Software Engineer – Mainframe in Irving, TX.
About The Position
U.S. Bank is seeking the position of Software Engineer – Mainframe in Irving, TX. The Software Engineer – Mainframe will be responsible for designing, developing, testing, operating, and maintain products related to mainframe software. Develop and maintain COBOL, Focus programs for batch and online processing using Endeavor IDE, IDZ and GitLab, ensuring proper handling of flat files, VSAM datasets, and DB2 tables with robust exception management. Develop and maintain CICS programs for real-time transaction processing, configure the CICS Tran codes and troubleshoot CICS regions and transactions, and ensure seamless integration with VSAM, DB2 to maintain data integrity. Create and update JCL scripts to schedule and execute batch jobs, validate job dependencies, resolve abends such as S0C7 and S0C4, and utilize utilities like SORT, IDCAMS, ICETOOL and IEBGENER for data manipulation and file management, utilize the tools like file manager, file aid to validate the file data, Utilize the SDSF, SAR to validate the run details in spool. Execute DB2 SQL queries using SPUFI for data retrieval and updates against the DB2 tables, optimize SQL for performance, and manage database maintenance using DB2 utilities such as COPY, LOAD, UNLOAD, REORG, and RUNSTATS. Perform & Validate unit and integration testing for new and modified programs, utilize tools such as IBM Debug Tool, Abend-AID, and File-AID for debugging and data validation, and document test results to ensure compliance with standards. Constantly creates optimal designs adhering to architectural best practices including considering scalability, reliability and performance of systems/contexts affected. Perform analysis on failures, propose design changes, and encourage operational improvements. Conduct code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures. Utilize the following specialized tools, technologies, and/or processes: COBOL, DB2, JCL, VSAM; Agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles; algorithms, data structures, architectural design patterns and best practices. Review tasks criticality and ensures they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery, anticipates and communicates by lockers and delays before they require escalation. Position may allow working from home within commuting distance of worksite location. Multiple Position.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Applied Computer Science or Computer Science plus 3 years (36 months) of experience as a software developer, consultant, or related.
- 3 years (36 months) of experience with completing requirement analysis and delivering high and low-level functional designs.
- 3 years (36 months) of experience working with AGILE methodology.
- 3 years (36 months) of experience designing, developing, and maintaining databases including DB2.
- 3 years (36 months) of experience in mainframe development using programming languages COBOL, JCL, CICS, SQL, and REXX.
- 3 years (36 months) of experience working with flat files, VSAMs, and GDGs in file systems.
- 3 years (36 months) of experience conducting integration testing within applications and also between applications.
- 3 years (36 months) of experience monitoring system performance including detecting and resolving problems using IBM Debug and DTCN.
- 3 years (36 months) of experience tracking projects and project management in Jira.
- 3 years (36 months) of experience utilizing Changeman, Bitbucket, and IBM IDZ for code versioning.
- Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Applied Computer Science or Computer Science plus 5 years of experience as a software developer, consultant, or related and 5 years with all of the skills listed above.
Nice To Haves
- COBOL
- DB2
- JCL
- VSAM
- Agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles
- algorithms
- data structures
- architectural design patterns and best practices
Responsibilities
- Designing, developing, testing, operating, and maintaining products related to mainframe software.
- Developing and maintaining COBOL, Focus programs for batch and online processing using Endeavor IDE, IDZ and GitLab, ensuring proper handling of flat files, VSAM datasets, and DB2 tables with robust exception management.
- Developing and maintaining CICS programs for real-time transaction processing, configuring CICS Tran codes and troubleshooting CICS regions and transactions, and ensuring seamless integration with VSAM, DB2 to maintain data integrity.
- Creating and updating JCL scripts to schedule and execute batch jobs, validating job dependencies, resolving abends such as S0C7 and S0C4, and utilizing utilities like SORT, IDCAMS, ICETOOL and IEBGENER for data manipulation and file management.
- Utilizing tools like file manager, file aid to validate file data.
- Utilizing SDSF, SAR to validate run details in spool.
- Executing DB2 SQL queries using SPUFI for data retrieval and updates against DB2 tables, optimizing SQL for performance, and managing database maintenance using DB2 utilities such as COPY, LOAD, UNLOAD, REORG, and RUNSTATS.
- Performing and validating unit and integration testing for new and modified programs.
- Utilizing tools such as IBM Debug Tool, Abend-AID, and File-AID for debugging and data validation.
- Documenting test results to ensure compliance with standards.
- Creating optimal designs adhering to architectural best practices including considering scalability, reliability and performance of systems/contexts affected.
- Performing analysis on failures, proposing design changes, and encouraging operational improvements.
- Conducting code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures.
- Reviewing task criticality and ensuring they are appropriately prioritized and sized for incremental delivery.
- Anticipating and communicating blockers and delays before they require escalation.
Benefits
- Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
- Basic term and optional term life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Pregnancy disability and parental leave
- 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan
- Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)
- Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities
- Adoption assistance
- Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law
- incentive and recognition programs
- equity stock purchase
- 401(k) contribution and pension
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
