Cobol Developer

Every moment counts. Especially those you live to the fullest. Welcome to Consort Group.
For over 30 years, Consort Group has been helping companies leverage their data and infrastructure. It is backed by two leaders, Consortis and Consortia, and places people and social responsibility at the heart of its values.
This is your future team
Established in **, Consort Portugal supports the strategic offshoring choices of our clients, particularly in Europe, and brings our expertise in infrastructure services to the Portuguese market. With a team of around 45 employees, our Service Center based in Porto is developing a dynamic nearshore business, offering the French and European markets an environment of excellence and high potential.
ABS Cobol Developer
This is your mission
Within the Banking Services environment, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of the ABS legacy platform, which supports securities settlement, conservation and corporate-action processing for the UK market.
Working closely with business analysts, you will translate business requirements into robust COBOL solutions while ensuring the reliability, security and performance of the existing platform.
You will also contribute to the modernization of the platform by using AI-assisted development tools, modern testing practices, CI/CD pipelines and monitoring solutions.
Build side
Translate business needs into clear technical specifications
Develop and maintain legacy COBOL code on the ABS platform
Use AI-assisted tools to analyse, understand and safely refactor existing code
Identify impacted components by mapping functional specifications to the codebase
Contribute to the design and implementation of unit and integration tests
Support the adoption of AI-driven data validation and modern development practices
Contribute to CI/CD implementation and the introduction of modern monitoring solutions
Run side
Maintain and evolve existing COBOL components while preserving business logic
Analyse and safely modify impacted components
Support acceptance-test planning and execution
Monitor system performance and contribute to improving security and reliability
Document changes and maintain technical documentation
Manage version control and ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards
Contribute to continuous improvement of the legacy platform
This is your background
4+ years of relevant professional experience
Strong expertise in Micro Focus COBOL
Experience working with legacy applications and codebases
Experience working in an Agile environment is desirable
Previous experience in the financial sector is desirable
This is your expertise
Micro Focus COBOL – required
PowerHouse (4GL) – desirable
Eloquence (Marxmeier) – desirable
DevOps tools such as Ansible and ToolChain – desirable
Git version control – desirable
AI-assisted code analysis and refactoring tools
Unit and integration testing
CI/CD pipelines
Monitoring and data validation solutions
Security and regulatory compliance
Your language skills
English – Expert level, written and spoken
Portuguese – Expert level
This is your way of working
Results-oriented
Collaborative mindset
Autonomous and able to work independently
Comfortable working in a fast-paced global environment
Strong team player
Flexible and adaptable
Clear and objective communication
This is our commitment
At Consort Group, you are an expert we support so that every mission becomes a meaningful step in your career.
Attentive and human onboarding
Close management support
Continuous access to training
Concrete commitments to inclusion, equality and solidarity
A comprehensive HR package
A culture of feedback and meaningful projects
This is clear
The recruitment process:
A first telephone exchange with our recruitment team
An HR interview and a professional discussion with a business manager
A technical test or exchange with one of our experts
A final discussion with your future manager or mission manager
And if we recognise ourselves in each other: we start together
Good to know
Location:
Lisbon
Contract:
Permanent/ B2B
Job category:
Application / Software Development / Mainframe / COBOL
What you will do here, you won't do anywhere else.
This moment is yours.
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