Senior Software Engineer

Walmart•Bentonville, AR

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About The Position

The Senior Software Engineer leads and participates in medium to large engineering projects, from discovery and high-level design through implementation, testing, troubleshooting, and delivery. The role partners with product management, project management, business, user experience, and cross-functional teams; provides technical leadership and guidance; and supports business users by identifying needs, recommending solutions, and facilitating resolutions. The engineer troubleshoots business and production issues, performs root-cause analysis, and documents resolution work. The role also develops and maintains mainframe applications, web services, database solutions, reporting and analytics, secure vendor integrations, and job scheduling workflows, while improving application performance and reducing mainframe operating costs. The position is based at 811 Excellence Dr, Bentonville, AR 72716. The annual pay range is $129,314 to $180,000, with additional annual or quarterly performance incentives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field and at least 5 years of software engineering or related experience; or a master’s degree or equivalent in one of these fields and at least 2 years of software engineering or related experience.
Experience working with relational databases such as BigQuery, DB2, and Teradata.
Experience developing and maintaining SOAP CICS web services for eCommerce applications and implementing web services using IBM DataPower devices.
Experience architecting and implementing scalable, high-performance mainframe batch applications using JCL, COBOL, and Easytrieve to process millions of records.
Experience securely integrating with third-party vendors using SFTP, AS2, and EDI, with HIPAA compliance and medical standards.
Experience developing and managing advanced reporting, analytics, and dashboards using Mobius and Infopac reports.
Experience with mainframe utilities including FileAid, Librarian, SPUFI, SYNCSORT, DFSORT, Abend-AID, and Expeditor.
Experience reducing MIPS consumption and mainframe costs with efficient SORT, COBOL, and JCL solutions.
Experience tuning performance with DB2 Explain and DB2 SQL Performance Analyzer, including tuning JCL, COBOL programs, and SQL queries.
Experience developing DB2 stored procedures and CICS web services for Angular applications and POS teams.
Experience using DB2 Unload and Load utilities to refresh data for application testing.
Experience using CA7 and Control-M scheduling tools for mainframe workflow orchestration.

Responsibilities

Lead assigned engineering projects by providing documentation, direction, examples, short- and long-term solutions, and timelines; reviewing proposed solutions; and conducting design and code reviews.
Troubleshoot business and production issues by gathering information, engaging support teams, developing and executing action plans, interpreting results, conducting root-cause analysis, and completing online documentation.
Support business users by responding to questions and concerns, advising on technical feasibility and implementation strategies, identifying solutions, facilitating resolutions, and leading cross-functional partnerships.
Lead discovery for medium to large projects and develop high-level designs in partnership with product management, project management, business, and user experience teams, obtaining cross-functional approvals.
Lead and participate in medium to large projects by reviewing requirements, translating them into technical solutions, gathering design and product information, developing code, conducting unit testing, communicating status and issues, troubleshooting bugs, and ensuring timely delivery and handoffs.
Provide project leadership, collaborate with project and cross-functional teams, and give input to project plans.
Apply current expertise and best practices, advise others, align work with customer and business needs, and build commitment for technical perspectives and rationales.
Implement business solutions by building stakeholder relationships, identifying business needs, carrying out processes, monitoring progress and results, pursuing improvement opportunities, and adapting to changing demands and responsibilities.
Develop and maintain SOAP CICS web services for eCommerce applications and implement web services using IBM DataPower devices.
Design and implement scalable, high-performance mainframe batch applications using JCL, COBOL, and Easytrieve to handle millions of records.
Integrate with third-party vendors to securely share files using HIPAA-compliant and medical-standard processes, including SFTP, AS2, and EDI.
Develop, maintain, and manage reports, analytics, and dashboards using Mobius and Infopac.
Use mainframe utilities including FileAid, Librarian, SPUFI, SYNCSORT, DFSORT, Abend-AID, and Expeditor.
Reduce MIPS consumption and annual mainframe costs through efficient SORT, COBOL, and JCL solutions for processing large volumes of data.
Tune performance using DB2 Explain and DB2 SQL Performance Analyzer, and optimize JCL, COBOL programs, and SQL queries.
Develop DB2 stored procedures and CICS web services used by Angular front-end applications and POS teams to retrieve and update DB2 data.
Use DB2 Unload and Load utilities to refresh application test data.
Use CA7 and Control-M scheduling tools to orchestrate mainframe workflows and reduce manual quality assurance and recovery work.