Cardlink Developer

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Sub-Domain: Application Development Management

Experience Level: Junior – L2 (3–5 years)

Location: Kuala Lumpur

Type of Work: QR

Job Summary: 

We are seeking aCardlink Developer with hands-on experience inMainframe COBOL/CICS development and Cardlink application delivery within the banking sector. The successful candidate will be responsible for developing, enhancing, maintaining, and supporting Cardlink applications running on theIBM Mainframe z/OS platform. 

The ideal candidate will have approximately4 years of experience in COBOL/CICS development, a good understanding of banking and card-related systems, and practical experience across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), change management, testing, and production support processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, enhance, maintain, and supportCardlink applications on the Mainframe platform.

• Perform application development usingCOBOL and CICS based on functional and technical requirements.

• Develop and maintain batch processes usingJCL.

• Work withVSAM and sequential datasets for application data processing.

• Analyze business and technical requirements and translate them into effective technical solutions.

• Perform program coding, unit testing, debugging, and defect resolution.

• Conduct impact analysis for application changes and enhancements.

• Support system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and production implementation activities.

• Investigate and resolve application issues within agreed service levels.

• Prepare and maintain technical documentation, program specifications, test evidence, and implementation of documents.

• Follow establishedSDLC, change management, coding, testing, and release management processes.

Required Skills:

• 3–5 years of overall IT/application development experience, with approximately4 years of hands-on COBOL/CICS development.

• Proven experience inCardlink development and delivery.

• Strong hands-on experience withMainframe COBOL and CICS.

• Good knowledge ofJCL and Mainframe batch processing.

• Experience working withVSAM and Sequential Datasets.

• Working knowledge ofEasytrieve.

• Experience working onIBM z/OS Mainframe environments.
• Banking sector experience is required.

• Understandingcard applications / card processing is highly desirable.

• Good understanding of theSoftware Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Experience with application testing, debugging, defect fixing, and production support.

• Familiarity withchange management and release management processes/tools.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experience withCardlink implementations, enhancements, upgrades, or production support.
• Knowledge ofcard issuing authorization, transaction processing, or card lifecycle management.

• Experience withEasytrieve reporting and data extraction.

• Knowledge ofMainframe utilities and job scheduling 

• Experience withproduction incidents and problem management in banking environments.

You will also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to build a career.

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