Role Summary
Caterpillar Inc. is offering a 24-week company-paid, office-based Returnship program for an IT Analyst (Mainframe) in Bangalore, Karnataka, India. This program is specifically designed to provide a supportive launchpad for experienced professionals returning to work after a career break of at least 6 months. In this role, you will design, develop, enhance, and support enterprise-critical mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, and VSAM, while participating in tailored networking sessions, coaching, and project assignments.
Program Eligibility
- Must be an experienced professional returning from a career break of at least 6 months.
Key Responsibilities
- Application Development & Maintenance: Design, develop, test, and maintain enterprise batch and online mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, and VSAM.
- Query & Job Optimization: Write, tune, and optimize DB2 SQL queries, COBOL logic, and JCL batch job streams.
- Production Support & Triage: Support production batch cycles, resolve job abends, investigate application incidents, and conduct in-depth root-cause analysis (RCA).
- System Integration & Impact Analysis: Evaluate downstream and upstream integration impacts, resolve data-flow discrepancies, and participate in technical design reviews.
- Documentation & Quality Standards: Maintain application documentation, technical specifications, and standard operating procedures (SOPs) while adhering to established quality guidelines.
- Mentorship & Collaboration: Work alongside business analysts, infrastructure teams, and cross-functional stakeholders, providing technical guidance to junior team members.
Key Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline (or equivalent relevant professional experience).
- Experience: Hands-on experience developing, enhancing, and providing production support for enterprise mainframe systems prior to a career break.
- Core Technical Skills: Strong hands-on proficiency in COBOL, JCL, DB2/SQL, CICS, VSAM, mainframe batch processing, file handling, and structured debugging.
- Deliverable Ownership: Proven track record of independently owning end-to-end technical deliverables, system-level troubleshooting, and incident resolution.
- Preferred Capabilities: Working familiarity with IBM z/OS, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, IBM MQ, version control tools (ChangeMan/Endevor), job schedulers (Control-M), and diagnostic utilities (File-AID / Abend-AID).
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly a century, Caterpillar has been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world through innovative products, digital solutions, and an exceptional global dealer network.