What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mainframe Developer position at BCforward?
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Employment TYPE: Contract W2 & Contract Independent.
Mainframe developer
Location: Wilmington, DE 19803
Job responsibilities
·Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
·Develops secure and high-quality production code, and reviews and debugs code written by others
·Regularly provides technical guidance and direction to support the business and its technical teams, contractors, and vendors
·Drives decisions that influence the product design, application functionality, and technical operations and processes
·Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
·Serves as a function-wide subject matter expert in one or more areas of focus
·Actively contributes to the engineering community as an advocate of firmwide frameworks, tools, and practices of the Software Development Life Cycle
·Adds to the team culture of diversity, opportunity, inclusion, and respect
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
·Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts with 7 years of applied experience
·Demonstrated proficiency in core mainframe programming language and tools such as COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2 and IMS.
·Experience with CICS for online transaction processing
·Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability
·Proficient in all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle
·Advanced understanding of agile methodologies such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills
·Experience in financial services industry is a plus.
·Familiarity with MQ, DB2 Stored Procedures, Java, AWS, Kafka is a plus
·Exposure to cloud technologies
Salary : $60 - $65
