Mainframe Engineer (Onsite Hybrid) - Jersey City, NJ

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Mainframe Engineer (Onsite Hybrid) - Jersey City, NJ to join our team in Jersey City, New Jersey (US-NJ), United States (US).

Job Responsibilities Include:
- Provide thought & technical leadership for the key initiatives.
- Developing and maintaining architecture solutions on a platform dedicated to high scale processing of large amounts of data.
- Setting, communicating, and reinforcing technical standards
- Providing leadership for junior and senior engineers alike, by understanding how to leverage and enhance their current skills
- Assessing and researching current implementations of the platform and determining the course of action required to elevate the platform to meet customer needs.
- Working with Operations to plan major infrastructure upgrades, to troubleshoot issues and to tune the environment for optimal performance and uptime
- Collaborating with peers and management on process improvement ideas, policy and procedure enhancements, and opportunities to improve our customer's service experience.
- Participating in code review and unit testing and providing support on issues in non-prod or production

Basic Qualifications: 
- 8+ years on COBOL, DB2, VSAM and JCL.
- 5+ years CICS System knowledge would be valuable.

Preferred Skills:
- Good understanding of CICS Dynamic Transaction Routing process.
- Should be familiar with DB2 tools, File-Aid, scheduler and debugger tools.
- Understanding of Distributed Applications/ System
- Exposure to Brokerage/Finance domain will be an added advantage
- Prior experience of working in highly transactional, fault tolerant and data driven systems.
- Ability to identify areas of risk or potential problems and take action to mitigate them and work with less experienced staff to mitigate more complex issues.
- Ability to apply different communication and leadership styles for different teams and geographies.
- Ability to lead through influence and know what data is needed to drive effective decisions
- Ability to assess and plan project, and stakeholders needs, and manage deadlines, risks.
- Ability to anticipate roadblocks, diagnose problems and generate effective solutions
- Ability to build communication and rapport with partners, stakeholders.
- Ability to adapt in a changing environment and be effective in many different business settings.
- Ability to take initiative, define vision for betterment of products, and execute at high level of quality

NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for U.S.-based positions. The starting pay range for this role is $117,270 - $195,450 per annum. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance. 

This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.

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About NTT DATA

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