Mainframe Technical Lead

£600 per day inside IR35

3 Month Contract

Based in either the UK or Germany
Must have working proficiency in both English & German
Remote, meetings in either Köln or Frankfurt twice per month

We are seeking an experienced Mainframe Technical Lead / SME to support a complex Inkasso (collections) application.

The role will focus primarily on BAU support and technical leadership for a legacy mainframe platform while acting as a bridge between the German onshore stakeholders and the offshore engineering team.

A key objective is to stabilise knowledge transfer and reduce dependency on long-tenured SMEs, ensuring sustainable support capability within the offshore team.

Mainframe technologies include:

COBOL

DB2

IMS

VSAM

JCL and standard z/OS batch processing

Typical insurance mainframe integration patterns

Required Experience

10+ years mainframe development/support experience

Strong hands-on expertise with COBOL, DB2, IMS and VSAM

Experience supporting large enterprise legacy applications

Proven experience in BAU production support environments

Strong stakeholder management capability

Fluent &English/German (spoken and written)