Mainframe Developer

Locations: Dallas, TX / Raleigh, NC / Boston, MA / Jersey City, NJ & Merrimack, NH.

Experience : 6+ years

Must Have hands-on experience with COBOL online (CICS) and batch processing, which are critical requirements for this role.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Expertise We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and five or more (5+) years of experience in the job offered or five or more (5+) years of experience as a technical lead in mainframe brokerage or stock plan services systems and application development.

The Skills You Bring:

• Your Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) in defining, developing, and leading an interactive team to implement scalable application solutions

• Your DE in mainframe application development, automation, and support, utilizing COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, MQ-Series, and SQL

• Your DE in mainframe performance tuning and capacity planning, including ways to reduce I/Os, CPU Time, MSUs, and MIPs, using Strobe, iStrobe, and Platinum Detector

• Your DE in mainframe application development including: file format and comparison using File-AID; version management using Endeavor; debugging and unit testing using Intertest and Abend-AID; and job scheduling using Control-M

The Value You Deliver:

• Performing as a mainframe engineer within an Agile team, including requirements gathering, development, and end-to-end testing

• Defining, developing, and leading interactive team to implement application level architecture, giving due consideration to application scalability and extensibility, and conformance to established standards

• Providing on-site and on-call support as needed and acting as a subject matter expert as part of a cross-functional crisis management team

• Developing applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division

• Recommending development testing tools and methodologies and reviewing and validating test plans

• Resolving technical roadblocks involving multiple technologies and making recommendations and improvements to avoid them in the future

• Collaborating with multiple layers of management to share approaches, develop solutions, and improve capabilities throughout the organization

• Leading collaborative sessions and ceremonies with stakeholders and providing guidance and feedback to team members

• Being responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables

• Planning and conducting system testing

• Developing comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems

• Establishing full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms

• Advising on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects

• Planning and coordinating project schedules and assignments for multiple projects

• Acting as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues

• Providing technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives