Mainframe Programmer

Overview:

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

Skills:

IT IS_AMS_Mainframe_CICS Administration