Mainframe Software Engineer

Insight Global is looking for a Mainframe Software Engineer to join a Datacom development team in Plano, TX that develops a leading Database product Datacom, has been around since the early 1970s, designed for large, mission-critical workloads on IBM mainframes; driving some of the world’s largest banks, insurance companies, retailers and more. Datacom is a high-performance relational database management system for IBM z Systems.

It is built for reliability and can handle massive critical workloads with 24x7 availability. It includes features like Datacom SQL and Datacom Server, which enable integration with modern applications, business intelligence, web services, and cloud environments using JDBC and ODBC connections. Clearly, this demands exceptional innovation from the best and brightest minds - which is where you come in.

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• BA/BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree.
• Prior experience as a developer in a Scrum team.
• Expertise in the following: IBM Assembler on z/OS, z/OS Language Environment (LE)
• Skills with system level functions such as SVCs and PC calls.
• Experience using Source Code Management tools such as Endevor and Git Hub.

• Experience working with zOS systems components and sub-systems such as JCL, ISPF, CICS, CLIST, PL/1 and mainframe databases like Datacom, IDMS, DB2 etc
• Additional experience in one or more of the following languages:
  Metal C, COBOL, REXX, C, C++
• Knowledge and related product expertise in one or more of the following:
  Test Automation, Jenkins, Python, CI/CD Automation
• Experience with Blackduck, Coverity, zACS tools
• Solid knowledge of reading system dumps.