Senior Software Developer (Mainframe)

RBC; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software Developer to join their dynamic Branch Technology team. This role offers the chance to design, develop, and support innovative solutions for mainframe applications used by advisors nationwide. You'll collaborate with agile squads and Site Reliability Engineering teams to improve client experiences while modernizing legacy systems. If you're passionate about technology and eager to tackle challenges in a collaborative environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Join a team that values growth, inclusivity, and making a positive impact in the community.

Benefits

Comprehensive Total Rewards Program

Flexible benefits

Competitive compensation

Coaching and development opportunities

Dynamic and collaborative team environment

Access to various job opportunities

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in mainframe hosted applications.
• Expertise in COBOL, IMS, MQ, and DB2.
• Experience with DevOps pipelines and release management.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop solutions for mainframe applications.
• Work with agile teams to enhance automation and reduce technical debt.
• Document updates and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

COBOL 6

IMS

DB2

DevOps

Agile Scrum Development

Technical Design Documentation

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Urban Code Deploy

Dynatrace

Kibana

Splunk

Job description

Job Summary

Job Description

The Branch Technology team is searching for a Senior Software Developer to join our team. As a Software Developer, you will partner with our other agile squads, business partners, and Site Reliability Engineering team in British Columbia/Calgary/Toronto to design, develop, and deploy capabilities for branch applications which all advisors use nationally. This role will help bring to life new capabilities and eliminate technical debt to enable RBC advisors to deliver a seamless client experience. This is a great opportunity for anyone who is looking to advance your agile skills, work cross functionally across organizations to deliver value for client facing employees, and modernize legacy infrastructure.

What will you do?

• Design, develop, test, implement, maintain, and support technical solutions supporting mainframe hosted applications.

• Provide suggestions on areas for improvement within the application suite, with the goal of eliminating technical debt and enhancing automation.

• Document all updates and changes to applications.

• Work cross functionally with business partners, other agile squads, and Site Reliability Engineering teams to prioritize and complete project work

• In this role, you will communicate and interact frequently with RBC partners and/or employees located across Canada and/or worldwide.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Minimum 5+ years of experience designing, developing, implementing, and maintain mainframe hosted applications, primarily using COBOL 6 in batch/file management, IMS (database/data communication), MQ, and DB2.

• Understanding of job scheduling.

• Change/release management – experience deploying to production environments via Dev Ops pipelines.

• Software change management tools (ideally GitHub, Jenkins, and Urban Code Deploy) to configure/create a build after committing changes to auto-deploy the code and troubleshoot failures.

Nice-to-have

• Understanding of zOS/Connect environment.

• Agile software development (software development life cycle) – experience working in a cross functional team as a software developer, from project ideation to production deployment.

• DevOps experience with tools such as Dynatrace, Kibana, and Splunk monitor applications.

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• Opportunities to do challenging work

• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities

• Access to a variety of job opportunities across business and geographies

Job Skills

Agile Scrum Development, Mainframe Development, Mainframe DevOps, Mainframe Technologies, Software Development, Technical Design Documentation, Technical Design Reviews, Technical Designs, Technical Solution Design, Technical Solutions

Additional Job Details

Address:

1 PLACE VILLE MARIE:MONTRÉAL

City:

MONTRÉAL

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS

Job Type:

Regular

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2024-09-23

Application Deadline:

2025-05-30

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

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