Responsibilities

• As a Mainframe Developer at Regions, you will play a crucial role in the design, development, and maintenance of software solutions for CICS based products leveraging COBOL language on the IBM Mainframe (z Series) based platforms
• Leveraging your expertise in Cobol, you will contribute to the enhancement of our flagship products and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions to our clients
• Design, develop, and maintain software applications for IBM z/OS and CICS environment.
• Write efficient, maintainable, and scalable code in Cobol, and ability to debug.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to understand project requirements and translate them into technical specifications
• Perform unit testing and debugging to ensure the functionality and performance of developed solutions
• Participate in code reviews and provide constructive feedback to team members
• Stay updated on industry trends and emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement in development practices
• Create technical documents; Review, edit and offer suggestions to others with appropriate oral and written communications. Concise and diplomatic

Must have (Requirements)

• (6-8 years Preferred) Strong domain/industry experience in EFT, Payments, Core Banking technologies.
• (8+ years Required) Strong Product Development and Highly Proficiency in Cobol programming languages.
• (6+ years Required) Proven experience in Mainframe development, with expertise in IBM z/OS 2.6 and 3.1, DB2, MQ, and CICS (5.6, and 6.1 preferred).
• (8+ years preferred) Experience with CICS Command-level application programming.
• Working knowledge and understanding of VSAM, JCL, DFSORT, IBM Utilities, SNA, TCP/IP, and TSO/ISPF

 Qualifications

•         Experience with mainframe communication systems, components, and toolsets.

•         Strong understanding of ISO 8583, and ISO20022 (a plus) messaging methodologies

•         Strong understanding of ISPW (Code Pipeline), code promotion, code check in, peer reviews, and testing and development best practices.

•         Vendor exposure and relationships preferred with vendors such as FIS, Fiserv, ACI, First Data, and other payment related systems.

•         Understand waterfall and/or Agile processes and understanding of high-availability concepts.

•         Understanding of high-availability concepts.

•         Exposure to CICD concepts, branching/merging methodologies for code development and mgmt.

Soft Skills

• Strong understanding of test-driven development, and unit, integration, and regression testing methodologies.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and (ALM) methodologies
• Excellent problem-solving skills, troubleshooting complex systems, and attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively both independently and collaboratively within a team environment
• Good communication skills and the ability to interact with stakeholders at all levels.