Lead Software Engineer - Mainframe Developer

Job Description

Title - Mainframe Developer

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The impact you will have in this role:

The IT SIFMU Delivery Department supports financial Settlement for DTCC. As we embark on a multiyear modernization journey, you will have the opportunity to be a part of this rewarding and challenging opportunity all while securing the core of our financial markets. Our goal is to build highly resilient and extendable platforms/capabilities that deliver operational efficiencies to our customers. Analyze existing systems and participate in modernization discussions. Learn about existing systems and grow into a system expert bridging the gap between legacy and modernized systems.

You will collaborate with your peers to ensure that any best practices/approaches/standards are reused. You would be part of an Agile squad and will collaborate with the Product Owner (PO) to understand the business needs and participate in planning, definition, and high-level technical design with the development team.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Participate in requirements gathering with Product owners, business users and subject matter experts and come up with an elegant solution with best design.
• Write clean, self-documenting code, following best practices on coding incorporating unit testing.
• Collaborate with the Senior Application Architects and other technical contributors at all levels during the application development and resolve application defects identified during System Integration and User Acceptance Testing Phases
• Provide on-going maintenance support for the applications during post-deployment support phase.
• Standards - is aware of technology standards and understand technical solutions need to be consistent with them.
• Independently follow design and code standards, contributing to continuous improvement discussions
• Participate in code reviews, Sprint meetings and retrospectives.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Talents Needed for Success:

• Minimum of 6+ years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience in COBOL, JCL and related MF technologies:
  • Excellent knowledge in COBOL and JCL
  • Excellent Mainframe skills
  • Excellent DB2 knowledge
  • Good knowledge of MQ
  • Good knowledge of CICS
  • Working knowledge of XML is a plus.
• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills
• Experienced in working with a geographically separated (onshore + offshore) team.

Additional Qualifications/ Knowledge

• Good working experience with Changeman, Intertest, Xpediter
• Experience working with Oracle.
• Knowledge of JSON is a plus.

Who We Are:

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.