Software Development Engineering, Advisor

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Job Title

Software Development Engineering, Advisor

About your role:
As a Software Development Engineering, Advisor, you will join a vibrant team focused on creating innovative solutions that streamline financial transactions and ensure security. This role will involve designing, developing, and maintaining applications that meet the dynamic needs of our clients. At Fiserv, we are dedicated to transforming financial services technology to benefit our clients. You will lead the design, development, and implementation of software applications to support Fiserv's business initiatives and work closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications. In addition, you will perform coding, testing, and debugging of applications to ensure optimal performance and reliability along with mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance to ensure best practices.

What you’ll do:

• Lead end-to-end development, implementation, and maintenance of mainframe applications (e.g., COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM).
• Guide modernization efforts, including integration with distributed systems or cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects to design scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.
• Oversee project timelines, resource allocation, and deliverables for mainframe-related initiatives.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (QA, DevOps, Business Analysts) to ensure smooth delivery.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, and uptime through proactive monitoring and tuning.
• Evaluate legacy systems and propose enhancements or replacements aligned with business goals.
• Lead incident management and root cause analysis for production issues and provide on call support.
• Implement security best practices for data handling, access control, and audit logging.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements (e.g., SOX, HIPAA) and internal policies.
• Implement security best practices for data handling, access control, and audit logging.

Experience you’ll need to have:

• 4-7 years of experience in software development in an enterprise environment.
• 5+ years of experience in COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM & Endeavor.
• 5+ years of experience maintaining high volume batch workloads.
• 3+ years of payments experiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in IT or 6-10 years of an equivalent combination of educational background, related experience, and/or military experience.

Experience that would be great to have:

• Experience in the financial services industry.
• Master’s degree in IT related field.

Important information about this role:

• This role is on-site Monday through Friday. Fiserv considers in-person collaboration to be an essential part of this role as in-person office experiences help you with your overall onboarding experience and leads to stronger productivity.

How you’ll work:

• This role requires use of a computer and audio equipment.
• This role requires being on call during non-standard and/or overnight hours on a rotational basis.

This role is not eligible to be performed in Colorado, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Maine or Washington.

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Please note that salary ranges provided for this role on external job boards are salary estimates made by outside parties and may not be accurate.

Thank you for considering employment with Fiserv.  Please:

• Apply using your legal name
• Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).

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Fiserv is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by law. 

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