COBOL Trainer – Freelance
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Freelance COBOL Trainer delivering hands-on mainframe training for banking, insurance, and public-sector careers. Preparing junior developers through COBOL programming, legacy integration, and practical projects.
Responsibilities:
- Design and deliver interactive, hands-on training sessions
- Teach technical fundamentals of COBOL, including syntax, data structures, program flow and debugging
- Introduce participants to classic COBOL applications in banking, insurance or public administration
- Provide training on COBOL integration with DB2, VSAM, CICS, batch processing and interfaces to modern systems
- Guide participants through exercises, deep dives and a practical final project
- Assess and provide feedback on participants’ project work
- Offer mentorship and coaching for real-world COBOL project scenarios
- Deliver a structured academy program preparing future COBOL developers for careers in banking, insurance and public sector environments
- Deliver full-time training from 8 February through 30 April; attend an on-site launch event in Sweden on 11 January 2027
Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years of hands-on professional experience in IBM Z / z/OS mainframe environments, particularly in systems programming, infrastructure operations or system administration
- Strong hands-on experience with COBOL programming and mainframe technologies
- Solid understanding of core business processes, ideally in banking, financial services or insurance (BFSI)
- Experience in high-availability and highly regulated enterprise environments, with an understanding of compliance requirements, auditability and mission-critical system availability
- Practical experience with legacy system integration, batch processing and databases, particularly DB2 and VSAM
- Proven track record as a trainer, coach or enablement professional in IT or legacy technology environments
- Ability to explain and present complex technical topics in a clear, structured and practical manner
- Additional knowledge of JCL, CICS, DB2 and modern interfaces is an advantage
- Confidence in delivering remote training sessions using digital collaboration tools
- Excellent English communication skills, both written and spoken
Benefits:
- Attractive freelance daily rates depending on experience
- Fully remote work from any location during the training period
- Remote training delivery using digital collaboration tools
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