Software Engineer – Mainframe

Jobtailor; Minnesota; On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a mid-level mainframe software engineer in Minnesota. You will design, develop, test, and maintain COBOL/CICS applications within high-volume environments. You will take full stack ownership, ensuring scalable and reliable solutions and applying DevOps practices.

Two to three years of relevant experience and a degree or equivalent is required; Linux/Unix knowledge is a plus. You will review code, mentor teammates, and drive operational improvements while prioritizing customer

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• Two to three years of relevant experience.
• Adept with agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles (Git).
• Experience with COBOL development, debugging, and maintenance across complex mainframe applications.
• Experience with CICS program development and support in high-volume transaction environments.
• Experience with JCL and PROCs creation, troubleshooting, and optimization.
• Experience with DB2 development, performance tuning, and maintenance in z/OS environment.
• Nice to have knowledge of Linux/Unix environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, operate and maintain products.
• Own full stack by writing production-ready and testable code.
• Ensure designs are scalable, reliable and performant.
• Analyze failures, propose design changes and drive improvements.
• Prioritize to meet customer experience and quality standards.
• Incorporate code review feedback to meet standards.
• Conduct code reviews to share best practices and compliance.
• Ensure product development follows security and compliance practices.
• Promote software reliability engineering standards within development.

Skills

Collaboration

Continuous Improvement

Customer Experience Focus

Critical Review

Feedback Application

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience

Tools

COBOL

CICS

DB2

JCL

PROCs

Agile Methodologies

DevOps Principles

Software Reliability Engineering

Performance Tuning

Debugging

Job description

• Responsible for designing, developing, testing, operating and maintaining products
• Takes full stack ownership by consistently writing production-ready and testable code
• Consistently creates optimal design adhering to architectural best practices; considers scalability, reliability and performance of systems/contexts affected when defining technical designs
• Performs analysis on failures, proposes design changes, and encourages operational improvements
• Makes sound design/coding decisions keeping customer experience in the forefront
• Takes feedback from code review and applies changes to meet standards
• Conducts code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures
• Accountable for ensuring all aspects of product development follow compliance and security best practices
• Exhibits relentless focus on software reliability engineering standards embedded into development standards
• Embraces emerging technology opportunities and contributes to the best practices in support of the bank’s technology transformation
• Contributes to a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement
• Reviews tasks critically and ensures they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery; anticipates and communicates blockers and delays before they require escalation

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent work experience
• Two to three years of relevant experience
• Adept with agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles (Git)
• Experience with COBOL development, debugging, and maintenance across complex mainframe applications
• Experience with CICS program development and support in high-volume transaction environments
• Experience with JCL and PROCs creation, troubleshooting, and optimization
• Experience with DB2 development, performance tuning, and maintenance in z/OS environment
• Nice to have knowledge of Linux/Unix environments

Hard Skills

• COBOL
• CICS
• DB2
• JCL
• PROCs
• Agile Methodologies
• DevOps Principles
• Software Reliability Engineering
• Performance Tuning
• Debugging

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Continuous Improvement
• Customer Experience Focus
• Critical Review
• Feedback Application