Mainframe Engineer

Job Details

Job

Category:
Information Technology

Position Type:
Contract

Duration:
Long Term

Location:

Dearborn, MI (Onsite)

Pay Range: $65.00 - $70.00

• Engage with customers to deeply understand their use‑cases, pain points, and requirements, showcasing empathy and advocating for user‑centric software solutions.
• Solve complex problems by designing, developing, and delivering using various tools, languages, frameworks, methodologies (like agile) and technologies.
• Assess the requirements of the software application or service and determine the most suitable technology stack, integration method, deployment strategy, etc.
• Create high‑level software architecture designs that outline the overall structure, components, and interfaces of the application.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams like product owners, designers, architects etc.
• Define and implement software test strategy, guidelines, policies and processes in line with organization vision, industry regulations and market best practices.
• Work on continuously improving performance and optimizing the application and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Familiar with programming practices, such as test‑driven development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
• Support security practices to safeguard user data including encryption and anonymization.
• Create user‑friendly and interactive interfaces.
• Develop and maintain back‑end applications like APIs and microservices using server‑side languages.
• Evaluate and incorporate emerging technologies and capabilities to deliver their solutions and are monitoring and participating in solutions for new stack layers, often involving industry collaboration.
• Work closely with Global Securitization Partners to understand their product vision and break it down into a practical backlog of user stories for the engineering development team.
• Handle Development, Enhancements and Production Support in the autonomous Product Driven Organization (PDO) team.
• Analyze and resolve issues in Securitization applications
  * Analyze and design application enhancements/corrections per requirements.
• Develop and execute unit test plans and scripts to validate that assigned modules meet technical specifications.
• Balance "doing it right" with "speed to delivery" by identifying and mitigating risk, generating options, educating business and other decision-makers, and taking on justified technical debt.
• Handle rotational On‑Call Support.
• Lead assignments with minimal direction and elevate issues as necessary to management.
• Be flexible to respond to changing priorities.
• Develop a deep understanding of the product, understand the problems to be solved and deliver value to the customer.
• Work with Product Manager to understand product vision.

Experience Required

• 6+ years of experience in IT; 4+ years in development
• Job Control Language (JCL) - Must be able to write structured jobs. Debug JCL errors. Understand Schedule IDs.
• Mainframe DB
  - Understand relational databases. Understand, code and debug SQL statements. Understand keys and indexes.
• IBM DB2 - Understand relational databases. Understand, code and debug SQL statements. Understand keys and indexes.
• COBOL
  - Code and debug standard COBOL programs with moderate complexity.
• Mainframe Systems
  - Experienced in ISPF, File Manager, CA7, Syncsort sFTP

Experience Preferred

• PostgreSQL - 5 years of experience utilizing Postgres and writing code and SQL accessing Postgres tables.
• Relational Databases
  - General database use and design knowledge including table design and key field identification.
• Agile Software Development - 3 years experience in Scrum and/or Waterfall based development.
• Jira
  - Understanding and knowledgeable in JIRA boards and user story development. Experienced breaking projects down into manageable pieces, prioritizing and estimating tasks and duration.

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree