Mainframe Developer

Position:: Mainframe Developer

Location:: McLean, VA (3 Days Onsite 2 Days Remote)-Hybrid

Duration :: 1 + Year

Job Description

Essential Skills:

• A minimum of 6+ years of experience engineering exciting solutions
• 6+ years of experience in developing applications using mainframe technologies
• Hands-on experience on mainframe technologies such as:
• COBOL, DB2, SAS, JCL, IMS, CICS, REXX, VSAM, z/OS, TSO, ISPF, SYNCSORT, Mainframe utilities, Jobtrac- job scheduler, ISPW- change management tool
• Relational databases (Sybase, DB2, SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL)
• Good communication skills. The incumbent will be responsible for interfacing and influencing with the business lines as well as others across IT.
• Willing to work in production support activities on rotation basis
• Experienced in training junior staff and leading initiatives (Application Development and Production Support)
• Mortgage industry experience
• Experience in Mainframe integration with APIs, IT modernization efforts a plus
• Encouraging a Continuous Exploration process and likes to take on challenges with calculated risk.
• Passion for driving value to customers and excitement for modern delivery (CI/CD) process.
• Ability to work quickly on delivery and able to apply risk-based approach to prioritize work
• Ability to quickly comprehend the functions and capabilities of new technologies, and identify process improvements and efficiencies opportunities
• Good interpersonal, relationship building and team working skills
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with various teams, both business and technical, to achieve goals.
• Motivated to learn new technologies and identify process improvements and efficiencies.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Takes accountability, sets expectations, and delivers high quality technical solutions within agreed upon level of effort.