Mainframe Developer (COBOL, CICS, DB2) at System One
Salt Lake City, UT
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Jul 28, 2026
Salt Lake City, UT
Jul 29, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A client-site mainframe developer role in Salt Lake City focused on designing, maintaining, and enhancing enterprise COBOL/CICS/DB2 applications for large organizations. The position involves batch processing support, production troubleshooting, environment management, and cross-functional collaboration with onshore and offshore teams. It suits an experienced mainframe engineer comfortable acting as a technical SME and mentoring junior developers.
Senior level · 5+ years · Salt Lake City, UT
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 6 people in the Salt Lake City, UT area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 3–9
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 $132,450 (middle half $104,815–$164,275).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The role is posted by System One (a staffing/consulting firm) for placement at a client site in Salt Lake City; the employment type (full-time permanent vs. contract) is not explicitly stated in the posting, though benefits language suggests full-time eligibility is possible.
Endevor is listed in the required qualifications section as 'such as Endevor,' implying it is the named example of a required source-control/deployment tool capability rather than a strict single-tool gate — alternatives would be accepted.
Easytrieve is explicitly called 'preferred' in the posting and is marked accordingly.
The alt SOC 15-1251 (Computer Programmers) is noted because mainframe COBOL development maps closely to that legacy occupation; however, the breadth of design, architecture collaboration, and SME responsibilities tips the primary classification toward 15-1252 Software Developers.
No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
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