Senior Software Engineer – Mainframe at Ensono
Richmond, VA
$106,000–$152,000from the description
Jul 7, 2026
Richmond, VA
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior-level mainframe engineering role focused on developing, maintaining, and enhancing enterprise mainframe applications built on COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, and VSAM. Day-to-day work spans incident resolution, performance tuning, technical documentation, and handling change requests across both waterfall and agile projects. The role also carries a technical lead dimension, including mentoring junior developers and translating business requirements into implementation options.
Senior level · 8+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 240 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 140–360
Applicant volume Light — Few people clear these requirements, so an application that does clear them gets looked at. Worth applying to even if you miss a nice-to-have.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (6)
The role is fully remote within the United States; no specific metro is listed, so no CBSA is assigned.
The degree requirement lists 'Bachelor's or Master's degree' but does not explicitly state that equivalent experience is unacceptable. However, the phrasing reads as a firm preference rather than a hard gate, so the degree requirement is set to None. Hiring managers should confirm whether a degree is truly mandatory.
ServiceNow/Service Manager experience appears in the Roles & Responsibilities narrative section rather than a dedicated Required Skills block, and is framed as general familiarity with enterprise ticketing systems — treated as preferred.
Version control systems are mentioned generically in the Qualifications section but no specific tool is named, so no skill entry was created.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: mainframe COBOL/CICS development maps most naturally to Software Developers (15-1252), but Computer Programmers (15-1251) is a reasonable alternative given the legacy/maintenance-heavy nature of the work.
This posting reads as a fully-remote role, so it was scored against the national candidate pool rather than a single metro.
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