Lead Product Engineer

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

The Core Banking Transactional Cheques Division within Everyday Banking Core Technology is looking for a Cobol Developer with a Minimum 5-years mainframe application knowledge, solid analytical thinking trouble shooting and business writing skills. This role includes 24/7 Standby responsibilities

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together…one story at a time.

With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group.

Job Summary

The Core Banking Transactional Cheques Division within Everyday Banking Core Technology is looking for a Cobol Developer with a Minimum 5-years mainframe application knowledge, solid analytical thinking trouble shooting and business writing skills. This role includes 24/7 Standby responsibilities

Job Description

The successful incumbent will Support the Transactional Cheques and should possess the following knowledge and experience:

• Apply critical thinking to contribute to all phases of quick problem solving and business request handling.
• Apply critical thinking to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organized, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
• Tune, enhance and maintain existing processes.

Key critical skills required:

• Cobol Programmer, at least 5 years' experience
• JCL skills required, at least 5 years' experience

Experience in IMS Databases, TSO/ISPF, REST API, ISPW, Topaz is required. Easytrieve will be an added advantage

Education

Bachelor's Degree: Information Technology

Absa Bank Limited is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. In compliance with the Employment Equity Act 55 of 1998, preference will be given to suitable candidates from designated groups whose appointments will contribute towards achievement of equitable demographic representation of our workforce profile and add to the diversity of the Bank.

Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised

We are a diversified standalone African financial services group, delivering an integrated set of products and services across personal and business banking, corporate and investment banking, wealth, investment management and insurance.

Absa Group Limited is listed on the JSE and is one of Africa’s largest diversified financial services groups with a presence in 12 countries across the continent and around 41 000 employees.

We own majority stakes in banks in Botswana, Ghana, Kenya, Mauritius, Mozambique, the Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania (ABSA Bank in Tanzania and National Bank of Commerce), Uganda and Zambia. We also have representative offices in Namibia and Nigeria, as well as insurance operations in Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania and Zambia.