Responsibilities

• Capable of designing, coding, debugging and maintaining complex application programs utilizing the IBM Mainframe Assembly language.

• Identifies, analyzes, designs, develops and maintains cost-effective information technology solutions that align with business initiatives and corporate strategies.

• Analyzes, defines, and documents requirements for data, workflow, logical processes, hardware and operating systems environment, interfaces with other systems, internal and external controls and output.

• Identifies and resolves conflicts between proposed solutions and existing systems to ensure compatibility.

• Responsible for ensuring the maximum performance and availability of designed system solutions.

• Oversees and leads the preparation, execution and documentation of development tests and evaluations.

• Responsible for the preparation and maintenance of all project documentation in accordance with the Systems Development Life-Cycle (SDLC) phases. Mentors team members in developing these artifacts.

• Ensures all revisions and refinements of software account for all changes in functional system requirements and equipment configurations that may occur during the product life-cycle.

• Responsible for and leads the implementation of systems/applications into test and production environments. Prepares implementation plans and change requests required for system migration.

• Oversees and leads team of peers and junior level software engineers through the software development life-cycle.

• Leads the effort to provide technical support to customers during software warranty period.

• Responsible for consistent, concise, relevant, reliable and timely information to all appropriate internal and external stakeholders through a variety of communication channels.

• Oversees and ensures the training of peers and junior level engineers in new or modified systems/applications.

Qualifications

• Experience with COBOL, JCL, batch processing and usage of the TSO/ISPF interface.

• Development experience with IBM Mainframe Assembly language.

• Experience with Z/OS Mainframe Utilities - IEBGENER, IEFBR14, SYNCSORT.

• Working knowledge of the Serena ChangeMan ZMF source packaging/management tool.

• Expert experience/knowledge of the Systems Development Life-cycle (SDLC).

• Advanced experience/knowledge in IBM Mainframe systems, workflow and procedural analysis.

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize, plan, and organize tasks.

• Effective skills in resolving conflicting requests and meeting changing requirements.

• Ability to lead independent teams, exercise initiative and use good judgement.

• Effective Skill in using Microsoft® Office suite: MS Word; MS Excel; MS PowerPoint; MS SharePoint, etc.

• Experience with command-level IBM Customer Information Control System (CICS).

• Experience with IBM DB2 Utilities - SQL Processing Using File Input (SPUFI), Query Management Facility (QMF).

• Technical leadership experience leading software teams through the entire software development life-cycle.

• In-depth knowledge and experience of financial industry applications and systems.

• Experience with IBM Datapower, IBM MQ and IBM WebSphere.