Job Title: Mainframe Developer
Location: Plano, TX [100% onsite; could be open to Westlake, TX or even Merrimack, NH, if candidates prefer]
Job Summary:
Job Responsibilities Include:
· Provide thought & technical leadership for the key initiatives.
· Developing and maintaining architecture solutions on a platform dedicated to large-scale processing of large amounts of data.
· Setting, communicating, and reinforcing technical standards
· Providing leadership for junior and senior engineers alike, by understanding how to leverage and enhance their current skills
· Assessing and researching current implementations of the platform and determining the course of action required to elevate the platform to meet customer needs.
· Working with Operations to plan major infrastructure upgrades, to troubleshoot issues and to tune the environment for optimal performance and uptime
· Collaborating with peers and management on process improvement ideas, policy and procedure enhancements, and opportunities to improve our customers' service experience.
· Participating in code review and unit testing and providing support on issues in non-prod or production
Basic Qualifications:
· 5+ years of experience in information technology.
· Financial services experience, preferably in the Brokerage Domain
· 5+ years on CICS, COBOL, DB2, VSAM and JCL.
· 5+ years of CICS System knowledge would be valuable.
Preferred Skills:
· Good understanding of the CICS Dynamic Transaction Routing process.
· Should be familiar with DB2 tools, File-Aid, scheduler and debugger tools.
· Understanding of Distributed Applications/ System
· Exposure to Brokerage/Finance domain will be an added advantage
· Prior experience of working in highly transactional, fault-tolerant, and data-driven systems.
· Ability to identify areas of risk or potential problems and take action to mitigate them and work with less experienced staff to mitigate more complex issues.
· Ability to apply different communication and leadership styles for different teams and geographies.
· Ability to lead through influence and know what data is needed to drive effective decisions
· Ability to assess and plan project and stakeholder needs, and manage deadlines and risks.
· Ability to anticipate roadblocks, diagnose problems and generate effective solutions
· Ability to build communication and rapport with partners and stakeholders.
· Ability to adapt in a changing environment and be effective in many different business settings.
· Ability to take initiative, define vision for betterment of products, and execute at a high level of quality
· Ability to plan and work with geographically spread-out teams
· Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
· Curiosity to constantly relearn/explore new processes/technologies
Education:
· Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a similar subject.
