Mainframe Software Developer (with DB2 and Production Support)

About the role

The Software Development Engineer will serve as a technical leader in our Mainframe Software Engineering Department and play a key role in developing industry leading software for our customers. They will be responsible for developing, testing, and supporting complex technical and architectural solutions that support the Digital Banking division payment processing platform. We develop new features for the DPS product strategies and address the market needs of clients and their customers in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Work with Solution Architect and scrum team to ensure application code aligns with the application architecture.
• Adhere to platform architecture and best practices.
• Participate in daily/weekly stand ups, code reviews, and QA walkthroughs.
• Work with scrum team in developing the sprint plan.
• Complete assigned tasks within the sprint timeline and with high quality.
• You will develop a deep understanding of appropriate data & software components including conceptual data models, data flows, entity relationships, specifications, audit controls, exception and error handling, security, etc.
• Support technical design decisions through validation of technical approaches and prototyping of new concepts.
• Identify and implement continuous improvements to the development practice.
• Understand the existing processing architecture and adhere to design and technical solutions for the new projects.
• Career growth opportunities within the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or a minimum of 5 years of experience demonstrating required skills and competencies.
• 5+ years experience designing and developing secure mainframe-based applications.
• 5+ years experience hands on experience COBOL, JCL, CICS, MQ and Db2 for z/OS. Nice to have REXX.
• Strong client-facing skills and experience.
• 3 - 10 years of experience designing, developing, and implementing software applications and hands on experience with large scale applications at large institutions.
• Experience in production support.
• Experience setting up test data and test environment.

Qualifications

• Can-do attitude with a delivery focus.
• Understanding of the Payment Industry and associated products.
• Knowledge of Test-Driven Development (TDD).