Every moment counts. Especially those you live to the fullest. Welcome to Consort Group.
For over 30 years, Consort Group has been helping companies leverage their data and infrastructure. It is backed by two leaders, Consortis and Consortia, and places people and social responsibility at the heart of its values.
This is your future team
Established in 2021, Consort Portugal supports the strategic offshoring choices of our clients, particularly in Europe, and brings our expertise in infrastructure services to the Portuguese market. With a team of around 45 employees, our Service Center based in Porto is developing a dynamic nearshore business, offering the French and European markets an environment of excellence and high potential.
COBOL Developer
This is your mission
Are you passionate about maintaining and modernizing critical legacy systems in the financial services space? Then this position is for you.
As a COBOL Developer, you will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and improving a high‑volume transaction processing platform, ensuring reliability, security, and performance in a complex ecosystem.
Build side:
Translate business requirements into clear technical specifications and high‑quality COBOL code
Analyze existing modules using AI‑assisted tools to understand logic and dependencies
Refactor legacy components while preserving critical business logic
Identify impacted components and design robust solutions
Develop and maintain unit and integration test suites
Contribute to test automation and integration within CI/CD pipelines
Collaborate closely with business analysts and QA teams to ensure functional alignment
Run side:
Ensure smooth operation of the ABS platform handling millions of daily transactions
Support production activities and resolve incidents efficiently
Participate actively in Agile ceremonies and quarterly planning
Improve system monitoring, performance, and reliability
Promote the adoption of modern technologies (AI-driven validation, DevOps practices)
Maintain documentation and ensure version control best practices
Ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards
Continuously identify optimization opportunities in legacy processes
This is your background
You have at least 4 years of experience in demanding IT environments, ideally within financial services or mission‑critical systems. You enjoy working on legacy technologies while introducing modern improvements and are constantly innovating. You are looking for an environment where your ideas matter and where technology goes hand in hand with collaboration.
This is your career path.
You have solid experience working in structured environments with complex systems and high data volumes. You are motivated to grow into a key contributor for system modernization, bridging legacy systems with modern engineering practices, and potentially evolving toward senior or lead roles in legacy transformation and DevOps adoption.
This is your expertise:
Micro Focus COBOL (high proficiency)
Legacy system architecture and transaction processing systems
DevOps tools (e.g., Ansible, Toolchain) and Git version control
CI/CD pipelines and automated testing practices
AI-assisted code analysis and refactoring tools
PowerHouse (4GL) and/or Eloquence (Marxmeier) (nice to have)
Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe)
Monitoring and performance optimization tools
This is how you work as part of a team:
Strong analytical mindset and problem-solving skills
Clear and structured communication with technical and business stakeholders
Adaptability in a fast-paced, global environment
Team player with a collaborative spirit
Proactive approach to innovation and continuous improvement
Language Skills :
English - C1
Portuguese - C1
This is our commitment
At Consort Group, you are an expert who we support so that every assignment becomes a step that counts.
Attentive and human onboarding
A truly hands-on management style
Continuous training opportunities
Concrete commitments: inclusion, equality, solidarity
A comprehensive HR package: health insurance, TR card, CSE
A culture of feedback and meaningful projects
The recruitment process:
An initial phone call with our recruitment team
An HR interview and a job interview with a business engineer
A test or technical interview with one of our experts
A final meeting with your future manager or project manager
And if we're a good fit, we'll get started together
Good to know
Location: Lisbon
Contract: Permanent contract
Remote work: Hybrid
Salary range: 28k - 40k gross annual
Job category: IT Development / Software Engineering / Financial Systems
What you will do here, you won't do anywhere else.
This moment is yours.
