Mainframe Software Engineer

• This position is for a Mainframe Software Engineer within the Service Quality team.
• In this role, the Software Engineer will serve as the primary Mainframe Developer for the Recall Suite of applications, supporting both their ongoing operations and strategic modernization.
• Key responsibilities include on-call support, operations support, customer interaction, and the continued development and modernization of these products.
• The engineer will collaborate closely with a Product Owner, Product Manager, and fellow engineers to deliver projects and features that meet the current business needs and advance the application migration journey to the Google Cloud Platform (GCP)., * Be an integral part of the FCSDTech/Service Quality team, supporting Recall and Software FSA Products.
• Provide call and production support
• Complete Mandatory features to support the Software FSA and Compliance requirement
• Address the product team’s deliverables and actively manage the backlog.
• Review and support defect resolution efforts, assisting in prioritizing these issues within the backlog.
• Ensure that the product delivers strong value propositions for both customers and the business.
• Participate in the collaborative process of the product modernization journey alongside other IT products, vendors, and business customers., * Be an integral part of the Tech/Service Quality team, supporting Recall and Software FSA Products.
• Provide call and production support
• Complete Mandatory features to support the Software FSA and Compliance requirement
• Address the product team’s deliverables and actively manage the backlog.
• Review and support defect resolution efforts, assisting in prioritizing these issues within the backlog.
• Ensure that the product delivers strong value propositions for both customers and the business.
• Participate in the collaborative process of the product modernization journey alongside other IT products, vendors, and business customers.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
• 7+ years’ experience in mainframe development background in design, analysis and coding: COBOL (IMS), JCL, CA7, DB2 and/or BigQuery, COBOL Stored Procedures and real-time and batch processing.
• 2+ years’ experience implementing z/OS connect, SFTP, SOAP and REST APIs, and other methods for system-to-system communication and data exchange
• Ability to design, develop and maintain Mainframe COBOL & JCL to meet support and/or project requirements
• Experience using source code management tools such as Endeavor and GitHub
• Quick starter to troubleshoot/resolve incidents and business support items
• Ability to perform application support tasks: systems support, security/audit reviews, and maintenance tasks
• Excellent teamwork, written and verbal communication, and organizational skills are essential, ability to solve complex problems in a global environment
• Ability to multi-task effectively and prioritize work based on business impact and urgency
• Unit and integration testing experience
• Ability to work independently and take initiative when solving unexpected problems
• Experience in Google BigQuery and Google Cloud Platform would be a plus

Skills Required:

• Mainframe Systems

Experience Required:

• Engineer Exp: Prac. In 2 coding lang. or adv. Prac. in 1 lang.
• 6+ years in IT
• 4+ years in development

Education Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree, * Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent
• 7+ years’ experience in mainframe development background in design, analysis and coding: COBOL (IMS), JCL, CA7, DB2 and/or BigQuery, COBOL Stored Procedures and real-time and batch processing.
• 2+ years’ experience implementing z/OS connect, SFTP, SOAP and REST APIs, and other methods for system-to-system communication and data exchange
• Ability to design, develop and maintain Mainframe COBOL & JCL to meet support and/or project requirements
• Experience using source code management tools such as Endeavor and GitHub
• Quick starter to troubleshoot/resolve incidents and business support items
• Ability to perform application support tasks: systems support, security/audit reviews, and maintenance tasks
• Excellent teamwork, written and verbal communication, and organizational skills are essential, ability to solve complex problems in a global environment
• Ability to multi-task effectively and prioritize work based on business impact and urgency
• Unit and integration testing experience
• Ability to work independently and take initiative when solving unexpected problems

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories. Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way. We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years! FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused. We’ve differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you’ve heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies. Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match