Senior Mainframe Engineer (COBOL, DB2, VSAM)

Fidelity Investments • Smithfield, RI

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About The Position

Fidelity Investments Workplace Investing (WI) organization is seeking an experienced mainframe Software Engineer to join our Custom Client Solutions team within the Stock Plan Services (SPS) Technology organization. The person will play a key role in developing and delivering client specific enhancements on our Legacy Application to support our Plan Administration System. This role demands significant collaboration with members of various business and IT groups throughout the lifecycle of a typical project. Stock Plan Services administers equity compensation programs on behalf of public and private companies offering various compensations programs such as: Employee Stock Purchase Plans, Restricted Stock Awards/Units, Stock Option Plans, Stock Appreciation Rights and Performance based Awards. Currently SPS services over 1.6M participants employed by over 300 clients and spread out in 150 countries. The business is looking to further expand in the international equity compensation market, focused initially on western European countries and companies based there. As part of this business initiative, we are extending our capabilities to enable a truly global platform.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and five or more (5+) years of experience in the job offered or five or more (5+) years of experience as a technical lead in mainframe brokerage or stock plan services systems and application development.
• Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or three (3) years of experience as a technical lead in mainframe brokerage and stock plan services systems and application development.
• Demonstrated Expertise ('DE') in defining, developing, and leading an interactive team to implement scalable application solutions.
• DE in mainframe application development, automation, and support, utilizing COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, MQ-Series, and SQL.
• DE in mainframe performance tuning and capacity planning, including ways to reduce I/Os, CPU Time, MSUs, and MIPs, using Strobe, iStrobe, and Platinum Detector.
• DE in mainframe application development including - file format and comparison using File-AID; version management using Endeavor; debugging and unit testing using Intertest and Abend-AID; and job scheduling using Control-M.
• Experience in COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, VSAM, MQ-Series, and SQL.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of ETL, Informatica, Java, Python, or other distributed languages is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Use business and technical knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex stock plan services software applications on a mainframe platform running under a Z/OS environment.
• Defining, developing, and leading an interactive team to implement scalable application solutions.
• Mainframe application development, automation, and support, utilizing COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, MQ-Series, and SQL.
• Mainframe performance tuning and capacity planning, including ways to reduce I/Os, CPU Time, MSUs, and MIPs, using Strobe, iStrobe, and Platinum Detector.
• Mainframe application development including - file format and comparison using File-AID; version management using Endeavor; debugging and unit testing using Intertest and Abend-AID; and job scheduling using Control-M.
• Senior engineer working within an Agile team, including requirements gathering, development, and end-to-end testing.
• Defining, developing, and leading interactive team to implement application-level architecture, giving due consideration to application scalability and extensibility, and conformance to established standards.
• Providing on-site and on-call support as needed and acting as a subject matter expert as part of a cross-functional crisis management team.
• Developing applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division.
• Recommending development testing tools and methodologies and reviewing and validating test plans.
• Resolving technical roadblocks involving multiple technologies and making recommendations and improvements to avoid them in the future.
• Collaborating with multiple layers of management to share approaches, develop solutions, and improve capabilities throughout the organization.
• Leading collaborative sessions and ceremonies with stakeholders and providing guidance and feedback to team members.
• Being responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables.
• Planning and conducting system testing.
• Developing comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
• Establishing full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms.
• Being responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget.
• Advising on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects.
• Planning and coordinating project schedules and assignments for multiple projects.
• Acting as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues.
• Providing technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives.
• Performing independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several initiatives.
• Developing original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts.
• Develops applications and provides support on a mainframe environment, using COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, MQ-Series, SQL, and VSAM files.
• Analyzes and recommends changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development experts and management.

Benefits

• Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer.
• Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior