Full Stack Mainframe Software Engineer

Ford Motor • Livonia, MI

11h • Hybrid

About The Position

At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. We also believe in providing you with the freedom to define and realize your dreams. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career potential as you help us define tomorrow’s transportation. Ford Customer Service Division, within Ford, is committed to provide our customers the “Always On” experience and our mission is to get our customers back on the road, in the shortest possible time. FCSD Tech delivers world class software that our Dealers use to Diagnose, Repair & Service our vehicles Customers use for a seamless Service experience Ford enterprise uses to run a highly Profitable, Critical and Complex Parts & Service business FCSD is a true one-stop shop, offering comprehensive Diagnostics, Repair & Service Capabilities for a full portfolio of Electrified, Hybrid and Internal combustion vehicles globally. We are seeking a Full Stack Mainframe Software Engineer that embraces Agile Programming principles to deliver innovative software products for Ford Motor Company and our Dealers and Customers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent
• 8+ years experience in mainframe development background in design, analysis and coding: COBOL (IMS), JCL, CA7, DB2 and/or SQL, Teradata, and real-time and batch processing.
• Ability to design, develop and maintain Mainframe COBOL & JCL to meet support and/or project requirements
• Experience using source code management tools such as Endevor 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
• 1 year experience in Mainframe modernization
• 1+ year experience implementing z/OS connect, SFTP, SOAP and REST APIs, and other methods for system to system communication and data exchange

Nice To Haves

• 1 year experience in Google Big Q
• Experience with Jira, backlogs, iterations, user stories, or similar Agile Tools
• Willingness to assist and troubleshoot current Mainframe environment, participating in production support/pager duty rotation, including weekend and off-hour support coverage
• Highly effective in working with other Mainframe Engineering and DBA technical specialists, Product Managers, and business partners
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage changing priorities

Responsibilities

• Ability to design, develop and maintain Mainframe COBOL, DB2, SP & JCL to meet support and/or project requirements
• Experience using source code management tools such as Endevor 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
• Willingness to assist and troubleshoot current Mainframe environment, participating in production support/pager duty rotation, including weekend and off-hour support coverage
• Experience with CA Agile Central (Rally), backlogs, iterations, user stories, or similar Agile Tools
• Highly effective in working with other Mainframe Engineering and DBA technical specialists, Product Managers, and business partners
• Ability to multi-task effectively and prioritize work based on business impact and urgency

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees