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Cobol Mainframe Consultant

EQPlus

  • Undisclosed
  • Contract Senior position
  • Centurion
  • Posted 09 Oct 2026 by EQPlus
  • Expires in 34 days
  • Job 2646020
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About the position

Job Purpose

The COBOL Mainframe Consultant will be responsible for developing, maintaining, enhancing and supporting business-critical applications within an IBM Mainframe environment. The successful candidate will analyse business requirements, troubleshoot system issues and deliver reliable, high-quality technical solutions.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain and enhance applications using COBOL.
  • Work with mainframe technologies, including JCL, CICS and DB2.
  • Analyse business and technical requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
  • Perform application maintenance, debugging and troubleshooting.
  • Investigate and resolve production incidents and system defects.
  • Develop and maintain batch processing jobs and online transaction programs.
  • Perform unit testing, integration testing and support user acceptance testing.
  • Support database operations, SQL queries and data processing.
  • Participate in code reviews and ensure compliance with development standards.
  • Prepare and maintain technical documentation.
  • Collaborate with business analysts, project managers, testers and technical teams.
  • Support system enhancements, releases and continuous improvement initiatives.

Minimum Requirements

  • Relevant IT qualification or equivalent practical experience.
  • Proven experience in COBOL development within an IBM Mainframe environment.
  • Strong knowledge of JCL (Job Control Language).
  • Experience with CICS and DB2.
  • Experience in application maintenance, debugging and production support.
  • Understanding of batch processing and online transaction processing.
  • Knowledge of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.

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Desired Skills:

  • Cobol Mainframe

Desired Work Experience:

  • 5 to 10 years

Desired Qualification Level:

  • Diploma

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EQPlus

About the agency

EQPlus is a Specialist IT & Financial Recruitment Consultancy with a team of highly experienced staff and shareholders, representative of South Africa's unique diversity. EQPlus is a Specialist Resourcing Services organization, specialising in the provision of contracting staff, permanent staff as well as Executive Search. We do IT your way. EQPlus is a leading provider of IT and Financial talent, on all levels of your business Founded in 1999, the dynamic team at EQPlus focusses on the following business units: EQ Resourcing EQPlus is able to supply top quality technical specialists in all technologies e.g. Mobile Technologies, Java, C#, SQL, Oracle, COBOL, Natural – all levels. EQ PLUS ensures that the candidate match the client’s skills requirement and the culture of the organisation. EQ Plus provides a personal service of exceptional value. EQ Professional Services EQPlus is highly experienced in the sourcing of Programme and Project Managers for short and long term positions, both local and internationally. Business Analysts/Business Process skills are also available with experience across multiple leading BA methodologies. EQ Staffing Solutions EQ Staffing solutions is designed to meet your needs, be it Teams, Fixed price or Executive search. Our offering includes bespoke application development skills across all the enterprise development platforms and technologies over the full lifecycle of a project. Why EQPLUS We have a track record of excellent service delivery on small and large scale recruitment projects. •Our team of inspirational bright minds enables us to provide business leadership in our field. •We provide Technology Expertise, using state of the art Recruitment Intellectual Property •We consistently provide quality candidates, at great value for money with passionate service delivery. •We serve clients and candidates spanning the technology and geographic landscape of South Africa. •We are a Total Talent Solution Centre of Excellence and have specialists that focus on the IT Industry. •We provide Executive Search appointments, Independent Contractors and Permanent Appointments including: oArchitects, oBusiness Analysts, oProject Managers, oAnalyst Programmers (Java, C#, PHP, Web Logic, SQL, Cobol, Universe, SAP, Oracle etc.) oNetwork Engineers (up to CCIE level). oMicrosoft Technology experts, oJava Application Development experts and oMobile Development experts. oFinancial Industry Professionals.

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