Tech Lead

This role requires technical leadership in production support, troubleshooting, performance optimization, code reviews, release management, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure stable and reliable application delivery. The ideal candidate will lead the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of mission-critical Client NonStop applications, leveraging strong hands-on experience with TAL, TACL, Client NonStop COBOL, and Client NonStop SQL.

Job Title: Tech Lead
Location: Remote or Hybrid in Columbus, GA

Summary:
Seeking an experienced Tech Lead with 7-10 years of expertise in Client NonStop application development and support. The ideal candidate will lead the design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of mission-critical Client NonStop applications, leveraging strong hands-on experience with TAL, TACL, Client NonStop COBOL, and Client NonStop SQL. This role requires technical leadership in production support, troubleshooting, performance optimization, code reviews, release management, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to ensure stable and reliable application delivery.

Responsibilities:
•Develop and maintain Client NonStop applications using TAL
•Support online transaction processing systems
•Build and support batch processing components
•Integrate with Pathway applications and Client NonStop SQL
•Troubleshoot production issues in NonStop environments
•Perform enhancements and maintenance on legacy Tandem applications
•Experience in Client NonStop application development and support, with strong hands-on expertise in TAL, TACL, Client NonStop COBOL, Client NonStop SQL, C, and Pathway.
•Lead analysis, design, development, enhancement, and maintenance of Client NonStop applications, including batch and online transaction processing components using TAL, TACL, COBOL, SQL, C, and Pathway.
•Collaborate with business, operations, QA, and infrastructure teams to troubleshoot production issues, perform impact analysis, support system testing, and ensure stable delivery across NonStop environments.
•Provide technical leadership for code reviews, root cause analysis, performance tuning, release support, documentation, knowledge transfer, and continuous improvement while following client standards and control requirements.

What are the top skills required for this role?
• TAL
•TACL
•Client NonStop COBOL
•Client NonStop SQL
•Secondary Skills: C, Pathway

Interview Process:
•The interview process will include two levels of Cognizant internal screening followed by one client interview. •Interviews are expected to be conducted virtually unless otherwise requested by the client.