Job Description
XPT Software Australia Pty Ltd | Contract
Lead PL/I Design & Development Consultant
Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra, Australia | Posted on 10/06/2026
City Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Canberra
Country Australia
About Us
AboutXPT
XPT SoftwareAustralia PTY Ltd, incorporated in ****, is a Software Services company
XPT works with topclients across Australia in Banking, Insurance, Telecom,Retail, Energy, Mining andManufacturingdomains.
We have 120+technocrats in Australia working at our clientlocations.
XPT SoftwareAustralia is part of group companies which has globalpresence across India & Europe.
We have served100+ clients globally, fulfilling their onsite-offshoreneeds.
Job Description
LeadPL/I Design and Development Consultant
We require a highlyexperienced, hands-onPL/I design and development consultanttoprovide technical leadership to the existing development team.
Teamcomprises experienced former COBOL developers who have approximately three tofour years' experience developing and supporting the PL/I-based ManTecapplication.
The consultant will complement the team by bringingsubstantialexperiencefrom significant PL/I initiatives and deep expertise in complexapplication design, development, troubleshooting and performance tuning.
Thisisnot a production support, routine maintenance or generaldevelopmentcapacityrole.
The consultant will lead complex technical analysis anddesign, work hands-on with the code, provide technical assurance, and helpthe existing team resolve the most demanding engineering challenges.
Keyresponsibilities




Lead the technical analysis and detaileddesign of complex PL/I application changes.
Establishpractical design and development approaches for the Phoenix solution.
Undertakehands-on development of complex or high-risk PL/I components.
Analyse largeand complex existing PL/I codebases, including online, batch andintegrationprocessing.
Leadcomplextroubleshooting,root-cause analysis and performance-tuning activities.
Reviewtechnical designs and code produced by the development team.
Identifytechnical risks, design weaknesses and potential implementation issues.
Workcollaborativelywith the development team to resolve complexengineeringproblems.
Supporttechnical estimation, development planning, testing, implementation andproduction-readiness activities.
Providetechnical leadership while strengthening the team's PL/I capability throughpractical knowledge transfer.
Mandatoryexperienceand capabilities
Extensive commercial experience designing anddeveloping enterprise applications inPL/I on IBM mainframe platforms.
A careerdepth typically associated with20 or more years of relevantmainframeapplicationexperience, preferably within banking, insurance or asimilarly complex regulated environment.
Substantialhands-on involvement across solution design,



detailed technical design,build, testing, implementation, troubleshooting and tuning.
Deeptechnical knowledge ofVSAM, including complex file structures, accesspatterns, performance, concurrency, integrity and recoverability.
Deeppractical knowledge ofIBM MQ, including applicationintegration,messageprocessing, exception handling, diagnostics and performance.
Demonstratedabilityto understand and safely modify large, complex and potentially poorlydocumented legacy applications.
Strongdiagnostic and problem-solving capability across online, batch, data-accessand integration processing.
Experienceprovidinghands-on technical leadership, design assurance and code reviewwithin an established development team.
Ability towork effectively with experienced developers withoutduplicatingresponsibilitiesor operating purely as an adviser.
Strongwritten and verbal communication skills, including the production of cleartechnical designs and implementation guidance.
Valuable working knowledge ofDb2,particularly for evaluating solution options or comparing Db2 and VSAMdata-access approaches.
Experiencewith CICS and high-volume mainframe transaction-processing applications.
Experiencewithin banking, insurance or another highly regulated industry.
Experiencewith complex financial calculations, batch processing, reconciliation andregulatory processing.
Experiencemigratingor restructuring PL/I applications to remove a legacydatabasedependency.
Familiaritywith mainframe performance-monitoring, debugging and diagnostic toolsets.
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