Cobol Developer(HPNS)

About The Role

This position requires the successful candidate to work on a W2 directly with FDM. We cannot accept C2C, 1099 or employment sponsorship (e.g. H1-B) for this position.

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy delivering client and industry driven solutions through our 5 core specialist Practices; Software Engineering, Data & Analytics, IT Operations, Change & Transformation, and Risk, Regulation & Compliance.

FDM is seeking a HPNS COBOL Engineer located in St. Petersburg, FL to support a project in the Financial Services sector. Involvement in this project is anticipated to last initially 12 months but may be extended.

This role will be hybrid with requirements to be in office 3 days per week.

Job Description

As part of the Back Office development team, this Lead HP NonStop Engineer will analyze business requirements and problems and deliver quality technical solutions. This team is responsible for application development, modification, maintenance, and support for the IT securities back office. Individual will be actively working on BOM Corporate Actions modernization, UST netting regulatory and existing securities back-office portfolio. This individual will be involved in portions of the full systems life cycle (based on experience/skills) and is responsible for designing, coding, testing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting application software that is delivered on time and within budget. Handles complex problems independently and demonstrates analytical thinking.

Responsibilities:

• Develop existing applications and contribute to development of new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new routine applications to meet customer requirements.
• Design and perform website/applications software tests and respond to user emails to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues.
• Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.
• Make recommendations for the development of new code or to reuse of existing code.
• May lead assigned projects, including assigning tasks, coordinating efforts, and monitoring performance.
• May recommend new technologies and methodologies to management for meeting business needs, resolving problems and exploiting opportunities. Remains current with new technologies.
• Identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions.
• Obtains and evaluates information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration.
• Participates in software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation.
• Provides technical advice and assists in solving programming problems.
• Writes and/or reviews system specifications, including output requirements and flow charts.
• Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.
• Ensures proper analysis of problems and programming approaches to prevent rework and schedule slippage.
• Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.
• Demonstrate a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; remains current with developments and trends in areas of expertise.
• Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Skills/Previous Experience:

• More than five (5) years of relevant development or engineering experience is highly preferred.
• Experience in HP NonStop COBOL85, HPNS SQL/MX and SQL/MP.
• Experience in Pathway servers and configuration.
• Experience working on HP NonStop/Tandem Guardian OS application development.
• Full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience.
• Experience working in Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid software development methodologies. Experience with brokerage and clearing business/industry is nice to have.
• Experience with Middle Office and Back Office domains is a strong plus.
• Experience with messaging platforms (e.g., MQ) is a plus.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio.
• Experience working in remote and globally distributed business environments, employing a variety of in-person and remote collaboration tools, including email, phone, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Azure-DevOps, etc.
• May occasionally work a non-standard shift including nights and/or weekends and/or have on-call responsibilities. On-call rotation (once every 8-9 weeks).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Licenses/Certifications:

• None required.

Education

• Bachelor’s: Computer and Information Science, High School (HS) (Required)

About Us

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