Mainframe Systems Analyst ( 100 % REMOTE ) ---- NO THIRD PARTIES

Overview

Remote
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 24 Month(s)

Skills

ACS
ADO
Acceptance Testing
BMC Control-M
Business Systems
Business Rules
COBOL
CA-7
Data Analysis
Core Banking
Data-flow Diagrams
Data Flow
Financial Services
Interfaces
JCL
JIRA
Legal
Loan Servicing
Mapping
Mainframe
VSAM
User Stories
SQL
Scheduling
Specification Gathering
System Integration Testing
Project Management
Recovery
Regulatory Compliance
Reverse Engineering
Test Cases
Onboarding
Payments
Performance Management
Preventive Maintenance
IBM DB2
RTM
Collaboration
Changeman
Auditing
Cloud Computing
Encryption
Endevor
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Visio
Migration
Privacy
Collections
Confluence

Job Details

THIS IS A DIRECT CLIENT REQUIREMENT !

Those authorized to work without sponsorship are encouraged to apply please.

Reach Shaily Sharma -- || 908-CALL-487-NOW-4334

Job Title: Mainframe Systems Analyst

Location: 100 % REMOTE

Duration : 12 months plus extensions


Role Overview

Partner with Product Managers and technical leads to reverse-engineer the current mainframe ACS batch application, capture business rules that move funds from checking/savings to delinquent loans, and define target requirements to integrate ACS with the cloud collections platform. You will also document and enable onboarding of two new data sources required for compliance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Discovery & Reverse Engineering
    • Analyze COBOL/JCL batch flows, job dependencies, schedules, error/rollback behavior, and downstream consumers.
    • Extract business rules (delinquency thresholds, partial/priority postings, fee handling, exception scenarios).
  • Requirements & Design
    • Write BRDs/FRDs, user stories, and acceptance criteria for ACS enhancements and cloud integration.
    • Produce data flow diagrams, interface control documents (ICDs), source target mappings, and data lineage.
    • Specify non-functional needs: batch window SLAs, file sizes, restart/recovery, observability, auditability.
  • Compliance Data Sources (2 new feeds)
    • Elicit data and control requirements with Compliance/Legal.
    • Define ingestion/validation, retention, masking, and encryption in transit/at rest.
  • Collaboration & Delivery
    • Groom the backlog with PM; maintain traceability (requirements test cases releases).
    • Support dev/test during build, SIT/UAT, cutover, and hypercare; lead walkthroughs and sign-off.

Required Qualifications

  • 7+ years as a Business/System Analyst in financial services (collections/loans/deposits/payments).
  • Working literacy with mainframe artifacts (COBOL, JCL, file layouts, VSAM/DB2) and batch scheduling concepts.
  • Strong data analysis/SQL, mapping, profiling, and reconciliation skills.
  • Experience documenting APIs/file interfaces, security & privacy controls, and audit logging.
  • Tools: JIRA/ADO, Confluence, Visio/Lucidchart, Excel; nice-to-have: CA7/Control-M, Endevor/ChangeMan.

Preferred

  • Prior work on collections or loan servicing systems.
  • Understanding of payment operations and exception processing (NSF, charge-off, reversals).

Key Deliverables: BRD/FRD, user stories & ACs, process & data flows, ICDs, mapping specs, RTM, cutover checklist.

Thanks,

Shaily Sharma

Zillion Technologies Inc.

Asst. Director Talent Acquisition

Reach Shaily Sharma -- || 908-CALL-487-NOW-4334

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