Senior Mainframe Developer, VP , P4

Morgan Stanley•Alpharetta, GA

About The Position

As part of strategy to design and implement industry leading applications Morgan Stanley WMPT team is looking for a Senior Mainframe software Engineer to join a technologically advanced team, focusing on innovation and building out the strategic Technology Platform . Work on QA processes for Banking workstream(s) with heavy focus on execution of automation across the Bank Product Domains dealing with various automation tools and techniques. Candidate will work as part of an Agile squad and interact with other squad members as well as external stakeholders including business and technology partners (local as well as global) across Wealth Management, infrastructure team, architecture team to deliver the objectives. Candidate will employ CICD well as DevOps principles to achieve SDLC goals of Global Banking Technology. What You’ll do in the role: Work as a part of Fleet on development processes with heavy focus on technical development with various tools and techniques. Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate test and automation activities. Work in the Agile development methodologies, collaborating with business and technology teams located globally. Actively contribute and participate in sprint grooming and planning discussions, daily stand-ups, and Agile ceremonies Distributed hand-on technical lead with 8 - 10 years’ experience in mainframe development with technical teams in multiple onshore and offshore locations. Good Analytical and problem-solving skills with proven experience in analyzing database program either with or without help from database developer. Good Communication and team player skills, ability to work as part of a team developing various aspects of the application such as UI, mid-tier services, and database. Proven track record of quality deliverables while meeting deadlines by close coordination with various teams such as business, QA, UAT, Operations, application support group, and infrastructure Experience in integrating with multiple vendor products, external vendors, using web service or any other formats. Proven experience with at least 5-7 years in managing order generation, execution, post-order processing across Wealth Management products such as Insurance, Annuities, etc. Experience in performance tuning, optimization, code profiling, code review, hands on experience using Best Patterns and Practices

Requirements

9+ years of hands-on experience in mainframe development using COBOL and other programming languages.
Strong knowledge of mainframe operating systems such as z/OS and z/VSE.
Proven experience with tools such as CICS, JCL, VSAM and DB2.
Hands-on Scripting languages (Perl, Python)
Working knowledge of SQL queries for databases or large datasets
5+ years of experience in working with MSSQL Server, Schema design, efficient query formation, optimization, and writing stored procedures.
Expertise in working with XML, XSLT and JSON formats.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong working knowledge of Annuity and Insurance Order entry and processing
Excellent communication, organizational, and planning skills
Working experience of Agile development methodologies and of DevOps integration
Exposure to JIRA or other tools to create a productive, high-quality development.
Ability to work in a fast paced and dynamic environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience of working with multiple vendor tool integration in Insurance and Annuity.
Knowledge of Financial market, banking products and Wealth Management.
Ability to develop proof of concepts/prototypes in the new areas of development.

Responsibilities

Work as a part of Fleet on development processes with heavy focus on technical development with various tools and techniques.
Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate test and automation activities.
Work in the Agile development methodologies, collaborating with business and technology teams located globally.
Actively contribute and participate in sprint grooming and planning discussions, daily stand-ups, and Agile ceremonies
Distributed hand-on technical lead with 8 - 10 years’ experience in mainframe development with technical teams in multiple onshore and offshore locations.
Good Analytical and problem-solving skills with proven experience in analyzing database program either with or without help from database developer.
Good Communication and team player skills, ability to work as part of a team developing various aspects of the application such as UI, mid-tier services, and database.
Proven track record of quality deliverables while meeting deadlines by close coordination with various teams such as business, QA, UAT, Operations, application support group, and infrastructure
Experience in integrating with multiple vendor products, external vendors, using web service or any other formats.
Proven experience with at least 5-7 years in managing order generation, execution, post-order processing across Wealth Management products such as Insurance, Annuities, etc.
Experience in performance tuning, optimization, code profiling, code review, hands on experience using Best Patterns and Practices