Cobol Developer

**Position type** : Full time

**Place of work** : Bangkok, Silom

**Salary** : Negotiable

**Working conditions** : Working conditions are normal for an office environment.

**Department/Function** : IT Department

**Reporting to Title** : Head of Department

**The company and the mission**

BRED IT (Thailand) Ltd.is a wholly owned subsidiary of the French bank BRED Banque Populaire based out of Paris (BPCE Group).

BRED IT was established in 2008 with the objective to become the IT hub for BRED Group Commercial Banks in South East Asia, Pacific Ocean, and the Horn of Africa areas.

In parallel, BRED IT has expanded its activities since 2011 to also provide remote IT services to Paris Headquarters.

Today, with more than 200 employees, BRED IT fully supports Banque Franco Lao in Laos, BRED Bank Cambodia, BRED Bank Vanuatu, BRED Bank Solomon Islands, BRED Bank Fiji and Banque pour le commerce et l’industrie Mer Rouge (BCIMR) in Djibouti:

BRED IT hosts and manages all layers of BRED International Banks Information Systems: From Infrastructures to Applications (Core Banking, Internet/Mobile Banking, E-Payments ), on a 24x7 basis.

Half of the activity is currently performed for BRED Headquarters, with a focus on Projects (built with Java, COBOL, PHP, DataStage) and Production/Devops.

We are a unique company, thanks to our identity and our history: We place our expertise at the service of BRED Group and develop our activities with an entrepreneurial structure.

By putting BRED group best interests first, it allows us to deliver tailor-made solutions with high value-added.

**Main Objectives and Activities**

- Responsible for

• Development activities will include analyzing, writing technical specification, updating existing software and/or developing new programs that add business functionality and solve critical business problem within bank projects.
• This role will contribute to all development activities in accordance with appropriate methodologies (e.g. Agile, Kanban, etc).
• Providing technical advice and support for various projects.
• Adhering to in-house quality procedures.
• Be autonomous to make right technical decisions in the course of its duties.
• Constantly updating technical knowledge.

**Education**

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineer, or related fields

**Language skills**

• Good command in English.

**Experience and Skills**

• 5 years at least in IBM Z/OS environment, COBOL, CICS (conceptual understanding is fine), JCL, DB2, TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, SAM/VSAM.
• Team player, open-minded, anticipation and speed adaptation.
• Good analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Ability to design and build complex business solutions.
• Possess good communication skills, with an emphasis on verbal and written communication.
• Ability to work effectively on tight deadlines.
• Rigor and organization skills are required, whilst working to tight deadlines
• Willing to ‘go the extra mile’
• A commitment to quality and a thorough approach to the work

**Technical Skills Required**

• COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM Files, JCL, Sync sort
• Knowledge on development tools: TOPAZ, ISPW, Xpediter, Optim, Abendaid (would be a plus).