Principal Mainframe Software Engineer (Java, COBOL, DB2/VSAM)

Fmr LLC
Durham, NC, United States
about 2 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Customer Information Control System (CICS) COBOL (Programming Language) Cyber Security Data Security IBM DB2 Job Control Language (JCL) Mainframes Regression Testing Software Engineering Software Systems SQL Stored Procedures
+2 more
Virtual Storage Access Methods Cloud Platform System

Job description

Seeking a Mainframe Developer with superb technical skills to develop and maintain high volume production platforms in the Electronic Channel Applications domain of Institutional Technology.

Our mission is to provide best in class trading applications and support for Fidelity customers to better serve their brokerage needs. As part of this effort, you will engage collaboratively with systems and business partners to deliver high quality and innovative software solutions. You are energized and hardworking to learn and grow with us in our digital transformation to build our future cloud platform capabilities while delivering exception production stability.

Join our agile teams working in a fast-paced environment, closely partnering with product, architecture, and other engineering teams. We provide mentors to help navigate your role. We offer dedicated time each month to develop new skills and investigate new technologies.

The Team

We are an agile squad that is part of the FI Trading & Brokerage Services organization. Working together and with other squads, we deliver solutions to our customers by aligning the right skillsets to their most critical business priorities. The work is diverse, challenging, and provides for continuous learning and growth opportunities.

Requirements

Do you have experience in Technology security practices?, * 8+ years of software development experience in business critical, enterprise-wide applications

  • Mainframe development expertise in COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2 & VSAM
  • Knowledge of MQ would be nice to have
  • Development experience in Java
  • Ability to perform detailed analysis and documentation for maintenance and improvement projects in the batch and online environments
  • Deploy and support software releases into production environments
  • Employ your data security skills to keep our customers information safe
  • You are detailed and thorough with unit, functional and regression testing
  • Proven Experience writing COBOL/Native stored procedures is a plus
  • Experience in Distributed Technologies (Nice to have/Willing to learn)
  • Confidence to think and act strategically, share innovative insights, and offer creative solutions to deliver exceptional user experiences
  • Proven strong interpersonal and organizational skills coupled with effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Embrace flexibility and shift focus to meet the most pressing customer/client needs
  • You bring a growth mentality to work every day as you continue to learn new technologies and skills and seek to share that knowledge with your squad members

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