Assembler Developer - Product Development

Overview

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Job Description

Summary:

The Software Engineer-III designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. A Mainframe Software Engineer-III is responsible for maintaining and enhancing products in the mainframe z/OS storage portfolio. Troubleshooting reported symptoms to aid in the resolution process directly for the customer or as a means to provide a permanent solution via product fix.

Position

Reports to:

Manager, Software Engineering

The Software Engineer-III designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. A Mainframe Software Engineer-III is responsible for maintaining and enhancing products in the mainframe z/OS storage portfolio. Troubleshooting reported symptoms to aid in the resolution process directly for the customer or as a means to provide a permanent solution via product fix.

• Good understanding of computer science fundamentals: algorithms, data structures, etc. acquired from education and/or experience.
• Excellent Mainframe programmer
• Good knowledge of IBM z/OS internals and z/OS Storage
• Proficient at complex programming & knowledge of standard data structure and algorithms.
• Make recommendations for each when solving technical problems.
• Completes assignments in a timely manner and within quality tolerance.
• Write modular, maintainable code with some guidance.
• Make the right trade-offs to efficiently solve problems.
• Recognize impact software changes will have on systems.
• Make component changes.
• Understand and comply with provided requirements, translate them into code.
• Understands the principles of hardware to make design decisions.
• Link the work to the external market.
• Build subject matter expertise within the current product domain.
• Delivers well structured, tested, and documented code within agreed-upon timelines.
• Provide reasonably accurate estimates of work.
• Participates in all required meetings and agile ceremonies.
• Keen to provide test coverage to protect against future changes.

• Minimum 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
• Experience with IBM MVS (z/OS)
• IPCS dump reading and debugging skills
• Good knowledge of JES internals
• Experience in Problem diagnosis, dump reading and debugging (with IPCS a plus)
• Good knowledge of IBM z/OS internals and z/OS Storage.
• Able to write high-quality code rapidly, test and debug.
• Able to present a track record of solving problems of increasing complexity
• Good communication skills

• Working knowledge and ability to debug and support modern applications/technologies
• Good knowledge on IBM Metal C, PLX, Java, REXX

Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

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• Job Family Group:
  Engineering
• Job Family:
  Software & Quality Assurance Engineering
• Job Profile Name:
  Software Engineer III
• Employee Type:
  Individual Contributor
• Job Level: P3 (Career)

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