It must be a very highly paid job for a very rare skill nowadays
Does anyone other than a bank or the IRD use COBOL in NZ? I suspect statistics new zealand probably still has a punch card machine somewhere in a rarely used room in welliongton.
36145
Flexible Workforce Supply of Unisys COBOL Developers
Inland Revenue Department
30/05/12
Details:
GETS Reference: 36145Title

We need to secure key skills and capability which will allow IR to have a flexible and sustained level of resource trained to a level of competence to work on IR’s custom-built mainframe business systems on the UNISYS Clearpath platform.
Please check the Tender Documents Listed below for more information.Respond by DateAddress Enquiries toPlease quote reference number 201206300 in any communication.
Email: tenders@ird.govt.nz