Job Description & How to Apply Below
Role Name:
Mainframe Dev Lead (Migration)
Location:
Toronto days a week on site
JOB DESCRIPTION:
"We are seeking an experienced Mainframe TSA Development Lead to play a critical role in a focused migration program transitioning legacy FOCUSbased reporting and data processing workloads to COBOL JCL SORTICETOOL on the mainframe
The role combines technical leadership handson development and migration ownership working closely with application teams business stakeholders and modernization leads
This position requires strong mainframe fundamentals sound design judgment and the ability to guide teams through structured legacy transformation
Key Responsibilities
Technical Delivery Leadership
Act as technical lead and TSA for the migration of FOCUS applications to COBOL JCL SORT ICETOOL solutions
Own endtoend design decisions ensuring functional parity performance efficiency and operational stability
Review and approve technical designs migration approaches and coding standards
Provide handson guidance and mentoring to development teams during build and testing phases
Migration Modernization
Analyze existing FOCUS programs reports and data flows to define migration strategies
Map FOCUS logic to optimized COBOL batch processing and SORTICETOOL utilities
Identify opportunities to simplify consolidate or optimize legacy logic during migration
Support data validation reconciliation and parallel run activities to ensure migration accuracy
Development Support
Perform or review COBOL JCL DB and VSAM development as needed
Ensure efficient use of SORT and ICETOOL for data transformation and reporting logic
Partner with QA and operations teams to support system testing performance tuning and production readiness
Assist with postmigration stabilization and defect resolution
Stakeholder Collaboration
Work closely with application owners business analysts and platform teams
Communicate technical risks dependencies and progress clearly to program leadership
Support knowledge transfer and documentation for longterm supportability
Required Skills Experience Must Have
Strong experience in Mainframe Application Development and Technical Solution Architecture
Expert level skills in
COBOL
JCL including SORT and ICETOOL
DB SQL batch integration performance considerations
VSAM KSDS ESDS RRDS as applicable
Proven experience working on legacy application migration or modernization programs
Ability to interpret and reengineer complex legacy logic into maintainable batch solutions
Strong problemsolving analytical and documentation skills
Good to Have Nice to Have
Working knowledge of FOCUS andor SAS particularly in reporting or data extraction contexts
Prior experience migrating FOCUS applications to COBOLSORTICETOOL or similar transformations
Exposure to mainframe performance tuning scheduling and batch optimization
Experience working in Financial Services environments"
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