Senior Software Engineer - Cobol and DB2

Requisition Number: 2357628
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a culture guided by inclusion, talented peers, comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance health optimization on a global scale. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together.
We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with strong CICS application development experience to support and enhance mission critical healthcare systems. The role focuses on high volume, high availability applications supporting claims processing, eligibility, enrollment, benefits, and provider data, while also contributing to modernization and AI enabled initiatives.
Primary Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain CICS online applications supporting healthcare business functions such as claims adjudication, member eligibility, enrollment, and provider management
• Develop and enhance programs using COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and JCL on IBM z/OS
• Work extensively with CICS transactions, pseudo conversational programs, TSQs, TDQs, and transaction recovery mechanisms
• Design microservices and/or z/OS connect or Bundle API's
• Perform impact analysis for regulatory or business changes (e.g., benefit rules, plan changes)
• Ensure applications meet performance, scalability, and availability SLAs for high transaction healthcare systems
• Participate in production support, incident resolution, root cause analysis, and preventive maintenance
• Collaborate with business analysts, testing teams, and distributed system teams supporting healthcare platforms
• Mentor junior developers and drive adherence to coding standards and healthcare IT best practices
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment). The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so

Required Qualifications:

• Solid hands on experience in COBOL, CICS, JCL, DB2, VSAM
• Experience working with high volume transactional systems
• Experience with tools such as Endevor, File Aid, XPEDITER, SPUFI,BMC,NDM etc.
• Experience in healthcare payer or provider systems, including:
  • Claims processing
  • Member enrollment & eligibility
  • Provider data management
  • Benefits configuration
• Deep understanding of CICS architecture, transaction control, and error handling
• Familiarity with batch-online integration in healthcare workflows
• Understanding of SDLC, Agile methodology, release management, incident management, and on call support
• Understanding of performance tuning / Optimization methods
• Awareness of HIPAA regulations, data privacy, and security requirements
• Proven ability to work with regulated, audit driven healthcare environments

Preferred Qualifications:

• Healthcare Domain Experience
• Experience as an AI Builder on Low Code platforms for automation or workflow enablement
• Exposure to Java / Spring Boot, especially for mainframe to distributed integration or APIs
• Understanding of GenAI use cases in healthcare IT (code modernization, defect analysis, documentation, testing acceleration)
• Knowledge of mainframe modernization initiatives and hybrid architectures
• Familiarity with DevOps concepts and CI/CD for enterprise healthcare systems

Soft Skills

• Solid analytical and problem solving capabilities
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders
• Experience working in onshore offshore healthcare delivery models
• Leadership mindset with mentoring ability

What We Offer

• Work on large scale healthcare systems impacting millions of members and providers
• Opportunity to contribute to modernization and GenAI driven transformation initiatives
• Stable, long term role in a critical and regulated industry domain

At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender, sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too many barriers to good health which are disproportionately experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes - an enterprise priority reflected in our mission.