Application Development Senior Software Engineer (C++)

New York Times; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 190,000 - 204,000; Full time

Job summary

CLS US Services Inc. in Iselin, NJ, seeks an Application Development Senior Software Engineer (C++) to support USP Settlement Service applications in a large financial domain.

Telecommuting may be permitted under hybrid guidelines; on-site reporting to Iselin, NJ is required when not telecommuting. The role requires a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of professional software engineering experience, with strong skills in Python/Perl, SQL/DB2, middleware, and CI/CD.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field plus 5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• 5 years in pre-production support for large-scale financial applications.
• 3 years deploying release plans, monitoring, and environment support in multi-tier architectures.
• 3 years with Python or Perl, Unix shell scripting, SQL, and IBM DB2.
• 3 years with messaging middleware (IBM MQ or TIBCO EMS) and application servers (WebSphere or WebLogic).
• 3 years with CI/CD tools (JIRA, GIT, Ant, Maven, Jenkins, Bamboo, Confluence, ServiceNow).
• 3 years in financial services domain delivery and production support.
• 1 year proactively identifying and resolving system deficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for the development and testing of USP Settlement Service applications.
• Collaborate with Business Analyst, Infrastructure, Engineering, P&C, and IT Security teams on environment requirements, design, and provisioning.
• Ensure correctness, adequacy, and integrity of non-production USP Settlement Services applications.
• Provide release, deployment, and monitoring support for USP Settlement Service apps.
• Help remediate issues in non-production environments.
• Mentor onsite and offsite teams and transfer knowledge to Level-2.
• Provide Level-3 support and training.
• Contribute to changes and traceability of requirements.
• Stay current with industry standards and best practices.

Skills

Pre-production support

Release & deployment planning

Python

Perl

Unix shell scripting

SQL

IBM DB2

Message middleware (IBM MQ or TIBCO)

WebSphere/WebLogic

CI/CD tools

Financial services domain

Level-3 production support

Training & knowledge transfer

Team mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

IBM MQ

TIBCO EMS

WebSphere

WebLogic

JIRA

Git

Maven

Jenkins

Confluence

ServiceNow

Bamboo

Job description

Application Development Senior Software Engineer (C++) (CLS US Services Inc., Iselin, NJ)

Provide day-to-day support for the development and testing of the USP (Unified Services Platform) Settlement Service applications. Collaborate with the Business Analyst, Infrastructure, Engineering, P&C, and IT Security teams in various key areas, such as environment requirements analysis, design, capacity planning, and provisioning. Ensure the functional and non-functional correctness, adequacy, and integrity of the non-production USP Settlement Services applications. Provide support for the release, deployment, and monitoring, of the USP Settlement Service applications. Help remediate issues with the USP Settlement Service applications in non-production environments. Collaborate, guide and mentor onsite and offsite teams. Use strong communication skills (written and verbal) to improve business processes and support critical business strategies. Provide Level-3 support for the USP Settlement Service applications. Provide training and application knowledge transfer to Level-2 support teams. Participate in, contribute to, and assimilate changes, enhancements, requirements (both functional and non-functional) and requirements traceability. Continually acquire and apply industry standards, best practices, and trends to improve in-house services and practices. Telecommuting may be permitted as per organization’s hybrid working guidelines. When not telecommuting, must report to CLS US Services, Inc., 101 Wood Ave South, 2nd Floor, Iselin, NJ 08830. Salary: $189,592-$204,300 per year.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Bachelor's degree, or U.S. equivalent, in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering, Computer Applications, Computer Information Systems, Electronic Engineering, or a related field, plus 5 years of professional experience as a Software Engineer, Software Developer, or any occupation/job title/position providing end-to-end pre-production application platform & service support for largescale enterprise-level financial domain applications.

Must also have experience in the following:

• 5 years of professional experience providing pre-production support for large-scale enterprise-level financial domain software applications, ensuring environment integrity, functionality, and continuous delivery readiness.
• 3 years of professional experience developing and executing release and deployment plans, including monitoring, issue remediation, and environment support in a multi-tiered system architecture.
• 3 years of professional experience utilizing Python or Perl, and Unix shell scripting, SQL, and DBMS, including IBM DB2.
• 3 years of professional experience utilizing messaging middleware (including IBM MQ or TIBCO EMS) and application servers (including WebSphere or WebLogic).
• 3 years of professional experience utilizing CI/CD practices and DevOps toolsets (including JIRA, GIT, Ant, Maven, Jenkins, Bamboo, Confluence, or ServiceNow).
• 3 years of professional experience in application software delivery and maintenance within the Financial Services domain.
• 3 years of professional experience providing level-3 support for production systems, including technical training, knowledge transfer, and escalation support for level-2 teams.
• 1 year of professional experience proactively identifying and resolving system deficiencies, implementing strategic remediation solutions to enhance operational performance and reliability.