power essential operations.



You will work with COBOL in IBM z/OS
environments, maintaining and optimising high-volume transactional systems —
with a particular emphasis on employee benefits and retirement fund solutions.
In addition to strong production support and troubleshooting responsibilities,
this role offers meaningful involvement in modernisation and integration
initiatives, helping to connect proven legacy systems with contemporary
technologies including APIs, Java, .NET, and cloud platforms.


Responsibilities:


  • Maintain and enhance COBOL-based systems
    supporting critical business functions

  • Analyse business requirements and
    translate into technical solutions

  • Support production incidents, defect
    resolution, and system improvements

  • Participate in impact analysis, testing,
    and release cycles

  • Collaborate with BA’s, architects, and
    cross-functional teams

  • Contribute to modernisation initiatives
    where applicable.


Requirements


  • 5+ years COBOL development experience
    (recent, hands-on)

  • Strong experience in mainframe
    environments (IBM z/OS)

  • COBOL / ACUCOBOL

  • Experience working on Employee benefits,
    retirements funds, core transactional systems (e.g., banking, insurance, policy
    admin, payments)

  • Ability to analyse, maintain, and enhance
    existing legacy codebases and have strong troubleshooting and production
    support experience

  • Batch processing and high-volume
    transaction systems

  • Modernisation / integration projects (API,
    .NET, Java, cloud)

  • Experience working in Agile delivery
    environments

  • Prior experience in financial services
    (banking or insurance)
Sabenza IT

About Sabenza IT

Sabenza iT Recruitment is a Level 2 BBBEE company with more than 23 years of expertise in Information Technology recruitment. Our team comprises 20 recruiters dedicated to providing top-notch services in recruiting for sectors such as SAP, IT Developers, and IT Security, among others. Sabenza iT is proud to be a wholly South African-owned company.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
11-50 employees
Headquarters
Natal, Cape Town, Gauteng, ZA
Year Founded
2013
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