Mainframe Programmer

Job Title: Mainframe Programmer

Duration- Fulltime Permanent

Location: Chicago, IL (Onsite From Day 1)

Job Description:
Design, code, test, debug, document, maintain, and modify computer programs of high complexity, significance, and risk
• Participate in application architecture functions including estimating and defining time tables, cost and project tasks
• Recommend solutions to improve business with a focus on core architecture, technology strategies and standards
• Guide others through change impact analysis
• Establish, refine and integrate development and test environment tools and software as needed
• Review, analyze, refine and integrate development and test environment tools and software as needed
• Create and recommend improvements to unit, test plans and testing process based on assessment of organizational needs
• Collaborate closely with teams in all stages of software development lifecycle including design, development and testing of the system
• Design basic and detailed program specifications while ensuring that expected application performance levels are achieved by managing interfaces, service levels, standards, and configurations
• Guide technical staff and business partners to investigate, review, and solve complex, multidisciplinary business problems
• Monitor operating efficiency and organizational needs of existing application systems and identify opportunities to fine-tune and optimize applications of developed projects and recommend technical solutions
• Demonstrate solid understanding of the business needs driving the projects



Basic Qualifications:
• 7+ years of experience with developing and implementing applications
• 10 to 15 years of experience in Cobol, JCL,DB2



Preferred Skills/Experience:
Cobol, JCL,DB2, CICS and VSAM development experience. Strong Endevor, FileManager, CA7, IDZ, GITLAB and TSO
Development skills, Tool experience.
• Excellent debugging skills
• Good understanding of third-party dependency management and transitive dependency issues
• Strong knowledge on DB2 database
• Understanding of the software development life cycle/Agile development experience
• Experience with implementation and release management activities
• Good understanding of unit/system and functional testing methodologies
• Experience working in large transaction-based systems
• ; Experience writing technical designs
• Experience documenting technical functions
• Strong Communication and good leadership skills
• Have a strong ability and interest in working with a diverse range of technical and non-technical teams.
• Strong proclivity to follow coding standards and execute a best practices approach in build processes.
• Nice to have: MQ knowledge



Desired Skills:
• Preferred Banking/credit cards domain knowledge
• Quality leadership and mentoring skills
• bility to work under minimal supervision
• bility to foster strong collaboration among team members and multitask effectively
• bility to investigate and recommend best practices and process improvements
• Detail oriented and able to debug complex errors.
• Subject matter expert in: Programming, Implementation.