Mainframe Developer

Job Title: Mainframe Developer
Location: Plano, TX [100% onsite; could be open to Westlake, TX or even Merrimack, NH, if candidates prefer]

Job Summary:

Job Responsibilities Include:

·        Provide thought & technical leadership for the key initiatives.

·        Developing and maintaining architecture solutions on a platform dedicated to large-scale processing of large amounts of data.

·        Setting, communicating, and reinforcing technical standards

·        Providing leadership for junior and senior engineers alike, by understanding how to leverage and enhance their current skills

·        Assessing and researching current implementations of the platform and determining the course of action required to elevate the platform to meet customer needs.

·        Working with Operations to plan major infrastructure upgrades, to troubleshoot issues and to tune the environment for optimal performance and uptime

·        Collaborating with peers and management on process improvement ideas, policy and procedure enhancements, and opportunities to improve our customers' service experience.

·        Participating in code review and unit testing and providing support on issues in non-prod or production

Basic Qualifications:

·        5+ years of experience in information technology.

·        Financial services experience, preferably in the Brokerage Domain

·        5+ years on CICS, COBOL, DB2, VSAM and JCL.

·        5+ years of CICS System knowledge would be valuable.

Preferred Skills:

·        Good understanding of the CICS Dynamic Transaction Routing process.

·        Should be familiar with DB2 tools, File-Aid, scheduler and debugger tools.

·        Understanding of Distributed Applications/ System

·        Exposure to Brokerage/Finance domain will be an added advantage

·        Prior experience of working in highly transactional, fault-tolerant, and data-driven systems.

·        Ability to identify areas of risk or potential problems and take action to mitigate them and work with less experienced staff to mitigate more complex issues.

·        Ability to apply different communication and leadership styles for different teams and geographies.

·        Ability to lead through influence and know what data is needed to drive effective decisions

·        Ability to assess and plan project and stakeholder needs, and manage deadlines and risks.

·        Ability to anticipate roadblocks, diagnose problems and generate effective solutions

·        Ability to build communication and rapport with partners and stakeholders.

·        Ability to adapt in a changing environment and be effective in many different business settings.

·        Ability to take initiative, define vision for betterment of products, and execute at a high level of quality

·        Ability to plan and work with geographically spread-out teams

·        Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.

·        Curiosity to constantly relearn/explore new processes/technologies

Education:

·        Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a similar subject.