Cobol Developer - German Speaking

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)

Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change.