Cobol Engineer

Job Title: Cobol Engineer
Location: REMOTE EST
Years of Experience: 5-20
Long Term Contract

TOP SKILLS:
Must Have
Agile Methodology
application development - software engineer
Collaborative team player who thrives in cross-functional environments.
Mainframe technologies such as COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM

Nice To Have
Card processing solutions (TSYS, Mastercard)
Remote work will be allowed
SAS knowledge
Switchboard/DBT/Snowflake

What You ll Do
GENERAL FUNCTION:
As a member of an agile squad, responsible for implementing new features and enabling capabilities using modern software engineering tools and practices.
Adheres to practices and standards, set by communities of practice, and contributes to a culture of continuous improvement.
Shares responsibility and accountability for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions,elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined.
Doing the right thing for customers and colleagues ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience.
Responsible and accountable for risk by openly exchanging ideas and opinions, elevating concerns, and personally following policies and procedures as defined.
Accountable for always doing the right thing for customers and colleagues, and ensures that actions and behaviors drive a positive customer experience.
While operating within the Bank's risk appetite, achieves results by consistently identifying, assessing, managing, monitoring, and reporting risks of all types.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:.
Implement new features while maintaining overall quality of software. Contribute to a culture of learning by documenting and sharing technical knowledge as a developer on an agile squad.
Participate in developer communities of practice by following best practices, participating in code reviews, and sharing knowledge. Remain current on relevant technology trends.
Participate in researching and resolving customer issues. Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:.
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems or comparable with 5 years or less of software development experience.
Knowledge of object-oriented design and development experience with one or more of the following programing languages: Cobol, SAS, other open-system languages.
Familiarity with relational databases and SQL. Experience with any of the following, a plus: Snowflake environment tools like Elevate, Switchboard, DBT; ETL; file movement using sFTP.
Understanding of basic networking and firewall concepts. Experience with version control solutions, preferably Git/GitHub. Understanding of the full software development lifecycle.
Familiarity with security best practices for software development. Strong analysis and problem-solving skills.
Must possess the ability to thrive in a fast paced environment. A candidate who is actively developing on the mainframe is preferred.