IT Manager: Core Engineering & Legacy Systems

PenFed Credit Union; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Life and disability coverage

Education assistance

Paid parental leave

Volunteer opportunities

Job summary

PenFed Credit Union is seeking a Manager IT, Core Engineering Applications to lead a team of COBOL/JCL/Easytrieve programmers. The role oversees mainframe reliability, performance, and incident management while guiding integrations with Mule and Salesforce.

This onsite position can be based in Tysons, VA, Omaha, NE, or San Antonio, TX. You will drive delivery, planning, and reporting for mission-critical workloads, while championing modernization opportunities and adherence to security and audit

Qualifications

• 8+ years writing/supporting COBOL, JCL, Easytrieve; 3–5+ years managing teams as a manager or above.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with COBOL, JCL, Easytrieve, and REXX; Assembler knowledge is a plus.
• Strong understanding of datasets/file structures (e.g., VSAM, sequential), batch scheduling, utilities, and job control.
• Experience leveraging AI coding assistants for code authoring, refactoring, test generation, and documentation; plus.
• Proven leadership of IT teams delivering complex initiatives and production support for mission critical systems.
• Familiarity with SDLC, change management, release management, observability, and incident/problem management.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with Mule and Salesforce teams on integrations, data exchange, and operational support.
• Excellent communication, organizational skills, and stakeholder management; able to work through ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage programmers delivering design, development, implementation, and production support for legacy and modernized solutions.
• Own reliability, performance, change control, and incident management for mainframe applications, jobs, datasets, and integrations.
• Coordinate closely with managers and architects for Mule and Salesforce to plan integrations, data flows, and operational runbooks.
• Engage business and IT stakeholders across the lifecycle to align scope, clarify requirements, and secure successful outcomes.
• Provide daily/weekly status on milestones, risks, issues, and accomplishments tailored for IT leadership and business partners.
• Ensure work aligns with company strategy, IT standards, security policies, and audit/compliance requirements.
• Promote modernization opportunities without compromising system stability.
• Manage Concept, Planning, Requirements, Procurement, Build, Test, Implement, and Closure phases with traceability and documentation.
• Identify, log, and drive resolution for risks/issues; implement corrective actions to protect scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Facilitate requirements, constraints, and assumptions; maintain design, runbooks, job schedules, recovery procedures, and support models.
• Track schedule, performance, quality, and budget with appropriate tools; adjust plans and resources to meet objectives.
• Support estimation and capacity planning to set realistic timelines and staffing needs.
• Maintain transparent, timely communication across IT teams and stakeholders; ensure decisions and changes are well documented.

Skills

COBOL

JCL

Easytrieve

REXX

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

SDLC

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or related field

Tools

Mule

Salesforce

Job description

PenFed Credit Union is seeking a Manager IT, Core Engineering Applications to lead a team of COBOL/JCL/Easytrieve programmers. The role oversees mainframe reliability, performance, and incident management while guiding integrations with Mule and Salesforce.

This onsite position can be based in Tysons, VA, Omaha, NE, or San Antonio, TX. You will drive delivery, planning, and reporting for mission-critical workloads, while championing modernization opportunities and adherence to security and audit