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Software Engineer (1) - Established Engineer 3

Epitec, Inc.Livonia, MI🇺🇸United StatesPosted 18 Aug 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This hybrid role offers a competitive hourly rate and the chance to contribute to significant modernization efforts for critical applications, allowing you to hone your mainframe skills while impacting strategic initiatives. You'll thrive here if you're an experienced Mainframe Software Engineer eager to collaborate with diverse teams and drive application evolution. Apply now to join this dynamic project!

Quick Overview

Salary
$64 - $66/hr
Work Type
Hybrid
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

  • Location: Livonia, Michigan
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #105863

Job Title: Mainframe Software Engineer
Pay Range: $64-66 Per Hour

Location: Livonia, Michigan
Job Type: W2 Contract
Expected Hours per Week: 40 hours per week
Schedule: Monday-Friday


Position Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Mainframe Software Engineer to serve as the primary Mainframe Developer for the Recall Suite of applications. This role will support ongoing operations, production support, customer interaction, and strategic modernization efforts. The engineer will work closely with the Product Owner, Product Manager, vendors, business customers, and fellow engineers to deliver new features, manage backlog priorities, resolve defects, and support the application migration journey to Google Cloud Platform.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Serve as a key member of the FCSDTech/Service Quality team supporting Recall and Software FSA products.
  • Provide on-call, production, and operations support for mainframe applications.
  • Complete mandatory features supporting Software FSA and compliance requirements.
  • Manage product deliverables and actively support backlog prioritization.
  • Review, troubleshoot, and support defect resolution efforts.
  • Assist in prioritizing incidents, defects, and business support items based on impact and urgency.
  • Design, develop, and maintain Mainframe COBOL and JCL to support business and project requirements.
  • Support real-time and batch processing applications.
  • Perform application support tasks including systems support, security/audit reviews, and maintenance activities.
  • Partner with Product Owners, Product Managers, engineers, vendors, and business customers on modernization initiatives.
  • Participate in the product modernization journey, including migration efforts toward Google Cloud Platform.
  • Conduct unit and integration testing to ensure quality delivery.

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • 7+ years of mainframe development experience including design, analysis, coding, and support.
  • Strong hands-on experience with COBOL, IMS, JCL, CA7, DB2, COBOL Stored Procedures, and batch/real-time processing.
  • 2+ years of experience implementing z/OS Connect, SFTP, SOAP, REST APIs, and other system-to-system communication methods.
  • Ability to design, develop, and maintain Mainframe COBOL and JCL solutions.
  • Experience using source code management tools such as Endevor/Endeavor and GitHub.
  • Strong troubleshooting skills with the ability to resolve incidents and business support issues quickly.
  • Experience performing application support, security/audit reviews, and maintenance tasks.
  • Unit and integration testing experience.
  • Ability to work independently, take initiative, and solve complex problems in a global environment.
  • Strong teamwork, written and verbal communication, organizational, and prioritization skills.
  • Ability to multi-task effectively and prioritize work based on business impact and urgency.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with Google BigQuery.
  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform.
  • Experience supporting modernization or migration initiatives from mainframe platforms to cloud-based environments.

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Skills

SOAP
BigQuery
COBOL
Google Cloud
REST

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