Experience Required

• Mainframe Application Developer with Strong experience in IBM mainframes, Cobol, IMS DB, DB2, JCL, MQ series & Xpediter minimum 8+ years of experience.
• Strong Mainframe development skills in COBOL, DB2, JCL, IMS, MQ & Xpediter minimum 10+ years of experience 
• Analyze the system, Design, Code, test and maintain applications 
• Peer review code and technical documents for other team members 
• Participate in On-call rotation to resolve applications failures 
• Assist in research and issue resolution for processing of business data 
• Monitor and trouble-shoot system performance, resolve issues (on-call issues, performance issues, etc.) and coordinate with respective support teams to resolve software and hardware issues. 
• Create, lead or participate in creation of, advice and/or approve technical specification documents for new and modified code. 
• Translate technical details into business terminology to bridge gaps between clients and IT. 
• Provide daytime and nighttime production support for applications to provide positive customer service. 
• Utilize source control software to maintain integrity of production software, including prior versions of code. 
• Follow defined Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Change Control processes. 
• Develop and maintain system level documentation. 
• Coordinate development activities with other teams, e.g. database management, infrastructure configuration, quality assurance testing. 
• Provide leadership, expertise and solutions on complex initiatives including all projects and maintenance work. 
• Capable of making independent decisions. 
• Takes a leadership role on highly complex projects and provides guidance to less experienced staff. 
• Proficient with AGILE and SCRUM methodology and ability to work in a team environment

 

Roles & Responsibilities

• The Mainframe Developer will work with Solution Architect and scrum team to ensure application code algins with the application architecture
• Participate in daily/weekly stand ups, code reviews, and QA walkthroughs
• Adhere to platform architecture and best practices
• Work with scrum team in developing the sprint plan
• Complete assigned tasks within the sprint timeline and with high quality
• Ability to provide 24x7 on-call support on a rotation assignment