Mainframe Payroll Application Developer​/Analyst

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, enhance, and maintain mainframe-based payroll applications supporting large-scale payroll processing.
• Analyze payroll business requirements and translate them into technical solutions using mainframe technologies.
• Develop and modify programs in COBOL, Assembler, Easytrieve, and related languages.
• Create, maintain, and execute JCL for batch payroll processing and reporting.
• Develop and maintain online payroll transactions using CICS, including screen development using CICS Maps / CA‑TELON.
• Design, write, and optimize DB2 and IMS database access, queries, and programs.
• Support scheduling and automation of payroll jobs using CA Scheduler (or equivalent workload schedulers).
• Work with Rocket Software Mobius for payroll report management, archive, and retrieval.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve payroll processing errors, production incidents, and data discrepancies.
• Participate in system testing, payroll parallel runs, regression testing, and production migrations.
• Ensure compliance with payroll regulations, security standards, audit requirements, and SLA commitments.
• Collaborate with business analysts, payroll operations, QA, infrastructure, and production support teams.

Strong hands‑on experience with Mainframe technologies, including but not limited to:

• COBOL (Batch and Online)
• Assembler
• Easytrieve
• CICS and CICS Map / BMS / CA‑TELON
• JCL
• DB2 and IMS (DB/DC)
• CA Scheduler / CA‑7 (or equivalent)
• Rocket Software Mobius

• Experience supporting enterprise payroll systems in a mainframe environment.
• Strong understanding of payroll concepts such as gross‑to‑net calculations, deductions, taxes, benefits, and retro processing.
• Knowledge of data file structures, VSAM, and mainframe utilities.

• Prior experience working on government, public sector, or large enterprise payroll systems.
• Experience with production support, on‑call rotations, and payroll cut‑off cycles.
• Familiarity with SDLC, change management, version control, and mainframe deployment processes.
• Exposure to modernization or integration of mainframe payroll systems with distributed platforms.