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BN Associates Inc

Mainframe Programmer

BN Associates Inc, Trenton, New Jersey, United States

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Overview Title: Mainframe Programmer

Location: Jersey City, NJ Need local only

Duration: 12+ months

Required skills COBOL 2 JCL CICS. Specifically, they will be very involved in Batch work. Good communication skills

Nice to have Research issues, analyze code for new enhancements; develop code for new enhancements two rounds

The Expertise We re Looking For

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 preferred 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.

Some experience and knowledge of ETL, Informatica, Java, Python, or other distributed languages.

The Purpose of Your Role 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.

Skills You Bring

Your Demonstrated Expertise (‘DE’) in defining, developing, and leading an interactive team to implement scalable application solutions

Your DE in mainframe application development, automation, and support, utilizing COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, MQ-Series, and SQL

Your 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

Your 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

The Value You Deliver

Performing as a software engineer 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

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