Mainframe Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Precisely, a leader in data integrity, and become a Mainframe Software Engineer. You will design, develop, and test new features, resolve complex issues, and collaborate with a team using Agile methodologies. This role requires strong problem-solving and communication skills, along with experience working with IBM mainframes and z/OS. You will debug issues, implement resolutions, and create documentation for both internal and external use. Precisely offers a work-from-anywhere culture and opportunities for career development.

Requirements

• BS in Computer Science required
• A minimum of 2 years’ experience working with IBM mainframes running z/OS operating system is required
• Ideally, this is in a systems related role, such as Operations or Systems Programming
• A minimum of 5 years, 10 is preferred. IBM z Assembly language experience is required with storage management background is highly desired
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with experience with IPCS and reading system dumps
• Working knowledge of major z/OS ecosystem and subsystem components - JES, DFSMS, WLM, DB2, CICS, RACF, SMF, SMP/E, VSAM and USS
• Proficient in use of systems tools and utilities – JCL, SDSF, IDCAMS
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the goal to provide the best experience to our customers
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic when working with difficult problems and tight deadlines
• A strong desire to learn new technology and the ability to understand new concepts quickly
• Understanding of software design principles, software development lifecycle, system design, networking architecture, and database systems and concepts

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test new features or product changes
• Experience working in a collaborative team environment following Agile development methodologies
• Address and resolve issues quickly and effectively to ensure customer satisfaction
• Investigate, analyze, debug and solve complex problems
• Replicate customer issues in house and work closely with QA and Support teams to resolve problems when required
• Be able to understand the complexities of enterprise systems and be able to determine if the cause of an issue is the product, third party libraries, user developed code or jobs, or platform libraries
• Debug issues and implement resolutions in multiple product areas across a variety of environments
• Design and implement product functionality to meet customer requirements, including tools to aid in debugging and resolving customer problems
• Ability to adequately document and describe product changes or features
• Create comprehensive internal and external Knowledge Base documentation for use by customers and team members
• Take advantage of the team's collective knowledge and tools, to be able to quickly determine the best solutions
• Continuously learn new technology, tools, systems, and sharing knowledge within the team

Preferred Qualifications

• MS in Computer Science (desirable)
• Experience with other languages such as REXX, Cobol a benefit
• Knowledge and experience with the following are a plus – Space Recovery Systems (SRS)
• Syncsort Mainframe products such as MFX, Ironstream, Zen, EZ-DB2
• IBM Mainframe products DFSort, zCDP, Netview
• Z/OS Sorting, batch processing, security, or metric collection
• Working knowledge of other OS platforms such as Linux, Unix

Benefits

With a "work from anywhere" culture