Mainframe Technical Lead
Mainframe Technical Lead £600 per day inside IR35 3 Month Contract Based in either the UK or Germany Must have working proficiency in both English & German Remote, meetings in either Köln or Frankfurt twice per month We are seeking an experienced Mainframe Technical Lead / SME to support a complex Inkasso (collections) application. The role will focus primarily on BAU support and technical leadership for a legacy mainframe platform while acting as a bridge between the German onshore stakeholders and the offshore engineering team. A key objective is to stabilise knowledge transfer and reduce dependency on long-tenured SMEs, ensuring sustainable support capability within the offshore team. Mainframe technologies include: COBOL DB2 IMS VSAM JCL and standard z/OS batch processing Typical insurance mainframe integration patterns Required Experience 10+ years mainframe development/support experience Strong hands-on expertise with COBOL, DB2, IMS and VSAM Experience supporting large enterprise legacy applications Proven experience in BAU production support environments Strong stakeholder management capability Fluent &English/German (spoken and written)