Mainframe Developer

August 18, 2026
Application ends: November 17, 2026
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Job Description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Mainframe Developer to support a significant Defence program operating within a complex, secure technology environment.

This role will suit a hands-on developer with strong mainframe application development experience, solid analytical capability, and experience supporting business-critical systems in structured, highly controlled environments.

As a Mainframe Developer, you will contribute to the development, enhancement and sustainment of key Defence applications, working across legacy technologies, batch processing environments and integrated systems.Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, maintain and enhance mainframe applications supporting Defence capability.
  • Perform application and software development activities across the full development lifecycle.
  • Support reliable batch processing and scheduled workloads within secure environments.
  • Analyse technical and functional requirements and contribute to solution design.
  • Troubleshoot application issues, identify root causes and implement effective fixes.
  • Support code changes, defect resolution, testing and deployment activities.
  • Work closely with technical leads, architects, testers and other delivery teams.
  • Contribute to system integration activities across legacy and downstream platforms.
  • Produce and maintain technical documentation, including design, testing and as-built documentation.
  • Work within established Defence change, release, configuration and security processes.
  • Support transition and knowledge transfer activities into ongoing sustainment teams.

Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

  • Strong experience in mainframe application development.
  • Hands-on experience with COBOL.
  • Experience working with DB2, SQL, C# or C++ highly regarded.
  • Strong understanding of batch processing environments.
  • Experience maintaining and enhancing complex legacy applications.
  • Strong debugging, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis capability.
  • Experience supporting integration between mainframe and other enterprise systems.
  • Experience working through structured testing processes, including system and integration testing.
  • Ability to work effectively in secure, highly governed project environments.
  • Strong technical documentation and communication skills.

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