Lead Software Engineer - Sr. Mainframe Developer

JPMorgan Chase & Co.•Wilmington, DE

About The Position

As a Lead Software Engineer at JPMorganChase within the Consumer & Community Banking Card Technology Team, you are an integral part of an agile team that works to enhance, build, and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. As a core technical contributor, you are responsible for conducting critical technology solutions across multiple technical areas within various business functions in support of the firm’s business objectives.

Requirements

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years applied experience.
Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Advanced proficiency & hands on experience in COBOL, DB2, CICS, IBM JCL, MQ, VSAM and strong skills in database design with IMS DB, DB2 SQL and Stored Procedures.
Proficient in FTP/NDM/File-Mover, CA-7, IBM Utilities and debug tools.
Familiarity with IBM WebSphere MQ messaging solution.
Skilled in estimating and planning JIRA stories.
Proficiency in automation and continuous delivery methods
Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
Demonstrated proficiency in software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline - Mainframe Technology & distributed applications.
Practical cloud native experience - AWS, GCP.
Providing leadership, guidance, and support to ensure team success and development of global team.

Nice To Haves

Practical cloud native experience - AWS, GCP.
In-depth knowledge of the financial services industry and their IT systems - Cards & Payments.
Knowledge on various Mainframe Integration Patterns with distributed applications.
Experience in working on Mainframe Modernization and data migration initiatives.
Experience in CICS & MQ.
Technical Leadership Experience in managing a team.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate distributed technologies and AI tools into mainframe systems, enhancing functionality and efficiency.

Responsibilities

Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
Develops secure high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect