Software Engineer – Mainframe

Role Overview

• Deliver highly complex solutions with significant system linkages, dependencies, associated risk
• Lead and perform development efforts such as analysis, design, coding/creating, and testing
• Participate in testing, implementation, maintenance, and escalated support of Truist's most complex solutions
• Development includes but is not limited to customized coding, software integration, analysis, configuring solutions, or use tools pertinent to the area, project, or system to configure or generate a solution
• Ensure adherence to company and industry standards
• Provides technical consultation on extremely challenging or unusual situations
• Write and run unit tests
• Devise or modify procedures to solve complex problems considering computer equipment capacity and limitations, operating time, and form of desired results
• Interpret internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices
• Use sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
• Mentor less experienced teammates to build technical expertise
• Act as an Agile champion
• Responsible for delivering high quality working software and automating manual/reusable tasks working directly, and consulting with, the business from the beginning of the design work
• Leverage continuous engineering practices to deliver business value regarding effectiveness of the design
• Actively participate in refining user stories
• Responsible for development and developing unit testing, and supporting integration and functional testing
• Responsible for providing warranty support and providing knowledge transfer to production support
• Develop code in accordance with the acceptance criteria established by the Product Owner
• Daily partnership and interaction with multiple requestors, business partners, team members in ongoing scoping, delivery, and operationality of the mainframe application

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and eight to twelve years of experience as a developer or equivalent education and related training or experience
• Deep specialized and/or broad functional knowledge
• Sound understanding of business and organizational strategies and processes
• Ability to interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices
• Ability to lead complex projects
• Sophisticated analytical skills and the ability to solve complex technical and business problems
• Ability to influence others at senior levels to adopt a new perspective
• TEN years of experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience preferred
• Banking or financial services experience; Truist-specific knowledge and experience a plus
• Deep knowledge and experience in Mainframe development and delivery with solid foundation in data structures, algorithms, and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills
• Specifically require knowledge and experience with Mainframe Operating Systems (eg z/OS)
• Core Mainframe Languages (eg COBOL, Assembler, Java on z/OS, Python)
• Transaction & Data Processing: CICS, IMS, understanding of online & batch processing
• Databases & Data Access (eg DB2 for z/OS, IMS DB, VSAM, SQL)
• Job Control & Automation (eg JCL & Job Schedulers)
• Mainframe Tools & Utilities (eg Changeman)
• Mainframe Operations, System Interactions, security protocols, troubleshooting, problem ticket resolution
• Professional experience building apps or services from the ground up and scaling at an enterprise level
• Experience with Open Source tools and frameworks
• Strong understanding of SOA methodologies and service architectures
• Experience using web servers, application containers, caching technologies
• Solid knowledge of relational database design and development (SQL, stored procedures, data modeling)
• Experience with messaging systems (i.e., MQ and JMS)
• Experience with build tools, such as Git, Maven, and Jenkins

Tech Stack

• Java
• Jenkins
• Maven
• Open Source
• Python
• SQL

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment
• Tax-preferred savings accounts
• 401k plan
• No less than 10 days of vacation
• 10 sick days
• Paid holidays
• Eligibility for defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan