Mainframe Developer

Our client, a leading financial services provider, is seeking a Mainframe Developer to join their team. The Mainframe Developer is responsible for designing and building relational database models and defining data requirements to meet the business needs.

• Partner with business stakeholders, product owners, SMEs, analysts, and development teams to understand business processes, data requirements, source systems, data mappings, and data consumption needs.
• Translate business requirements, processes, and rules into logical and physical data models, source‑to‑target mappings, and data integration specifications.
• Develop logical and physical database models.
• Write scripts and commands for data manipulation.
• Design and govern reusable test data patterns, provisioning approaches, masking strategies, synthetic data solutions, and environment refresh processes.
• Define and implement test data strategies that support functional, regression, integration, performance, automation, and modernization testing needs.
• Document data models, test data design patterns, source‑to‑target mappings, provisioning processes, standards, and best practices for repeatable enterprise use.
• Ensure test data solutions comply with data privacy, protection, retention, classification, and regulatory requirements for sensitive customer and financial data.

• COBOL
• CICS
• DB2
• DB2 utilities
• SQL
• JCL
• MVS Utilities
• Experience doing production support
• Use of CA7 scheduling tool
• Analytical skills to design the to‑be system based on as‑is analysis
• Use of Jira

• Banking domain knowledge
• Strong experience in data analysis, data architecture, database design, test data management, quality engineering, or software delivery
• Proficiency writing and optimizing SQL queries for data discovery, validation, reconciliation, and troubleshooting
• Experience analyzing relational databases, mainframe data structures, files, batch jobs, APIs, and downstream data consumers

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills across complex, interconnected systems.
• Collaboration across product, engineering, quality, architecture, and operations teams.
• Data governance and compliance mindset.
• Clear documentation of data models, mappings, standards, and best practices for repeatable enterprise use.
• Ability to build technical relationships and lead design efforts that deliver innovative solutions.

• Location:
  
  Hybrid in Hopkins, Minnesota (Onsite 3+ days per week – 2 remote)

• Pay Range: $44.00–$63.00 per hour (approximate); final compensation may vary based on factors including background, knowledge, skills, and location. We comply with local wage minimums.
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance Plans
• Employee‑Owned Profit Sharing (ESOP)
• 401(k) offered