Senior Mainframe Engineer; ChangeMan ZMF

Job Description Essential Functions

• 25% Perform technical detail design, coding, testing of applications.
• Serves as subject matter expert for both customer and internal discussions related to maintaining and enhancing existing software systems.
• Develop and/or analyze interface design documentation.
• Comply with hardware and software systems standards and procedures.
• Deliver large systems for tens of thousands of users.
• Comply with code quality, migration and dev/ops standards and policies
• 25% Performs software analysis, including requirements and uses case development and design.
• Implements and documents source code to design specifications.
• Performs software testing including developing and running automated unit tests, drafting, and executing structured automated test cases.
• Compile, assess, and report data results from software testing and analysis.
• 25% Develops software solutions for enterprise environments and other technologies.
• Analyzes and implements functional and non-functional (e.g. performance, availability) requirements and designs, implements, and tests software.
• Performs operations & maintenance (O&M) of existing systems.
• Identifies areas for improvement and streamlining.
• Demonstrated experience with front-end and back-end programing and integration frameworks and tools.
• Assist in the estimation of development of application features
• 25% Provides direct technical support for high level, high visibility and critical trouble calls for supported applications.
• Works with cross functional teams to develop highly reliable software that runs at scale.
• Provides recommendations to infuse new technology.
• Extend open-source libraries and systems as necessary to meet the needs of the team.
• Play a crucial role in product scoping and roadmap / architecture discussions.
• Continually evaluate emerging technologies to identify opportunities, trends, and best practices.
• Mentoring of junior software engineers.

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Information Technology or Computer Science.

• 5 years of experience with software development, basic coding and compilation, software architecture/design, user requirements definition and software specification development.
• In place of a Bachelor's degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience is required in addition to the required work experience.

• Very technically proficient in Change Man ZMF.
• Excellent knowledge of ZMF integration with such tools as RACF, XPEditor, Job Scan, Email via SMTP, CICS, DB2, ISPF/TSO, Dialog Manager Panels/Skeletons and REXX programming.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Proven track record of excellent team management and conflict resolution.
• Experienced in managing a team in multiple offices and home-based locations.
• Customer service focused.
• Analytical and critical thinker, skilled in mediation.
• Consistently meet goals.
• Ability to communicate technical requirements to all levels of expertise., Advanced
• Proficient in establishing and maintaining good working relationships., Advanced
• Knowledge and understanding of software development life cycle (SDLC)., Advanced
• Proficient with integrating complex and/or existing systems., Advanced Knowledge of programming languages (e.g. JavaScript, C, Python, etc.)., Advanced
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal., Advanced
• Knowledge of cloud technologies (e.g. AWS, Azure),
• Proficient Knowledge of database technologies (e.g. DB2, cloud, SQL, Oracle, Mongo DB, Postgre
  
  SQL, etc.).
• Advanced Fundamental knowledge of software engineers’ best practices, agile methodologies, CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficient Knowledge of test-first practices including Test-Driven Development (TDD) for unit tests and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) for automated acceptance tests.
• Advanced Strong experience with Deployment/Continuous Integration/ Continuous Testing/ Continuous Delivery processes and tools and have expertise in CI/CD tools and framework., Advanced
• Knowledge of Code quality and promotion practices.