UF CAREER ACADEMY
Mainframe Developer
A good fit if you like: Collaborating Learning New Technologies Troubleshooting
As a Mainframe Developer, you’ll create and maintain applications for mainframe systems. Mainframe systems are high-performance computers with large amounts of memory and processors. Mainframes power many financial, banking, and government agency systems. You’ll write and test code, perform maintenance on applications, and collaborate with other developers and systems engineers to ensure proper functioning. You’ll use tools and coding languages like VS code, JCL, Python, and COBOL and develop a deep understanding of business processes.
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Salary Range
*Sourced from LinkedIn & Glassdoor
Job Postings
*Sourced from Lightcast, period July 2021 – June 2022
Common Job Titles
Mainframe Developer Mainframe Programmer Mainframe Programmer/Analyst
Skills Needed
Mainframe COBOL Job Control Language (JCL) Customer Information Control System (CICS) Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) SQL
Courses
IBM Mainframe Developer Certificate
Absolute Basics of COBOL
Linux: File Management for DevOps
Advanced Relational Database and SQL
Using MySQL Database with PHP
Introduction to Relational Database and SQL
Read an Input File with COBOL
Add and Modify Records with COBOL
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