Mainframe Software Engineer

About the role

This role involves planning, documenting technical requirements, designing, developing, and testing software systems and applications. The role collaborates with business partners to define requirements and implement solutions, covering activities from research and new development to maintenance and re-engineering.

Responsibilities

• Act as a technical expert on one or more applications.
• Work with Business System Analysts to ensure designs satisfy functional requirements.
• Partner with Infrastructure to identify and deploy optimal hosting environments.
• Tune application performance to eliminate and reduce issues.
• Research and evaluate technical solutions consistent with established technology standards.
• Apply different software development methodologies depending on project needs.
• Contribute to the design of components, and participate in construction and functional testing.
• Create applications and construct unit test cases to ensure compliance with requirements.
• Align risk and control processes into daily responsibilities to supervise and mitigate risk.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree is preferred, or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 6 years of related professional experience is required.
• Develop and maintain COBOL programs for batch and online processing in CICS regions.
• Design and optimize DB2 SQL queries and stored procedures.
• Implement IBM MQ messaging solutions for inter-system communication.
• Perform JCL scripting for job scheduling, execution, and troubleshooting.
• Ensure alignment to SDLC and release management processes.
• Collaborate in Agile squads, provide estimates, and participate in sprint planning.
• Support production environments, including incident triage and root cause analysis.
• Familiarity with using an enterprise job scheduler.

Qualifications

• A strong curiosity about using AI tools to improve efficiency and deliver high-quality software.
• Experience in mentoring others and building collaborative teams.
• Knowledge of the latest changes in your specialist area and a commitment to continuous learning.

Skills

• Familiarity with using an enterprise job scheduler.
• Collaborate in Agile squads, provide estimates, and participate in sprint planning.
• Support production environments, including incident triage and root cause analysis.
• Familiarity with using an enterprise job scheduler.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Pay

The pay for this role is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Schedule

The schedule for this role is hybrid, combining remote and in-office work.