Software Engineer Senior- Mainframe

PNC•Birmingham, AL

22h•Onsite

About The Position

As a Software Engineer Senior within PNC's Technology organization, based in Birmingham, AL, you will be responsible for the detailed technical design and development of software solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms. This role involves proposing and designing solutions for complex business needs, writing, testing, and deploying software, and preparing technical and procedural documentation. You will also maintain and debug software. PNC emphasizes a customer-focused approach, requiring employees to align with customer needs and satisfaction, and effectively manage risks in adherence to PNC's Enterprise Risk Management Framework. The company fosters an inclusive workplace culture where employees are respected, valued, and have opportunities to contribute to success.

Requirements

7+ years of hands-on experience developing, enhancing, and supporting IBM z/OS mainframe applications in large-scale, regulated enterprise environments.
Advanced proficiency in COBOL, JCL, and CICS, supporting both online transaction processing and complex batch workflows.
Strong experience with DB2 including complex SQL, schema design, performance tuning, and data integrity controls.
Proven ability to understand, refactor, and modernize large, complex legacy codebases while maintaining system stability and performance.
Deep experience with mainframe source control and deployment tooling used in enterprise financial institutions, including Endevor or successor platforms, and an understanding of enterprise promotion and audit controls.
Strong working knowledge of enterprise batch scheduling tools (e.g., CA-7, Control-M) and end-to-end batch dependency management.
Experience working within mainframe security frameworks, including ACF2 concepts, privileged access controls, and separation-of-duties requirements.
Extensive experience supporting mission-critical production systems, including participation in on-call rotations, major incident response, and post-incident root cause analysis.
Demonstrated ability to independently diagnose and resolve issues using abends, dumps, logs, and tracing tools across CICS and batch environments.
Strong understanding of change management, release governance, and CAB-controlled environments within financial services.
University / college degree, with 3+ years of relevant / direct industry experience (Bachelor's degree required).

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting or enhancing PNC retail banking, payments, or core transaction processing systems on the mainframe.
Direct involvement in mainframe modernization or optimization initiatives, including migration away from legacy tooling such as Endevor, CA-7, TPX, or Easytrieve.
Experience integrating mainframe applications with distributed systems, APIs, or event-driven architectures.
Prior experience acting as a senior or lead engineer, owning technical decisions and driving improvements across multiple applications or domains.

Responsibilities

Provides detailed technical design and development of software solutions using existing and emerging technology platforms.
Proposes & designs software solutions to address complex business needs.
Writes code, tests and deploys software.
Prepares technical and procedural documentation required for software.
Maintains and debugs software.
Serve as a technical leader for mainframe initiatives, providing design guidance, code reviews, and mentoring to less-experienced engineers.
Translate business and regulatory requirements into technical designs, with a focus on scalability, resiliency, and long-term maintainability.
Collaborate closely with product owners, business partners, QA, infrastructure, and operations teams in Agile or hybrid Agile delivery models.
Support knowledge transfer, operational readiness, and audit expectations through excellent documentation and communication.

Benefits

Medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature)
Dental and vision options
Employee and spouse/child life insurance
Short and long-term disability protection
401(k) with PNC match
Pension and stock purchase plans
Dependent care reimbursement account
Back-up child/elder care
Adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement
Educational assistance, including select programs fully paid
A robust wellness program with financial incentives
Maternity and/or parental leave
Up to 11 paid holidays each year
9 occasional absence days each year, unless otherwise required by law
Between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level; and years of service