**Job Description:** 4+ years of progressive IT Experience in Mainframe Development & Support. Required Skills : COBOL, DB2, JCL, CICS, VSAM, MQ, SYNCSORT, Changeman, Xpeditor, Fileaid,SPUFI, QMF **Qualifications:** **Job Description : (Mainframe Development & Support Analyst)** + Consultants with working knowledge of Mainframe technologies (COBOL, CICS, VSAM/IAM, DB2, JCL, Syncsort, MQ) + Experience in designing database tables, stored procedures, functions, performance optimization etc. + Experience in Software Development and Implementation Life cycle. + Experience in Development, Maintenance and Production Support Projects. + Problem Solving Skills and ability to succeed in a fast-paced, high volume environment. + Group Insurance experience is a strong plus. + Experience in working on Agile/ Devops model and cloud related models. + Ensure best possible performance and quality of the application using project and standard best practices. Required Skills : COBOL, DB2, JCL, CICS, VSAM, MQ, SYNCSORT, Changeman, Xpeditor, Fileaid,SPUFI, QMF **Other Qualification :** + 4+ years of progressive IT Experience in Mainframe Development & Support. + Good problem solving and analytical skills with knowledge of problem analysis. + Excellent collaboration and communication skills to work effectively with cross functional teams. + Willingness to take ownership of issues and progress to resolution. **Job Profile Summary :** + Requirements Elicitation, Understanding, Analysis :Understand the project's Vision and requirements, and contribute to the creation of the supplemental requirements, building the low-level technical specifications for a particular platform and/or service solution. + Project Planning, Tracking, & Reporting + Estimate the tasks and resources required to design, create (build), and test the code for assigned module(s). + Provide inputs in creating the detailed schedule for the project. + Support the team in project planning activities, in evaluating risks, and shuffle priorities based on unresolved issues. + During development and testing, ensure that assigned parts of the project/modules are on track with respect to schedules and quality. + Note scope changes within the assigned modules and work with the team to shuffle priorities accordingly. + Communicate regularly with the team about development changes, scheduling, and status. + Participate in project review meetings. + Tracking and reporting progress for assigned modules. **Location:** This position can be based in any of the following locations: Chennai, Gurgaon **Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday**