Technical Analyst – Mainframe & COBOL
Summary
Fully remote B2B role at Be Poland supporting an international banking client: the Technical Analyst analyzes, documents, and maintains legacy mainframe applications (COBOL, JCL, DB2/SQL) in the securities/investment domain, resolves production incidents, and transfers application knowledge to new teams.
Be | Shaping the Future Poland has a proven position of being a reliable partner for financial services organisations to analyse complex requirements, find solutions and implement them in their entirety, regardless of their complexity. Since the foundation of Be Poland in 2013, we have been continually expanding and customising our spectrum of services. Today, we are privileged to have in our team the best individuals in each sector we operate within the financial services industry.
Technical Analyst – Mainframe & COBOL
Contract Type: B2B
Fully remote
We are looking for a Technical Analyst with strong Mainframe experience for an international banking environment. In this role, you will support the analysis, documentation, and structured knowledge transfer of business-critical applications in the securities and investment domain.
Responsibilities:
- Independent analysis of existing mainframe applications (COBOL, JCL, DB2/SQL), including incident analysis and resolution in the production environment
- Gathering and documenting application knowledge in close collaboration with the relevant business and technical stakeholders
- Implementing changes and identifying dependencies, interfaces, and risks within existing system landscapes
- Contributing to the quality assurance of technical documentation
- Supporting the structured transfer of application knowledge to new teams
Requirements:
- Several years of hands-on experience with COBOL and/or JCL in production mainframe environments, including independent incident analysis and resolution
- Knowledge of DB2/SQL, ideally also CICS or IMS; PL/1 knowledge is a plus
- Confident use of ISPF, TSO, and SDSF
- Experience with batch scheduling tools (e.g. OPC/Tivoli Workload Scheduler), including job chains, restarts, and end-of-day analysis
- Banking industry experience is a plus, ideally in securities/custody or payments
- Structured, communicative way of working, including in an international team; willingness to quickly get up to speed with client-specific tools and authorization systems
- Good English skills; German skills are a plus
Our offer:
- Competitive remuneration on B2B contract
- Option to activate Medicover and Multisport on preferential terms
- Access to Mindgram – mental health & well-being platform
- Free gym at Q22
- Personal development – internal online / onsite DevTalks
- Referral bonus program
- International environment