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# Software Engineer Senior Lead Remote

- **Company:** Kforce Inc.
- **Location:** Jacksonville, FL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Software Applications, Batch Processing, Customer Information Control System (CICS), Software Debugging, Job Control Language (JCL), Job Scheduling, Software Engineering, Z/OS, Tso/ispf
- **Published:** November 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/cda79817-aa51-4081-9da6-947cf22144fb

## About the Role

* 7+ years of experience supporting banking or financial applications in a mainframe environment
 * Strong knowledge of z/OS, JCL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, batch processing, and job scheduling
 * Experience with production support, incident management, and application recovery
 * Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
 * Ability to work independently while collaborating across technical and business teams
 * Banking experience (deposits related) someone who's worked on a core application that's supported by checking accounts or savings accounts would work on this and what they're looking for

## Description

A client with Kforce is seeking a Software Engineer Senior Lead to join their team. This is a remote opportunity., This position will be a part of a team that will be leveraging an environment supporting multiple clients. We are looking for a senior resource, not entry level. This is a mainframe systematics position. This is more of a support role but could be some development work required - they do support but also have little projects that development would be needed. They will be triaging, analyzing existing code or developing new code.

Duties Include:

 * Instructs the design and development of IT applications and software programs, ensuring they meet internal quality and reliability standards
 * Achieves project milestones by effectively planning, coordinating, and executing complex software development initiatives with a high level of precision and efficiency.
 * Collaborates with stakeholders to investigate, understand, and address user needs and requirements, gaining a deep understanding of their specific business objectives
 * Conducts advanced debugging, utilizing sophisticated techniques and tools to identify and resolve complex software issues, enhancing overall system stability
 * Provide advanced production support for primarily IM, ST, and additional Deposits applications
 * Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production incidents and processing issues
 * Support batch processing, online systems, file transmissions, and application recovery procedures
 * Partner with clients, project teams, developers, and operations teams on implementations, enhancements, and issue resolution
 * Perform root cause analysis and drive corrective actions for recurring issues
 * Develop and maintain support, recovery, and operational documentation
 * Participate in on-call support and major incident response activities
 * Mentor team members and serve as a subject matter expert for assigned applications