Mainframe Engineer (Onsite Hybrid) - Jersey City, NJ

NTT DATA North America; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 117,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Life and AD&D insurance

Job summary

NTT DATA North America is seeking a Mainframe Engineer (Onsite Hybrid) to join our Jersey City team. The role focuses on technical leadership, architecture development, and ensuring high-scale processing capabilities in a complex data environment.

The position requires mentoring engineers, setting standards, and collaborating with operations to optimize performance while delivering reliable, scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years on COBOL, DB2, VSAM and JCL.
• 5+ years CICS System knowledge would be valuable.

Responsibilities

• Provide thought & technical leadership for the key initiatives.
• Developing and maintaining architecture solutions on a platform dedicated to high scale processing of large amounts of data.
• Setting, communicating, and reinforcing technical standards
• Providing leadership for junior and senior engineers alike, by understanding how to leverage and enhance their current skills
• Assessing and researching current implementations of the platform and determining the course of action required to elevate the platform to meet customer needs.
• Working with Operations to plan major infrastructure upgrades, to troubleshoot issues and to tune the environment for optimal performance and uptime
• Collaborating with peers and management on process improvement ideas, policy and procedure enhancements, and opportunities to improve our customer's service experience.
• Participating in code review and unit testing and providing support on issues in non-prod or production

Skills

COBOL

DB2

VSAM

JCL

CICS

CICS DTR

File-Aid

Scheduler tools

Debugger tools

Job description

NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization,

We are currently seeking a Mainframe Engineer (Onsite Hybrid) - Jersey City, NJ to join our team in Jersey City, New Jersey (US-NJ), United States (US).

Job Responsibilities

• Provide thought & technical leadership for the key initiatives.
• Developing and maintaining architecture solutions on a platform dedicated to high scale processing of large amounts of data.
• Setting, communicating, and reinforcing technical standards
• Providing leadership for junior and senior engineers alike, by understanding how to leverage and enhance their current skills
• Assessing and researching current implementations of the platform and determining the course of action required to elevate the platform to meet customer needs.
• Working with Operations to plan major infrastructure upgrades, to troubleshoot issues and to tune the environment for optimal performance and uptime
• Collaborating with peers and management on process improvement ideas, policy and procedure enhancements, and opportunities to improve our customer's service experience.
• Participating in code review and unit testing and providing support on issues in non-prod or production

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years on COBOL, DB2, VSAM and JCL.
• 5+ years CICS System knowledge would be valuable.

Preferred Skills

• Good understanding of CICS Dynamic Transaction Routing process.
• Should be familiar with DB2 tools, File-Aid, scheduler and debugger tools.
• Understanding of Distributed Applications/ System
• Exposure to Brokerage/Finance domain will be an added advantage
• Prior experience of working in highly transactional, fault tolerant and data driven systems.
• Ability to identify areas of risk or potential problems and take action to mitigate them and work with less experienced staff to mitigate more complex issues.
• Ability to apply different communication and leadership styles for different teams and geographies.
• Ability to lead through influence and know what data is needed to drive effective decisions
• Ability to assess and plan project, and stakeholders needs, and manage deadlines, risks.
• Ability to anticipate roadblocks, diagnose problems and generate effective solutions
• Ability to build communication and rapport with partners, stakeholders.
• Ability to adapt in a changing environment and be effective in many different business settings.
• Ability to take initiative, define vision for betterment of products, and execute at high level of quality

NTT DATA provides a reasonable range of compensation for U.S.-based positions. The starting pay range for this role is $117,270 - $195,450 per annum. Actual compensation will depend on a number of factors, including the candidate’s relevant experience, technical skills, and other qualifications. This position may also be eligible for incentive compensation based on individual and/or company performance.

This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30 billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. our consulting and Industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is a part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

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