MAINFRAME PROGRAMMER ANALYST - SPECIALIST (100% REMOTE)

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Job Summary: We are seeking an experienced Mainframe professional to perform maintenance, support, and enhancement of critical systems, with strong expertise in IBM COBOL, DB2, and Visual Age. Key Highlights: 1. Work in a high-platform environment (Mainframe) with critical systems 2. Development and optimization of online and batch routines 3. Training in modern AI tools for system assessment and documentation We seek an experienced Mainframe professional to maintain, support, and enhance critical systems. The ideal candidate possesses solid expertise in IBM COBOL and DB2, along with specific experience using IBM Visual Age for development and code generation. The professional will receive training on modern tools and processes for Mainframe system assessment and documentation using AI. **The candidate must be up-to-date with current technologies: AI, etc.** **Key Responsibilities:** \- Perform corrective and evolutionary maintenance on COBOL and Visual Age programs. \- Develop and optimize online routines using CICS. \- Create and maintain batch processing jobs using JCL (Job Control Language). \- Develop and maintain COBOL Stored Procedures for complex business rules. \- Manipulate and optimize queries in IBM DB2 z/OS database. \- Conduct root cause analysis (troubleshooting) of production incidents. \- Prepare technical and functional documentation for Mainframe systems. **Mandatory Requirements (Hard Skills):** \- Programming Language: Proficiency in IBM COBOL (Enterprise COBOL). \- IDE/Tool: Proven experience with IBM Visual Age (Generator or Pacbase, depending on the environment). \- Transactional Processing: Solid knowledge of CICS (BMS maps, CICS commands, online transactions). \- Database: Experience with IBM DB2 z/OS (SQL, cursors, performance tuning). \- Batch Processing: Proficiency in JCL and IBM utilities (SORT, IDCAMS, IEBGENER). \- Logic: Experience developing and invoking COBOL Procedures (subprograms/modularized routines). **Preferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have):** \- Knowledge of version control tools (Changeman, Endeavor, or Git). \- Experience with debugging tools (Xpediter or Intertest). \- Familiarity with integration between Mainframe and distributed platforms (MQ Series, CICS Web Services). \- Technical English for reading manuals and logs. **Behavioral Profile:** \- Strong analytical ability and attention to detail. \- Autonomy to investigate business rules within legacy code. \- Good communication skills to collaborate with business and infrastructure teams. \- Interest in training to use AI tools for system analysis and documentation. **Skills:** **Technical Skills:** \- Requirements Analysis \- Functional Documentation (PDD, Requirements Specification) \- Practical application of AI tools \- Programming Languages: COBOL, CICS, CSP, Visual Age, JCL, SQL, QMF, MICRO FOCUS **Methodologies:** \- Business and process analysis \- Proposal development **Business Domains:** \- Insurance \- Banking Employment Type: Full-time, CLT (Consolidation Labor Law) Compensation: R$12.000,00 \- R$16.000,00 per month