Senior Software Engineer (Mainframe)

NOTE : Sponsorship not available for this position.

Top Stack has been retained by an enterprise organization based in Purchase, New York to assist them in hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Mainframe) to join their team. This is a 100% remote, full-time, salaried position with a competitive base salary and a comprehensive benefits package. This is a 5 days / week in office position.

What you will do :

Collaborates with all teams to advance the application architecture by evaluating, selecting and introducing new technologies that enable new capabilities (IMS and VSAM replacement with DB2, CICS replacement with web technologies, z / OS Connect for mainframe API introduction, IBM MQ and ESB introduction for effective integration with external systems, etc.).

Participates in aligning the organizational design with the changing technical landscape while selectively recruiting and hiring like-minded new engineers.

Individually manages product and sprint backlogs as needed to deliver software change.

Performs and owns 100% of assigned development and support work.

Responsible for estimating new work to meet demand for policy administration software change.

Satisfies all new work demand within funding based on those work estimates.

Leads teams by example using all people, process and technology advantages across the company.

Individually adheres to all designs, policies, procedures and standards for data security and regulatory compliance.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Complies with all policies and standards. Qualifications

M.S. Computer Science, less than a Master's degree may be acceptable if accompanied by other technical training, relevant certifications, or extensive experience in positions that demonstrate required abilities and performance. (Required)

Typically requires at least 7 years of software engineering change management experience with at least 5 years in a leadership setting with executive level reporting experience. (Required)

Typically requires 3 years leading a team of COBOL software engineers utilizing both waterfall and agile Scrum delivery frameworks. (Required)

Must have the ability to simplify large-scale system change related needs to minimize total cost of ownership (ensuing overhead).

Must have an agile mindset for innovation, agile delivery methods and continuous integration.

Must be an autonomous team player able to lead effectively while solidifying working relationships at all levels of the organization.

Legacy Policy Admin : Mainframe CICS, APS, IMS, VSAM and JCL

New : Mainframe COBOL w / MicroFocus, Web UI, DB2, zOS Connect, IBM MQ

Familiarity with JavaScript or TypeScript (Angular), AJAX, HTML, CSS, Java, Spring and / or .NET, C# / C++

Docker, GIT, Maven, Jenkins, JIRA

Cloud exposure (Azure preferred)