Tandem Developer (Scobol / COBOL85)

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About the Role

Tandem Developer

This role involves sustaining, enhancing, and modernizing a mission-critical system while ensuring stability across both intra-day and overnight processes. The developer will play a key role in maintaining the reliability and performance of the application while progressively introducing improvements aligned with modernization goals.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance programs written in

  SCOBOL

  and

  COBOL85

  within a

  Tandem (HP NonStop)

  environment.
• Collaborate with the client’s internal technical and operations teams to ensure consistent system stability and performance.
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues, particularly around overnight batch processing.
• Participate in enhancement projects aimed at modernizing the existing application architecture.
• Work closely with other members of the development team to share knowledge and contribute to continuous improvement efforts.
• Support ongoing testing, deployment, and documentation activities to maintain system integrity and traceability.

Required Skills & Experience

• Proven hands-on experience in

  SCOBOL

  and

  COBOL85

  programming.
• Demonstrated experience working in a

  Tandem (HP NonStop)

  environment.
• Strong understanding of legacy system maintenance, data flows, and batch processing.
• Ability to work effectively within a distributed team supporting a long-established enterprise platform.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and an analytical approach to identifying and resolving issues.
• Strong communication skills and a proactive mindset when interacting with client stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience supporting or modernizing financial systems.
• Familiarity with

  banking or accounting-related applications

  .
• Ability to work independently while managing complex technical requirements.

Engagement Details

• Contract Duration:

  2 years (104 weeks / 521 days).

• Work Schedule:

  Full-time.

• Location:

  Remote (anywhere), ideally based in India.

• Onboarding:

  Preferred availability to attend the

  Pune office

  up to

  2 days per week

  during the initial onboarding months to accelerate familiarization, after which the position will transition to

  fully remote (5 days per week)

  .

• Interview Process:

  The client’s technical interview will include

  scenario-based questions

  designed to assess practical experience and problem-solving approaches within a Tandem development environment.

About the Client

The client is a global financial institution maintaining a complex, high-availability system landscape supporting trading and accounting operations. This engagement focuses on long-term system stability and gradual modernization, ensuring the continued reliability of key financial processes.

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