Cobol, CICS, DB2 Lead Software Engineer

Testing Site - JPMC; Wilmington (DE); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in Wilmington seeks a Lead Software Engineer to join the Asset & Wealth Management Mainframe team. You will be a core technical contributor, delivering secure, scalable mainframe solutions and guiding Agile delivery across the organization.

You will design, develop, test, and optimize Cobol/CICS/DB2 applications, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product owners and operations to achieve business objectives while maintaining high standards of quality and security.

Qualifications

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s).
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods.
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security.
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, AI, ML).
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems.
• 10+ years of coding experience in Cobol, JCL, VSAM, MQ, Easytrieve, CICS, and DB2.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions.
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others.
• Identifies opportunities to automate remediation of recurring issues to improve stability.
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of designs and applicability.
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive adoption of new technologies.
• Adds to team culture of diversity, inclusion, and respect.
• Write clean, testable and efficient code (Cobol, CICS, DB2) with SDLC best practices and AI tools.
• Interact with the Omni Product Owner, Software Engineers and Operations to align on strategy.
• Understand requirements and technical design and ask the right questions for quality solutions.
• Identify problems and elevate with proposed solutions.

Skills

Cobol

CICS

DB2

JCL

VSAM

MQ

Easytrieve

Jenkins/CI-CD

Agile

Automation

Education

Formal training in software engineering

Certification in software engineering

Tools

Cobol

CICS

DB2

JCL

VSAM

MQ

Easytrieve

Topaz

AWS

S3 Storage

Job description

We have an opportunity to impact your career and provide an adventure where you can push the limits of what's possible.

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Asset & Wealth Management Mainframe team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
• Write clean, testable and efficient code (Cobol, CICS, DB2) compliant with the best best software development and SDLC practices with utilization of AI tools
• Interact and facilitate strategic discussions with the Omni Product Owner, Software Engineers and Operations
• Work with and understand the Firm’s flows, data models and get a bigger picture of the problem at hand
• Understand requirements and technical design as well as asking the right questions to achieve good quality solutions
• Identify problems and elevate in a timely manner along with proposed solutions

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience
• Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
• Advanced in one or more programming language(s)
• Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
• Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
• Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)
• In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems
• 10+ years of coding experience in (Cobol, JCL, VSAM, MQ, Easytrieve, CICS, and DB2)
• Experience working in an Agile environment

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Mainframe Modernization experience (Topaz, CICD, Code Coverage, Automated testing)
• Experience with S3 Storage and Cloud
• Experience with Core Java/Rest services
• AWS experience