Mainframe Engineer

Stefanini, Inc; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 89,544 - 96,432; Full time

Job summary

Stefanini, Inc is seeking an IT professional in Dearborn, MI for a long-term contract position. The successful candidate will engage with customers, solve complex problems through design and development, and create user-friendly applications. A Bachelor's degree and significant experience in IT are required.

Ideal candidates will possess skills in various technologies, programming languages, and software development methodologies. Experience with JCL and COBOL is essential, as well as a strong understanding of databases including IBM DB2 and PostgreSQL.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in IT; 4+ years in development.
• Must be able to write structured jobs and debug JCL errors.
• Experienced in ISPF, File Manager, CA7, and Syncsort sFTP.

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to understand their use-cases and requirements.
• Design and develop solutions using various tools and methodologies.
• Create high-level software architecture designs.
• Develop and maintain back-end applications like APIs and microservices.

Skills

Job Control Language (JCL)

COBOL

SQL

Mainframe Systems

Agile Software Development

PostgreSQL

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Job Details

Job ID: 62832

Category: Information Technology

Position Type: Contract

Duration: Long Term

Location: Dearborn, MI (Onsite)

Pay Range: $65.00 - $70.00

Responsibilities

• Engage with customers to deeply understand their use‑cases, pain points, and requirements, showcasing empathy and advocating for user‑centric software solutions.
• Solve complex problems by designing, developing, and delivering using various tools, languages, frameworks, methodologies (like agile) and technologies.
• Assess the requirements of the software application or service and determine the most suitable technology stack, integration method, deployment strategy, etc.
• Create high‑level software architecture designs that outline the overall structure, components, and interfaces of the application.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams like product owners, designers, architects etc.
• Define and implement software test strategy, guidelines, policies and processes in line with organization vision, industry regulations and market best practices.
• Work on continuously improving performance and optimizing the application and implement new technologies to maximize development efficiency.
• Familiar with programming practices, such as test‑driven development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery.
• Support security practices to safeguard user data including encryption and anonymization.
• Create user‑friendly and interactive interfaces.
• Develop and maintain back‑end applications like APIs and microservices using server‑side languages.
• Evaluate and incorporate emerging technologies and capabilities to deliver their solutions and are monitoring and participating in solutions for new stack layers, often involving industry collaboration.
• Work closely with Global Securitization Partners to understand their product vision and break it down into a practical backlog of user stories for the engineering development team.
• Handle Development, Enhancements and Production Support in the autonomous Product Driven Organization (PDO) team.
• Analyze and resolve issues in Securitization applications * Analyze and design application enhancements/corrections per requirements.
• Develop and execute unit test plans and scripts to validate that assigned modules meet technical specifications.
• Balance "doing it right" with "speed to delivery" by identifying and mitigating risk, generating options, educating business and other decision-makers, and taking on justified technical debt.
• Handle rotational On‑Call Support.
• Lead assignments with minimal direction and elevate issues as necessary to management.
• Be flexible to respond to changing priorities.
• Develop a deep understanding of the product, understand the problems to be solved and deliver value to the customer.
• Work with Product Manager to understand product vision.

Experience Required

• 6+ years of experience in IT; 4+ years in development
• Job Control Language (JCL) - Must be able to write structured jobs. Debug JCL errors. Understand Schedule IDs.
• Mainframe DB - Understand relational databases. Understand, code and debug SQL statements. Understand keys and indexes.
• IBM DB2 - Understand relational databases. Understand, code and debug SQL statements. Understand keys and indexes.
• COBOL - Code and debug standard COBOL programs with moderate complexity.
• Mainframe Systems - Experienced in ISPF, File Manager, CA7, Syncsort sFTP

Experience Preferred

• PostgreSQL - 5 years of experience utilizing Postgres and writing code and SQL accessing Postgres tables.
• Relational Databases - General database use and design knowledge including table design and key field identification.
• Agile Software Development - 3 years experience in Scrum and/or Waterfall based development.
• Jira - Understanding and knowledgeable in JIRA boards and user story development. Experienced breaking projects down into manageable pieces, prioritizing and estimating tasks and duration.

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree