Mainframe Engineer- MN

Job#: 3030455

Job Description:

Role: Mainframe Engineer

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid)

Rate: $53.60/hour - $56.00/hour

Contract Duration: 12 Months Contract

Role Overview

An opportunity is available to join a long-standing Mainframe engineering team supporting a critical Data Distributor Deposits application. The environment is maintenance-heavy and stability-focused. This role involves modifying existing COBOL applications based on product requirements, testing changes, and deploying them into production. Success in this position requires strong COBOL and VSAM knowledge, careful change management, and the ability to work within established systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Support and maintain the Data Distributor, NOVA, and SD applications.
• Modify existing COBOL programs to meet business requirements, including enhancements, fixes, and regulatory updates.
• Validate and distribute data, including nightly batch processing.
• Develop and maintain JCL for batch jobs and production workflows.
• Perform testing, validation, and production deployments following established change processes.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate with product partners.
• Support production issues and contribute to application stability.
• Mentor and help train junior engineers on mainframe best practices.

Required Qualifications

Experience: 4+ years of Software Engineering experience. Banking or financial services experience is important for this role, including an understanding of how account numbers, check numbers, and routing interact within COBOL.

Technical Skills:

• COBOL development experience in a mainframe environment.
• Extensive experience with VSAM.
• Experience maintaining and enhancing legacy, customized mainframe applications.
• A solid understanding of JCL for batch processing.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.

Professional Skills:

• Communication skills to work with product and business stakeholders.
• Ability and willingness to mentor junior engineers.

Preferred Qualifications

• ServiceNow experience for incident, change, or problem management.
• Experience supporting batch-heavy overnight processing.
• Background working in financial services or regulated environments.
• Prior experience on long-lived, business-critical systems with complex integrations.

Compensation & Benefits

The pay rate for this position is between $53.60 and $56.00 per hour. Please note that the availability of benefits may vary based on the specific assignment. Your recruiter can provide more details.

This employer is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: 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. 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, 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. 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 Apex team member can provide.