Mainframe Programmer

Design, code, test, debug, document, maintain, and modify computer programs of high complexity, significance, and risk

•                Participate in application architecture functions including estimating and defining time tables, cost and project tasks

•                Recommend solutions to improve business with a focus on core architecture, technology strategies and standards

•                Guide others through change impact analysis

•                Establish, refine and integrate development and test environment tools and software as needed

•                Review, analyze, refine and integrate development and test environment tools and software as needed

•                Create and recommend improvements to unit, test plans and testing process based on assessment of organizational needs

•                Collaborate closely with teams in all stages of software development lifecycle including design, development and testing of the system

•                Design basic and detailed program specifications while ensuring that expected application performance levels are achieved by managing interfaces, service levels, standards, and configurations

•                Guide technical staff and business partners to investigate, review, and solve complex, multidisciplinary business problems

•                Monitor operating efficiency and organizational needs of existing application systems and identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications of developed projects and recommend technical solutions

•                Demonstrate solid understanding of the business needs driving the projects

Basic Qualifications:

•                7+ years of experience with developing and implementing applications

•                10 to 15 years of experience in Cobol, JCL,DB2

Preferred Skills/Experience:

Cobol, JCL,DB2, CICS and VSAM development experience. Strong Endevor, FileManager, CA7, IDZ, GITLAB and TSO

Development skills, Tool experience.

•                Excellent debugging skills

•                Good understanding of third-party dependency management and transitive dependency issues

•                Strong knowledge on DB2 database

•                Understanding of the software development life cycle/Agile development experience

•                Experience with implementation and release management activities

•                Good understanding of unit/system and functional testing methodologies

•                Experience working in large transaction-based systems

•                Experience writing technical designs

•                Experience documenting technical functions

•                Strong Communication and good leadership skills

•                Have a strong ability and interest in working with a diverse range of technical and non-technical teams.

•                Strong proclivity to follow coding standards and execute a best practices approach in build processes.

•                Nice to have: MQ knowledge

Desired Skills:

•                Preferred Banking/credit cards domain knowledge

•                Quality leadership and mentoring skills

•                Ability to work under minimal supervision

•                Ability to foster strong collaboration among team members and multitask effectively

•                Ability to investigate and recommend best practices and process improvements

•                Detail oriented and able to debug complex errors.

•                Subject matter expert in: Programming, Implementation