Mainframe Software Engineer III - Cobol, CICS, DB2, VSAM

JPMorganChase•Jersey City, NJ

About The Position

We have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for you to take your software engineering career to the next level. As a Software Engineer III at JPMorganChase within the Commercial and Investment Bank in Mainframe technology team, you serve as a seasoned member of an agile team to design and deliver trusted market-leading technology products in a secure, stable, and scalable way. You are responsible for carrying out 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 system design concepts and 3+ years applied experience.
Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
Proficient in coding in one or more languages - Experience in software development, with a focus on mainframe technologies.
Proficiency in mainframe programming languages and tools, including COBOL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM.
Familiarity with mainframe development environments and batch processing.
Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages
Overall knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle
Solid understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
Demonstrated knowledge of software applications and technical processes within a technical discipline (e.g., cloud, artificial intelligence, machine learning, mobile, etc.)

Nice To Haves

Experience in the financial services industry, with a strong preference for post-trade processing.
Experience with additional mainframe technologies and tools.
Exposure to non-mainframe programming languages or platforms (such as Java, .NET, Python, etc.) is a plus, but not required.

Responsibilities

Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
Develop, enhance, and maintain mainframe applications using COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and related technologies.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze requirements, design solutions, and implement changes.
Participate in code reviews, testing, and debugging to ensure high-quality deliverables.
Support production systems, troubleshoot issues, and provide timely resolutions.
Document technical specifications and maintain system documentation.
Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development
Gathers, analyzes, synthesizes, and develops visualizations and reporting from large, diverse data sets in service of continuous improvement of software applications and systems
Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies
Adds to team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect