Mainframe Assembler

9 hours ago


Johannesburg Metropolitan Area, South Africa KARILINER CONSULTING Full time

Mainframe Assembler (HLASM) Developer

Location: Remote, Time Zone: CET

Employment Type: Contract

Experience Level: Junior, Intermediate and Senior 

About the Role:

We're hiring a Mainframe Assembler Developer to support and enhance our existing HLASM modules within a critical banking/enterprise system. You will work closely with technical leads and business analysts to maintain and evolve assembler programs in a high-performance computing environment.

  • and documentation efforts
  • Support integration with COBOL and database access modules
  • Work with JCL and other mainframe utilities

Requirements:

  • 5-15 years of experience with HLASM on IBM mainframes
  • Cobol, C++ or C#
  • Proficient with JCL, TSO/ISPF, and debugging tools
  • Familiarity with z/Architecture, assembler macros, and I/O processing
  • Good understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)

Key Responsibilities:

  • Write and maintain HLASM code for business-critical systems
  • Debug and test assembler code using z/OS tools
  • Participate in peer code reviews