Cobol Developer at Reverside

About the position

Reverside is seeking a highly experienced Lead Product Engineer with strong COBOL expertise to support a critical South African Domestic Low Value Payments system. This role operates within a high-performing team responsible for the maintenance, support, and continuous improvement of key banking systems.

The successful candidate will work in a high-pressure environment supporting a critical banking function, collaborating with development teams while contributing to system stability, enhancements, and operational efficiency.



Key Responsibilities

• Maintain and support core payment systems.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues.
• Implement system enhancements and improvements.
• Participate in standby and support rotations.
• Collaborate with development teams on smaller development tasks.
• Identify risks and contribute to risk management processes.
• Engage with stakeholders across different areas of the bank.
• Contribute to system modernization and process improvement initiatives.

Mandatory Technical Skills

• COBOL (minimum 7 years’ experience)
• JCL (Job Control Language)
• DB2
• Batch processing
• Online transaction processing
• Strong problem-solving and system troubleshooting skills

Beneficial / Advantageous Skills

• IMS
• Easytrieve
• Payments or Banking systems experience
• Understanding of General Ledger processes
• Data archiving exposure (Hadoop, AWS Athena / Amber)

Desired Skills:

• JCL (Job Control Language
• DB2
• Batch processing
• Online transaction proces
• COBOL
• Hadoop
• AWS Athena

About The Employer:

Reverside is a Global ICT company focusing on Digital Engineering, Integration, Cyber-Security, Cloud and Digital Transformation services with delivery centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa and Gurgaon, India. Reverside has its Global Headquarter in South Africa and is a B-BBEE Level 1 IT consulting & services organization. Reverside was founded in 2006 and has since grown to a strong team of over 300+ consultants, serving more than 40+ active clients [URL Removed] - [URL Removed] - [URL Removed]