Lead Mainframe Developer

Job Title: Lead Mainframe Developer

Job ID: 2022-11462

Job Location: Mt. Laurel, NJ or Manhattan, NY (local applicants only, no relocation)

Job Travel Location(s):

# Positions: 2

Employment Type: W2

Candidate Constraints:

Duration: Long Term

# of Layers:0

Work Eligibility:All Work Authorizations are Permitted – No Visa Transfers

Key Technology:COBOL, JCL, DB2, SAS, MQ etc on z/OS

Job Responsibilities:

• Transform business requirements and research into winning delivery solutions that meet performance goals.
• Rigorously build and test applications
• Perform systems administration: monitor, configure, back-up, authenticate, tune.
• Aim for defect-free programming, create and maintain quality code, provide support during testing cycles and post-production deployment, engage in peer code reviews.
• Contribute to project plans, estimations and status updates.
• Identify issues, develop and maintain processes that address and resolve them, (and be sure to communicate/alert stakeholders as needed).
• Primarily focus on day-to-day activities.
• Make enhancements and troubleshoot.
• Configure and develop custom components with technology partners (analysts, developers, designers etc.) to meet requirements and goals.
• Ensure applications are free of common coding vulnerabilities (and follow standard security practices).
• Proactively put forward ideas that speak to project objectives (e.g. development, testing solutions, and tools).
• Complete unit and integration testing per standards and design specs.
• Take part in scope assessment, risk and cost analysis.
• Respect client’s technology delivery practices and standards, project management disciplines.
• Stay on top of state-of-health monitoring and monthly SLA targets.
• Apply and share technical expertise during incident management life cycle (e.g. analyzes reports and outages, perform impact assessments, facilitate stakeholder communication).

Skills and Experience Required:

Skills:

• COBOL
• JCL
• DB2
• SAS
• MQ
• Jira, Confluence

Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in leading a Mainframe development/support team.
• 7+ years of experience in developing mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, DB2, SAS, MQ etc on z/OS.
• Solid leadership skills and background.
• Good understanding of Creational, Structural, Behavioral Design Patterns, architecture patterns, Application, and Integration architectures.
• Good understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, etc.).
• Has an ability to work in a global organization with stakeholders.

Desired Skills:

• API
• MS Azure Cloud Computing
• Running Docker containers
• Knowledge on Mainframe Tools ex IDz, ZDT, ADDI, PD tool, IMS Explorer for Development