Mainframe Developer

September 5, 2025

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Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)
Environmental Conditions
Office
Join our inquisitive team at Thermo Fisher Scientific to make significant contributions to the world.
Discover Impactful Work:
As a Mainframe Developer, you’ll be part of the team improving and supporting the backbone of the Fisher Scientific channel business. The Fisher Scientific channel keeps science moving forward by offering over 2 million products and extensive support services to the scientific research, healthcare and science education markets.
The Mainframe Developer crafts and develops software code. We will analyze user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processes or to improve existing systems. Provide technical knowledge, system design techniques, methodologies, tools, and standards used in the IT and business environment.
What will you do?

  • Support current business applications within the entire ERP platform and functionality (EDI, WMS, Integrations).
  • Produce software documentation for applications to aid in troubleshooting for IT staff.
  • Review computer system capabilities, workflows, and scheduling limitations to determine if requested program or program change is possible within existing system.
  • Study existing information processing systems to evaluate efficiency and develop new systems to improve production or workflows as required.
  • Implement or modify procedures and/or processes to seek business issues considering alternatives and limitations, environment and desired results.
  • Upgrade system and correct errors to maintain system as part of the IT Software Development Process after implementation.

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field preferred, or equivalent experience

Experience

  • 5+ years of related experience (or equivalent combination of experience and education)
  • Experience with COBOL, CICS and XML programming

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  • Knowledge of TSO, OS/390 JCL, DFSORT, and VSAM file structure
  • Analysis and programming in COBOL for both CICS and mainframe batch applications is strongly preferred

We embody values like Integrity, Intensity, Innovation, and Involvement in our work together.
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Seniority level

  • Seniority level

    Not Applicable

Employment type

  • Employment type

    Full-time

Job function

  • Job function

    Science, Information Technology, and Product Management

  • Industries

    Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Biotechnology Research

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Company

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Location

Ottawa

Country

Canada

Salary

100.000

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