Mainframe,Cobol, JCL/Senior Consultant Specialist
Hyderabad, TG, IN, 500032
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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.
We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Consultant Specialist.
In this role, you will:
- Analyze business and technical requirements for multi-region mainframe applications (e.g., US, Mexico, France).
- Develop and maintain batch and online COBOL components. Build and support JCL for scheduling, execution, monitoring, and failure recovery.
- Design and tune DB2 SQL and data access paths for performance and stability. Manage VSAM data structures supporting high-volume payments processing.
- Using AI Models to extract business logic from legacy programs and help in modernization. Guide team and manage the workloads.
- Contribute to code reviews, release deployments, and incident/root-cause analysis.
- Maintain documentation and ensure adherence to coding standards and audit/compliance controls.
- Partner with QA, Operations, production support, and business stakeholders.
- Provide ongoing production support and operational readiness.
To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:
- 12+ years’ mainframe development experience within large-scale enterprise environments. Strong COBOL capability across batch and online workloads.
- Proven JCL expertise, including job setup, utilities, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.
- Working knowledge of DB2, covering SQL development, query optimization, and debugging. Practical experience in VSAM file design, access methods, and processing.
- Hands-on exposure to CICS transaction development and/or production support. Strong production-grade debugging, root-cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.
- Familiarity with SDLC, change control, and release/deployment processes. Hands-on experience with tools such as Xatester, Sonar, and CI/CD pipelines
- Effective communication and stakeholder collaboration across technical and business teams.
- 7+ years’ Experience in banking/financial services domain specifically payments applications. Experience with incident/problem management frameworks (ITIL).
- Basic understanding of Windows Server–based applications and operating environments. Using AI Models/agents to work with Cobol programs to extract business logic.
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Issued by – HSBC Software Development India