Gabriel Saulescu
Senior Cobol Developer | Mainframe Support
Salary / Daily rate
Sibiu, Romania
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Mainframe COBOL developer with 35+ years of expertise in legacy system modernization and banking applications. Led critical projects for UniCredit, BMW Bank, and BNP Paribas with proven track record in incident resolution and production support. Specialized in IBM Mainframe, DB2, and CICS with focus on financial services and automotive sectors.
Work experience
Cobol Developer
UniCredit Bank RomaniaFreelance
Aug 2024 - Jun 2025
11 months
Remote · Remote
Mainframe Cobol Developer (We as Web subcontractor) o Evolutive and corrective maintenance for UniCredit Bank projects - Level 2. o Creation of new programs or modification of production "batch" and online programs o Collaborating remotely with client team o Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) o Agile Project management --------------- Used technologies: o IBM Mainframe, Cobol IDZ, Cobol/Endevor, Db2, MVS/TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, Jira, Confluence, OPC
Application Mainframe Support
Axway
Jul 2023 - Oct 2023
4 months
Bucharest, Romania · Hybrid
o Support for Axway Mainframe Products o Correction of production "batch" and online incidents o Collaborating remotely with French team
IBM
Jan 2020 - Jul 2023
3 years 7 months
Bucharest, Romania · Hybrid
Cobol Developer/Application Mainframer Support
Nov 2022 - Jul 2023
9 months
Bucharest, Romania · Hybrid
Mainframe Cobol Developer /Application Mainframe Support (Qualitance QBS subcontractor) o Evolutive and corrective maintenance for IBM Projects (BMW Bank, BNP Paribas) - Level 2. o Incident management: investigate and escalade/ resolution / recovery ( if necessary) incidents assigned o Correction of production "batch" and online incidents o Creation of new programs or modification of production "batch" and online programs o Collaborating remotely with client team o Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) o Agile Project management ---------------- Used technologies: o IBM Mainframe, Cobol/SCMS, Cobol/Endevor, Db2, CICS, IMS, MVS/TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, Jira, Confluence, OPC, CA7,
Cobol Developer /Application Mainframe Suport
Jan 2020 - Dec 2022
3 years
Bucharest, Romania · Remote
Application Mainframe Support / Mainframe Cobol Developer o Evolutive and corrective maintainance for VW Financial Services/BMW Group projects - Level 2. o Incident management: investigate and escalade/ resolution / recovery ( if necessary) incidents assigned o Correction of production "batch" and online incidents o Collaborating remotely with german team o Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) o Agile Project management ------------ Used technologies: o IBM Mainframe, DB2, IMS, JCL, Cobol/SCMS, MVS(z/OS), TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, Jira, Confluence, CICS, Panorama
Senior Cobol Developer
HN Services Romania
Oct 2019 - Dec 2019
3 months
Bucharest Metropolitan Area
Senior Cobol Developer / Application Mainframe Support (Partisys/Natixis) level 2 o create new cobol programs, JCL for testing o modifying Cobol programs(on-line and batch functionality) according to the technical specifications o Develop/review and edit requirements, functional specifications and recommendations related to proposed solution: o Test Plans for the modified modules. o Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) o Agile Project management ---------------------- Used technologies: o IBM Mainframe, MicroFocus Cobol/ChangeMan, DB2, JCL, CICS, MVS(z/OS), TSO/ISPF, SPUFI, Dbug Tool, FaultAnalyzer, EGen, eclipse TOPAZ, JIRA
IBM (InCrys Subcontractor)
Aug 2016 - Oct 2019
3 years 3 months
Bucharest, Romania
Application Mainframe Support / Cobol Developer - Level 3
Aug 2017 - Oct 2019
2 years 3 months
Bucharest, Romania
o Evolutive and corrective maintainance for BNP Paribas projects- Level 3 o Incident management : investigate and escalade/ resolution/recovery( if necessary) incidents assigned; o Correction of production "batch" and on-line incidents o Creation/develop new Cobol Programs, JCL for testing o modifying Cobol programs(on-line and batch functionality) according to the technical specifications o Develop/review and edit requirements, functional specifications and recommendations related to proposed solution o Support the development team during the software build process (consultancy, documentation review) o Test Plans for the modified modules. o Deploying/Implement new programs into production o Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) o Agile Project management ---------------------- Used technologies: o IBM Mainframe, IBM Cobol/ENDEVOR,, IBM DB2, JCL, CICS, IBM MVS(z/OS), IBM TSO/ISPF QMF, SPUFI, Dbug Tool, FaultAnalyzer, FMD, EGen, XInfo, MQ Basics
Application Mainframe Support / Cobol Developer - Level 2
Aug 2016 - Jul 2017
1 year
Bucharest, Romania
o Evolutive and corrective maintenance for bank sector (BNP Paribas - PF project). Level 2 o Incident management : investigate and escalade / resolution/recovery( if necessary) incidents assigned o Correction of production "batch" and on-line incidents o modifying Cobol programs (on-line and batch functionality) according to the technical specifications o Optimization of SQL commands o Extraction of information required from the database o Test Plans for the modified modules. o Perform calendar tasks o Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) o Agile Project management ---------------------- Used technologies: o IBM Mainframe, IBM Cobol, IBM DB2, IBM MVS (zOS), IBM TSO/ISPF, SCLM / TELON, JCL, CICS, IBM SPUFI, , OPC (TWS), Dbug Tool, FaultAnalyzer, FMD, SQL
Application Mainframe Support / Cobol Developer - Level 2
NTT DATA Romania
Jun 2015 - Aug 2016
1 year 3 months
Sibiu, Romania
o Evolutive and corrective maintenance for Volkswagen AG projects - Level 2 o Incident management : investigate and escalade / resolution/recovery ( if necessary) incidents assigned o Solving tickets, debugging. o Correction of production "batch" and on-line incidents o Extraction of information required for the database o Perform calendar tasks o Collaborating remotely with german team o Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) o Agile Project management ----------------------------------------------- Used technologies: o IBM Mainframe, IBM MVS (zOS), IBM TSO/ISPF, IBM Cobol, IBM DB2, JCL, CICS, QMF, SPUFI, SQL ----------------------------------------------
Senior Software Architect / Project Manager
Economic Software Systems Intl SRL
Sep 1997 - Dec 2014
17 years 4 months
Bucuresti · On-site
o Evolutive and corrective maintenance for an Accountancy IT Systems o Incident management : investigate and escalade / resolution/recovery ( if necessary) incidents assigned o Solving tickets, debugging. o Correction of production "batch" and on-line incidents o creation a new modules/Programs o Extraction of information required for the database o Perform calendar tasks o Collaborating remotely with client team o Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) o Agile Project management
Education
Academia de Studii Economice din București
equivalent BS and MS degree - Analyst-Programmer
1982 - 1987
5 years 1 month