Interm/Sr/VP/Lead Cobol JCL Developers

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce's client is seeking a scrum team of Interim/Sr/VP/Lead Cobol JCL VSAM DB2 IMS CICS Developers in Wilmington, DE. All hires will have an opportunity for fulltime employment with client. This is an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level.

Summary:
As a Lead Software Engineer, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. This role is responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm's business objectives.

Responsibilities:
* Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
* Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
* Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
* Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
* Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
* Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
* Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
* Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect

REQUIREMENTS:
* Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with 7+ years of applied experience
* Demonstrated proficiency in core mainframe programming language and tools such as COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 and IMS.
* Experience with CICS for online transaction processing
* Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
* Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
* Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred:
* Experience in financial services industry is
* Familiarity with MQ, DB2 Stored Procedures, Java, AWS, Kafka
* Exposure to cloud technologies

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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