Mainframe Lead

Role: Specialist, Software Engineering

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Specialist, Software Engineering

ideal for someone passionate about innovation, enterprise integration, and legacy modernization. You will play a key role in designing and delivering strategic initiatives that will shape the future of our platform.

Key Responsibilities

• • Lead the design and development of complex software components, ensuring alignment with business and technical requirements.
• • Collaborate with Solution Architects and cross-functional teams to explore design options and define scalable, maintainable solutions.
• • Provide technical oversight across the software development lifecycle, including integration, modification, and enhancement of applications.
• • Define and lead testing strategies, including unit, integration, and performance testing, to ensure software meets functional and operational expectations.
• • Drive continuous improvement in quality and reliability through proactive problem identification and resolution workflows.
• • Own the creation, review, and maintenance of technical documentation to support long-term supportability and reuse.
• • Ensure adherence to disciplined development processes, team standards, and industry best practices.
• • Act as a subject matter expert and point of contact for technical issues within specific workstreams.
• • Mentor junior developers, fostering technical growth and knowledge sharing across the team.
• • Coordinate with documentation, QA, support, and deployment teams to ensure seamless delivery and support.
• • Lead or contribute to project planning sessions, providing design options, effort estimates, and work breakdowns.
• • Develop realistic milestones and validate estimates across the team.
• • Communicate effectively across diverse audiences, including senior leadership, on technical topics, project status, and issue resolution.
• • Work within Agile/SCRUM teams across multiple locations, contributing to sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives.
• • Ensure timely status updates and initiate escalation when necessary to maintain project momentum.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 7 - 10+ years

  of hands-on experience in 

  Enterprise Application Integration

  and 

  Mainframe Technologies

  .
• • Strong expertise in 

  COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM

  , and environments like 

  CICS Web Services

  and 

  CICS Transaction Server 3.1

  .
• • Experience with 

  IBM Integration Bus (IIB 10)

  , 

  IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE 12)

  , 

  MQ Series

  , and 

  DataPower

  are a strong plus.
• • Proficiency in mainframe tools such as 

  TSO, File-Aid, Syncsort, Platinum, Abend-Aid

  , and 

  Mainview

  .
• • Solid understanding of 

  JCL utilities

  and version control tools like 

  ChangeMan

  .
• • Experience of unit testing, code management tools like GIT and design tools
• • Familiarity with performance metrics including 

  CPU utilization, response time, network latency

  , and 

  think time

  .
• • Knowledgeable in API modeling languages and annotation (Swagger, RAML, etc.)
• • Good understanding of following languages and specifications XML, XML Schema, XPath, XQuery, JSON
• • Experience working in 

  Agile/SCRUM

  environments.
• • Strong problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate across teams and geographies.
• • Bachelors degree in computer science

  , Electrical & Electronics, Information Science

  , or a related field. Master’s degree or professional certifications are a plus.