Hybrid Senior Mainframe Engineer, COBOL, DB2, VSAM

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• Job title: Senior Mainframe Engineer, COBOL, DB2, VSAM
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: ETL, Informatica, Java, Python
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Westlake, United States

About the role

• Senior Mainframe Engineer developing mainframe software applications for Fidelity's Stock Plan Services. Collaborating within agile teams to implement solutions in a global equity compensation market.

Responsibilities

• Use business and technical knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex stock plan services software applications on a mainframe platform running under a Z/OS environment.
• Senior engineer working within an Agile team, including requirements gathering, development, and end-to-end testing.
• Defining, developing, and leading interactive team to implement application-level architecture, giving due consideration to application scalability and extensibility, and conformance to established standards.
• Providing on-site and on-call support as needed and acting as a subject matter expert as part of a cross-functional crisis management team.
• Developing applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division.
• Recommending development testing tools and methodologies and reviewing and validating test plans.
• Resolving technical roadblocks involving multiple technologies and making recommendations and improvements to avoid them in the future.
• Collaborating with multiple layers of management to share approaches, develop solutions, and improve capabilities throughout the organization.
• Leading collaborative sessions and ceremonies with stakeholders and providing guidance and feedback to team members.
• Being responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables.
• Planning and conducting system testing.
• Developing comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
• Establishing full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms.
• Being responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget.
• Advising on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects.
• Planning and coordinating project schedules and assignments for multiple projects.
• Acting as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues.
• Providing technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives.
• Performing independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several initiatives.
• Developing original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and five or more (5+) years of experience in the job offered or five or more (5+) years of experience as a technical lead in mainframe brokerage or stock plan services systems and application development.
• Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or three (3) years of experience as a technical lead in mainframe brokerage and stock plan services systems and application development.
• While not required, knowledge of ETL, Informatica, Java, Python, or other distributed languages is a plus

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible working hours
• Paid time off
• Remote work options