COBOL Systems Engineer

About the role

The role provides technical development, maintenance and production support for business‑critical COBOL applications on Micro Focus and Linux platforms. It ensures application stability, reliable batch and online processing, and timely incident resolution.

Key responsibilities

• Develop, maintain and enhance COBOL programs, copybooks, interfaces and supporting components.
• Support COBOL applications deployed through Micro Focus Enterprise Server or Enterprise Developer, monitoring services, logs and resource utilisation on Linux.
• Investigate data discrepancies, execute validation and reconciliation, and provide evidence for audit and compliance reviews.
• Monitor and support online services, batch cycles and downstream interfaces, resolving incidents within agreed service levels.
• Participate in release, change, patching, disaster recovery and business continuity activities, including on‑call support.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or a related discipline.
• 3–7 years of hands‑on experience in COBOL development and application support, preferably in payments, card processing, banking or financial services.

Required skills

• COBOL development (Micro Focus COBOL, Enterprise Server or Enterprise Developer).
• Linux/Unix environments and shell scripting.
• Application monitoring, troubleshooting and performance diagnostics.