Software Engineer Sr Lead

FIS; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impactful fintech work

Career growth opportunities

Learning & development

Job summary

FIS is seeking a Senior Mainframe Application Support Engineer - Deposits in Jacksonville, hybrid role. You will provide advanced production support for banking deposit applications in an IBM mainframe environment, troubleshoot incidents and drive resolutions with cross-functional teams.

You will mentor teammates, maintain documentation, and participate in on-call and major incident responses while ensuring reliability of critical banking systems.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience supporting banking/financial apps on IBM mainframe, with deposit/transaction processing experience.
• Strong COBOL programming skills including maintenance and debugging.
• Solid knowledge of z/OS, JCL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, batch processing, and job scheduling.
• Experience with VSAM, sequential files, balancing and validation, and large-volume processing.
• Proven production support and troubleshooting, including incident management and recovery.

Responsibilities

• Provide advanced production support for banking deposit applications, including batch processing, online systems, file transmissions and application recovery.
• Lead troubleshooting of complex production incidents, perform root cause analysis and drive corrective actions.
• Analyze job streams, scheduling, abnormal terminations and batch failures, and resolve complex file-processing issues.
• Partner with development, operations, project and business teams on implementations, enhancements and issue resolution.
• Maintain support, recovery and operational documentation, participate in on-call and major incident response, and mentor team members.

Skills

COBOL

z/OS

JCL

CICS

TSO/ISPF

VSAM

Batch processing

Incident management

Production support

Tools

DB2

SQL

Job description

Position Type : Full time

Type Of Hire : Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Job Description

Millions of people interact with FIS-powered technology every day, often without realizing it. Behind those experiences are teams of innovators, problem solvers and collaborators working to make financial services more connected, efficient and accessible. Join us and help shape what's next in fintech.

Role location

Jacksonville - Hybrid

About the role

As a Senior Mainframe Application Support Engineer - Deposits, you will provide advanced production support for banking deposit applications in an IBM mainframe environment. You will troubleshoot complex production incidents, support batch and online processing, investigate application and file-processing issues, and drive problems through resolution. You will partner with development, operations, project and business teams while serving as a subject matter expert for assigned applications.

Your key responsibilities

• Provide advanced production support for banking deposit applications, including batch processing, online systems, file transmissions and application recovery.
• Lead troubleshooting of complex production incidents, perform root cause analysis and drive corrective actions for recurring issues.
• Analyze job streams, dependencies, scheduling, abnormal job terminations and batch failures, and resolve complex file-processing issues.
• Partner with development, operations, project and business teams on implementations, enhancements and issue resolution.
• Maintain support, recovery and operational documentation, participate in on-call and major incident response activities, and mentor team members.

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of experience supporting banking or financial applications in an IBM mainframe environment, with experience in deposit or transaction processing.
• Strong COBOL programming skills, including coding, application maintenance and debugging.
• Strong knowledge of z/OS, Job Control Language (JCL), Customer Information Control System (CICS), Time Sharing Option/Interactive System Productivity Facility (TSO/ISPF), batch processing and job scheduling.
• Experience with Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM), sequential files, balancing and validation, and large-volume transaction processing.
• Strong production support and troubleshooting experience, including incident management, application recovery, root cause analysis and resolution of complex production issues.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with DB2 and Structured Query Language (SQL) for querying and validating transaction data.
• Experience with mainframe change-management, promotion and release processes.
• Client-facing support experience, including working with operations teams and external clients.

The impact you'll make

As a Senior Mainframe Application Support Engineer - Deposits, you will help maintain the stability and reliability of business-critical banking applications. You will apply deep mainframe and production-support expertise to complex incidents, recurring processing issues and application recovery. Through troubleshooting, documentation, knowledge sharing and mentoring, you will help strengthen operational reliability and support effective issue resolution.

What we offer you

At FIS, your career journey is yours to shape. We provide the tools, experiences and support to help you reach what's next.
Here's what else we offer:

• Opportunities to make an impact in fintech
• Internal career growth opportunities
• Personal and professional learning
• Inclusive, diverse work environment
• Resources to give back to your community

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