MAINFRAME DEVELOPER - [e-mail]

StaffWorthy; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology solutions provider in Salt Lake City seeks a Mainframe Developer with 5-7 years of experience. Responsibilities include supporting operations and analyzing issues for critical applications. Candidates should have expertise in JCL and COBOL, with a strong interest in Linux/Java applications. The role offers a base salary of $80,000 to $100,000 and requires effective communication skills. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply with their resume and cover letter.

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of mainframe experience in JCL and COBOL; experience with Adabas/Natural is a plus.
• Strong interest in supporting distributed Linux/Java-based applications.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Support operations for legal, finance, regulatory, and ED&S applications.
• Analyze new issues and document fixes.
• Provide detailed analysis and governance reports.

Skills

Mainframe experience in JCL

Mainframe experience in COBOL

Incident lifecycle management

Linux/Unix knowledge

Clear communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

ServiceNow

Job description

MAINFRAME DEVELOPER

Contact: [e-mail]

About the job

Industry: Information Technology - Other  Job Category: Information Technology - Other IT

What you will do: Are you passionate about building and maintaining reliable, scalable, and highly performant software systems? Do you enjoy working in an energetic and adaptable environment where every millisecond counts? Do you have a knack for solving complex problems with code and automation? If you answered yes to these questions, then you might be the perfect candidate for our Reliability and Production Engineering (RPE) team. As an RPE team member, you will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, and capacity of our trading, data analytics, settlement, and risk systems. You will work closely with our development and business teams to design, implement, and monitor solutions that automate IT operational tasks and enable continuous delivery of new features. You will also troubleshoot and resolve incidents and emergencies using data-driven analysis and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Support horizontalframe operations, providing excellent support to business users on critical business issues for legal, finance, regulatory, and ED&S applications.
• Ensure client issues are resolved within defined SLAs, meeting resolution expectations.
• Leverage team tools to manage system and critical incidents, focusing on timely resolution and strategic solutions.
• Analyze new issues and document fixes, training other colleagues in the support team.
• Monitor systems and resolve day‑to‑day batch stream issues, reporting on stream status as needed.
• Provide detailed analysis and governance reports to senior management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5-7 years of mainframe experience in JCL and COBOL; experience with Adabas/Natural is a plus.
• Prior production IT support experience is a plus; development‑only backgrounds may have higher turnover rates.
• Ability to work shifts that start and finish later local time (12 PM–1 PM, 9 PM–10 PM MT).
• Strong interest and aptitude for training in supporting distributed Linux/Java‑based applications; prior exposure to Linux/Unix or Java is a plus.
• Ability to work under pressure to tight deadlines; during critical processing times, turnaround on critical job abends is expected to be a maximum of 30 minutes.
• Familiarity with the full incident lifecycle: identification, escalation, communication to both technical and business users, and post‑incident follow‑ups; familiarity with a tool like ServiceNow is a plus.
• Willingness to cover weekend and other off‑shift coverage occasionally as part of a team rotation schedule.
• Clear verbal and written communication skills to both business and technical audiences.

Key Requirements

• 5+ to 7 years' experience
• Mid‑Senior Management level
• No Minimum Education; Bachelor's Degree required
• No visa candidate considered
• Security clearance required: No

Compensation

Base Salary: USD $80,000 to $100,000 (never repost). Full‑time benefits: None. Relocation assistance available: No. Commission compensation: No. Bonus eligible: No. Overtime eligible: No. Interview travel reimbursed: No.

Hiring Process

There will not be an intake session call for this bounty.

Application

If you are interested in joining our Reliability & Production Engineering team and making an impact on the future of finance, please apply now with your resume and cover letter. We look forward to hearing from you!