Mainframe Programmer

7+ years of experience with developing and implementing applications 10 to 15 years of experience in COBOL, JCL, DB2 Preferred Skills/Experience: Cobol, JCL, DB2, CICS and VSAM development experience. Strong Endevor, FileManager, CA7, IDZ, GITLAB and TSO Development skills, Tool experience. Excellent debugging skills Good understanding of third-party dependency management and transitive dependency issues Strong knowledge on DB2 database Understanding of the software development life cycle/Agile development experience Experience with implementation and release management activities Good understanding of unit/system and functional testing methodologies Experience working in large transaction-based systems Experience writing technical designs Experience documenting technical functions Strong Communication and good leadership skills Have a strong ability and interest in working with a diverse range of technical and non-technical teams. Strong proclivity to follow coding standards and execute a best practices approach in build processes. Nice to have: MQ knowledge Desired Skills: Preferred Banking/credit cards domain knowledge Quality leadership and mentoring skills Ability to work under minimal supervision Ability to foster strong collaboration among team members and multitask effectively Ability to investigate and recommend best practices and process improvements Detail oriented and able to debug complex errors. Subject matter expert in: Programming, Implementation