Mainframe Developer

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Software Engineer in Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid).
Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.
Contract Duration: 18 Months
Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years of Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.
• Strong COBOL development experience in a mainframe environment (most critical skill)
• Understand and have worked with VSAM extensively.
• Experience maintaining and enhancing legacy, highly customized mainframe applications
• Solid understanding of JCL (for batch processing)
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with product and business stakeholders
• Ability and willingness to mentor junior engineers
• Banking/ financial services experience will be very key for this role
• Specific experience and understanding of how account numbers, check numbers, routing, etc. break down interact and breakdown inside Cobol)
• Understanding of how those items track and interact internally
• Deposit tracking, fraud, etc. in finance experience is also nice

Desired Skills & Experience

• ServiceNow experience for incident, change, or problem management
• Experience supporting batch heavy overnight processing
• Background working in financial services or regulated environments
• Prior experience on long lived, business critical systems with complex integrations

What You Will Be Doing

• Consult on or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within Software Engineering and contribute to large-scale planning related to Software Engineering deliverables.
• Review and analyze moderately complex Software Engineering challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Contribute to the resolution of moderately complex issues and consult with others to meet Software Engineering deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with client personnel in Software Engineering.
• Support and maintain the Data Distributor, NOVA and SD applications in the Core Deposits team in MN.
• Modify existing COBOL programs to meet product and business requirements (enhancements, fixes, regulatory updates)
• Validate and distribute data to Hogan IDS, including nightly batch processing
• Develop and maintain JCL for batch jobs and production workflows
• Perform testing, validation, and production deployments following client change processes
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with product partners
• Support production issues and contribute to application stability
• Mentor and help train junior engineers on Hogan and mainframe best practices