Mainframe Developer

Hybrid : 3 days (Potential to change to 4 in future)

Anchor days : Monday, Thursday. (Flexible 1 day)

Contract Duration : 02 / 16 / 2026 to 07 / 31 / 2026

Possibility of extension : Yes, based on performance and business needs

Conversion to FTE : Yes, based on performance and business needs

Schedule Hours : 9am-5pm Monday-Friday;standard 37.5 hrs / week

Story Behind the Need

Business group : Canadian Banking Deposits Engineering

Project : Deposit projects

Project is about enhancing new savings product based on new features such as tiered pricing and client rewards.

Reason : Additional support

Candidate Value Proposition :

The successful candidate will have an opportunity to support a large-scale, high visibility project.

Summary :

The main function of a Developer is to design, develop, and implement applications using Core mainframe technologies to support business requirements.

Must Have Skills :

1. 10+ years of hands-on Mainframe application development experience in large enterprise or financial services environments

2. 10+ years of experience with core mainframe technologies : Cobol, CICS, IMS DB / DC, DB2, VSAM, JCL, MQ

3. 10+ years of working knowledge of MVS, TSO / ISPF, VM, and mainframe batch processing

4. 8+ years of experience with SQL, SORT utilities, IBM mainframe utilities, and scheduling tools such as Control-M or CA-Jobtrac

5. 8+ years of experience with change management, debugging and productivity tools such as CHANGEMAN, XPEDITER, INTERTEST, FILEAID, FILEAID / DB2, and related utilities.

6. 5+ years prior experience in technical leadership or team lead roles

7. Hands-on experience in designing, developing, and successfully deploying large-scale projects from end to end.

8. Hands-on experience in following iterative and agile SDLC.

Nice to have :

1. Experience with system integration projects including mergers or platform consolidations

2. Proven experience work with Tier-1 banks;supporting and enhancing mission critical financial systems (e.G., credit cards, banking, rewards, collections, deposits, ATM / ABM systems)

3. Exposure to interface services and data exchange between mainframe and front end applications

Soft Skills Required :

• Analyze highly complex business requirements;generate technical specifications to design or redesign complex software components and applications

High work ethics

Education :

Best VS. Average Candidate :

The ideal candidate will be an experienced Mainframe Developer with strong hands-on experience with designing, developing, and successfully deploying large-scale projects from end to end.

Candidate Review & Selection

Behavioral and Technical based questions based on previous experience.

Hiring Manager’s availability to interview : ASAP