Mainframe Integration Engineer:
Opportunity:
Play key role in Mainframe Platform Transformation: The Mainframe Integration Engineering Team is responsible for the oversite, improvement and optimization of our Wealth Management Mainframe Plant. Our main services include; Performance & Analysis, Batch & Middleware Engineering, Test Data Management, Mainframe Infra Release oversight and planning, Application Release management L3 support, Standards and Compliance.
Position Description:
• Performance
o Identify performance tuning opportunities and provide recommendations;
Identify long running Db2 Stored Procedures
Identify optimization opportunities within the Batch/CICS/DB2
o Automate tooling in lower environments to proactively identify performance issues
o L3 support for performance tests / application consulting
• Incident management
o Identify patterns for proactive prevention
o Enable / assist in RCA
o Tooling to support in prod and lower environments
o Developer Automated problem identification
• Batch Integration
o Improve overnight batch performance by flattening spikes during peak processing windows
o Identify opportunities to shift left overall Batch Stream
o Execute on various hygiene efforts within the plant (i.e. Storage cleanup)
• Governance & Best Practices
o Build a transparent framework of Governance Controls, Standards and Best Practices
o Educate application development partners on best practices
o Collaborate with Release Management and SDLC Teams to implement toll-gates
• Architecture
o Look for opportunities to convert Batch Processing to Straight Thru Processing
o Distribute read traffic to off platform Read Only Stores (ROS)
• Enable Mainframe Agile / Dev Ops
o Integration of IDE with Vendor Tools in support of CI/CD pipeline
o Update the Source Control Manager/Process (SCM) from Changeman to IBM DBB/UCD
Qualifications:
• Proficient skills in one or more of the following:
o Cobol, CICS, JCL, DB2 SQL, REXX, MQ
• Good to Have -
o Job Scheduling – TWS, Autosys etc.
o Java, Python, .NET
o SQL Server
o Splunk
o Modern design principles
o Exposure to Agile methodologies
o Cloud Technologies
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office technologies
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field of study or equivalent relevant experience in mainframe programming.