Salt Lake City, UT

Salary
$89,600–$123,200from the description
Posted
Jul 22, 2026
Location
Salt Lake City, UT
Last confirmed open
Jul 23, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

An onsite mainframe developer role focused on designing, maintaining, and enhancing enterprise applications built on COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM. Day-to-day work spans batch processing support via Control M, production troubleshooting, environment management, and cross-functional coordination with architects, QA, and offshore teams. Suits an experienced mainframe professional comfortable acting as a technical subject matter expert and mentoring junior developers.

Senior level · 5+ years · Salt Lake City, UT · Full-time

Must have (7)
COBOLJCLCICSDB2VSAMEndevorControl-M
Nice to have (1)
Easytrieve

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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.

What gives you an edge
CICSVSAMJCLCOBOLDB22%Control-M3%

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). 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 titled simply 'Mainframe Developer' with no seniority modifier, but the requirements (5+ years, SME responsibilities, mentoring junior developers, cross-functional coordination) clearly support a Senior-level classification.

A Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline is listed under required qualifications but the posting explicitly allows 'equivalent practical experience' as a substitute, so no minimum degree is hard-gated.

Easytrieve (EZtrieve) is explicitly called 'preferred' in the requirements section, so it is marked as preferred.

Endevor and Control-M appear in the required qualifications section with firm language ('experience with'), so they are treated as hard gates.

SOC classification is Medium confidence: mainframe COBOL development sits between 15-1252 Software Developers and 15-1251 Computer Programmers; 15-1252 is chosen as the better fit given the design, architecture, and enhancement responsibilities described.

Background investigation is noted as a condition of employment; no specific US security clearance is required to apply.

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