Senior Mainframe Lead - Cards & Payments

Cognizant

Brooklyn (OH)

Hybrid

USD 60,000 - 94,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Paid holidays & PTO

401(k) plan and contributions

Stock Purchase Plan

Parental Leave

Job summary

Cognizant in the United States is seeking a Senior Mainframe Developer to lead design, development, and optimization of high-volume card payments systems. You will work with analysts, product owners, and infra teams to deliver secure, scalable mainframe solutions.

The role emphasizes performance tuning, security, and data integrity in financial services, with hybrid work (3 days in Brooklyn, OH office). Applicants must have 6+ years in mainframe, JCL, and IBM utilities, and mentoring experience.

Qualifications

6+ years of experience in Mainframe environments.
Hands-on experience with IBM mainframe technologies and JCL.
Experience supporting cards, payments or financial services applications.
Strong understanding of secure development practices and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

Lead the design and delivery of scalable mainframe solutions for card payments.
Collaborate with business/product teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
Drive stability and performance optimization, incident resolution, and RCA.
Review security, audit, and data integrity deliverables for financial services.
Mentor engineers and promote best practices across the team.