Lead Mainframe Developer
Location: Southlake TX
Duration: Long-term Contract
Skills Required:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or related field.
- 08 years of experience in mainframe technologies COBOL JCL DB2 SQL SQL Stored Procedures Messaging Queues (IBM MQ Kafka) CICS Easytrieve Datacom SORT utilities.
- 07 years in scheduling tools such as Control-M ChangeMan FileAid Startool TOAD and SPUFI.
- Proficiency in COBOL DB2 JCL VSAM Datacom and Control-M.
- Prefer to have REXX and BlueZone experience.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and teamwork abilities.
Preferred Skills
- Experience with financial services or banking industry.
- Knowledge of mainframe modernization techniques.
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for developing maintaining and optimizing our mainframe systems.
- Design develop and maintain mainframe applications using COBOL.
- Manage and optimize databases using DB2 and Datacom.
- Create and manage Job Control Language (JCL) scripts for batch processing.
- Utilize Virtual Storage Access Method (VSAM) for data storage and retrieval.
- Schedule and automate jobs using Control-M.
- Troubleshoot and resolve mainframe application issues.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions.
Tekshapers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race sex age color religion national origin veteran status disability sexual orientation gender identity genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.