Mainframe Application Developer & Support Engineer (cobol)

Managed Applications Services Role

Unisys is an IT Technology & Service provider with 37,000 employees all with a single focus: to help our customers seize opportunities, overcome challenges and succeed in the global economy. We work with large organisations across Financial Services, Communications, Media, Commercial, Transportation and the Public Sector, and our rich portfolio of business solutions includes consulting, systems integration, outsourcing, network services and security, leading enterprise-class server and related technologies.

As part of our Managed Applications Services, we provide day-to-day support for applications running in a mission-critical environment on a 24x7 basis. We are looking for an individual to join our team that provides support and development to our Command-and-Control services for our client. You will be required to attend our client's site three days per week.

This role would focus on the mainframe element of the solution and would include providing day-to-day support for existing services as well as software enhancements as defined by our client.

You will see yourself:

• Identifying problems and potential resolutions to support end users
• Analysing and resolving issues relating to interfaces between various system components
• Applying ingenuity and creativity in developing enhancements and new areas of functionality

You will be successful in this role if you have:

• COBOL
• Experience of OS2200 Unisys mainframe technology
• DMS (hierarchical database)/RDMS (relational database) database experience
• An understanding of Transaction Processing (TIP/HVTIP) or similar

Important Information:

Candidates must be eligible for, and will be required to obtain and maintain, Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) clearance for this role. Eligibility requires continuous residence in the UK for a minimum of three years. This is a mandatory requirement and cannot be waived.

We are proud of:

• Unisys was named a Leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Managed Workplace Services, North America.
• Unisys won the 2020 Microsoft Global Partner of the Year Award in the Modern Workplace – Modern Endpoint Management category.
• Unisys won the 2020 Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards in the categories of Innovation in Technology Management, Planning & Implementation and Innovation in Business-to-Business Products & Services.
• Unisys was recognized as a Top 100 Global Outsourcing Company by IAOP for the 15th consecutive year.
• Unisys was named to the Forbes America's Best Employers for Diversity 2021 list.
• Unisys won the 2021 Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough Award for Best Chatbot Solution.
• Unisys was named a Leader in the NelsonHall 2020 Next Generation End-User Computing Services report.
• Unisys was named one of America's Best Employers for Women by Forbes in 2023.

Why Unisys:

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Innovative and challenging work
• Collaborative culture
• Employee development
• Industry expertise
• Social responsibility

Unisys is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to age, caste, citizenship, color, disability, family medical history, family status, ethnicity, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, national origin, parental status, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status or any other category protected by law.

This commitment includes our efforts to provide for all those who seek to express interest in employment the opportunity to participate without barriers. If you are a US job seeker unable to review the job opportunities herein, or cannot otherwise complete your expression of interest, without additional assistance and would like to discuss a request for reasonable accommodation, please contact our Global Recruiting organization at GlobalRecruiting@unisys.com or alternatively Toll Free: 888-560-1782 (Prompt 4). US job seekers can find more information about Unisys' EEO commitment here.