Salary: £65,000 - 65,000 per year Requirements: Multiple years of Enterprise COBOL or VS COBOL II on a real production estate Strong CICS, DB2, and JCL, with hands-on VSAM experience Comfortable with copybooks, BMS maps, and embedded SQL on z/OS Experience with code management tools like Endevor, ChangeMan, SCLM or similar Pragmatic approach to legacy code, with the patience to read it carefully before making changes Responsibilities: Writing new Enterprise COBOL programs and enhancing existing ones, including embedded SQL against DB2 Owning batch JCL and online CICS transactions, including BMS maps and copybooks Conducting code archaeology and data analysis across legacy modules Supporting release management and code promotion across environments Mentoring junior team members and helping shape technical standards Technologies: COBOL Embedded Support SQL C++ More: We are a long-established software business located in Oxfordshire, offering a hybrid work model with one day per week in the office, easily commutable from Birmingham, Coventry, and London. We are looking for a Senior COBOL Developer to maintain and support our core platform during a 4-5 years migration project. Our team consists of a small, Agile development group where you will take the lead on COBOL-related tasks, mixing new development, enhancement, production support, and code archaeology across our legacy estate. We offer a competitive salary range of £55k - £65k along with corporate benefits. last updated 18 week of 2026