AS400 Technical Lead – COBOL & RPG
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Job overview
The AS400 Technical Lead – COBOL & RPG owns end-to-end technical delivery and hands-on development across AS400 environments. The role combines technical expertise with delivery leadership and stakeholder management, working with cross-functional teams, client stakeholders, and subject matter experts across onshore and offshore models. It is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States.
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About the role
As an AS400 Technical Lead – COBOL & RPG, you will be responsible for end-to-end technical delivery and hands-on development across AS400 environments. You will combine strong technical expertise with delivery leadership and stakeholder management, working closely with cross-functional technical teams, client stakeholders, and subject matter experts across onshore and offshore delivery models.
In this role, you will
Own end-to-end delivery and hands-on coding across AS400 , COBOL , RPG , and CL environments, ensuring adherence to scope, quality, and timelines.
Lead and manage cross-functional technical teams, driving productivity, capacity planning, and delivery governance across onshore and offshore models.
Act as the primary stakeholder interface, working with client SMEs, resolving dependencies, and securing sign-offs on extracted business rules.
Provide clear executive status reporting to leadership, including progress, risks, financials, and mitigation plans.
What you need to have to be considered
9+ years of overall IT experience, with strong experience working with AS400 applications .
Strong hands-on experience with AS400 environments.
Strong programming experience with RPG and COBOL/400 .
Experience with CLLE.
Experience with SQLRPGLE.
Experience working with DB2/400.
Experience leading technical delivery and cross-functional technical teams.
Strong stakeholder and client-facing communication skills.
These will help you stand out
Knowledge of AS400 Synon.
Healthcare industry experience, particularly within Pharmacy Benefit Management (PBM).
Experience with CI/CD practices.
Work model
We strive to provide flexibility wherever possible. Based on this role’s business requirements, this is a Remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States.
Regardless of your working arrangement, we are here to support a healthy work-life balance through our various wellbeing programs.
The working arrangements for this role are accurate as of the date of posting. This may change based on the project you’re engaged in, as well as business and client requirements. Rest assured; we will always be clear about role expectations.
Salary and Other Compensation
The annual salary for this position is between $83,250 to $130,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits
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Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
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Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
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401(k) plan and contributions
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Long-term/Short-term Disability
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Paid Parental Leave
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Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,071 open Technical Lead jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$83–130K/yr
- North Carolina median$122–200K/yr98 salary ranges
- US median$129–229K/yr3,344 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $107K, is 36% below the North Carolina median midpoint ($166K) — in the lowest quarter of Technical Lead salary ranges in North Carolina.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 125 open Technical Lead jobs in North Carolina and 4,071 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- Old Dominion Freight Line12 open
- CDM Smith8 open
- Oracle8 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 9 years of experience; Technical Lead postings that state a minimum ask for 8 years at the median (3,387 postings).
- Education
- 2,124 of the 4,071 open Technical Lead jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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