COBOL Developer

Recruiter

Mindworx Consulting

Job Ref

JNB008088/KN

Date posted

Thursday, June 4, 2026

Location

Johannesburg, South Africa

SUMMARY

Job Purpose

• The company is seeking an experienced COBOL / Mainframe Developer to support and enhance business-critical legacy systems within a financial services environment. This role will focus on stability, enhancements, and integration with modern platforms

POSITION INFO

Key Requirements (Non-Negotiable)

• 5+ years COBOL development experience (recent, hands-on)
• Strong experience in mainframe environments (IBM z/OS)
• Proven experience with: COBOL / ACUCOBOL

Experience

• Experience working on Employee benefits, retirement funds, core transactional systems (banking, insurance, policy admin, payments)
• Ability to analyse, maintain, and enhance existing legacy codebases and have strong troubleshooting and production support experience

Highly Advantageous

• Batch processing and high-volume transaction systems

Exposure to

• Modernisation/integration projects (API, .NET, Java, cloud)
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments
• Prior experience in financial services (banking or insurance)

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 BAs, architects, and cross-functional teams
• Contribute to modernisation initiatives where applicable
• Strong attention to detail (critical in COBOL environments)
• Able to work with minimal supervision on legacy systems
• Comfortable working in complex, highly regulated environments
• Strong communication skills (ability to engage business + technical stakeholders)