🚀 Analyst-developer Mainframe
For a complex and business-critical IT environment, we are looking for a Freelance Analyst-developer Mainframe. This role places a strong emphasis on functional and technical analysis within a mainframe context, with development playing a supporting role.
📌 Assignment Details
* Freelance contract
* Long-term engagement
* Focus on analysis and in-depth expertise
* Hybrid working model (to be discussed)
* Location: Leuven
* Languages: Dutch fluent + good English
🔎 Your Role
As a Freelance Analyst-developer Mainframe, you will:
* Analyze complex business processes and translate them into clear functional and technical solutions
* Act as the key link between business and IT
* Contribute to stable, high-quality, and maintainable applications
⚙️ Responsibilities
* Perform in-depth functional and technical analyses
* Translate business requirements into:
* Functional specifications
* Technical designs
* Conduct impact and risk analyses on existing mainframe applications
* Analyze incidents and contribute to structural (root cause) solutions
* Develop and adapt applications based on your analyses
* Collaborate with business stakeholders and technical teams
* Document analyses, decisions, and solutions
* Proactively suggest simplifications and optimizations
💻 Technical Environment
* Mainframe / z-OS
* COBOL
* DB2
* JCL
* CICS (strong plus)
* Batch & online processing
👤 Profile
* Proven experience as an analyst-developer in a mainframe environment
* Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills
* Solid knowledge of COBOL, DB2, and JCL
* Ability to structure and document complex topics clearly
* Detail-oriented, quality-driven, and autonomous
* Strong communication skills with both business and IT stakeholders
* Fluent in Dutch
* Experience in a banking environment is a strong asset