Software Engineer II ( Cobol, VSAM, CICS)

Job Description

Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you’ll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun. 

About the team

In today’s highly competitive retirement market, firms must not only deliver superior customer value, but cater to challenging customer requirements and solve complex problems efficiently. Throughout the industry there is mounting pressure on organizations to do more, requiring a clear technology strategy that not only addresses the demands of today, but also enables the growth and performance of tomorrow.

Sounds Interesting?

 

What you will be doing ?

This position is with Retirement Engineering group with following responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain complex programs
• Work with Business Analyst to understand business problems and rewrite them into fast and efficient solutions that ultimately help our customers.
• Understand business logic from legacy code and adjust / modernize same to suit current customer needs
• Write highly efficient, scalable and maintainable programs so that they can cater to variety of customer data processing needs

What you bring ?

• 6+ years of relevant experience.

• Document specifications, design areas, test results, and solutions implemented
• Code corrections for identified defects for new and existing releases of the software
• Ensure compliance with predefined coding best practices
• Ensure adherence to processes as required by the project
• Update the manager of the progress on module, flag risks and issues early on in the process
• Coordinate with lead programmer(s) and business analyst(s) with focus on effective communication from a delivery perspective
• The individual may be required to work on multiple areas simultaneously (development, platform releases, installations, conversions, support, training, etc.)

   

Skills

·Development experience with Mainframe platform

·Development experience with Cobol(MVS/Mainframe Operating System)

·Knowledge of VSAM files

·JCL development and management

·Hands on experience in developing both batch and online(CICS) Cobol programs.

·Strong DB2 Database knowledge

·Good Communication Skills and interpersonal skills.

·Problem solving ability.

 

Good to have skills includes

• Familiarity of Omni Solution - Alignment to Core Recordkeeping systems and solution transformation approach 

 

·Strong omni and retirement domain background

• Micro focus Cobol
• Omniplus v7.1 and above

   

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent
• Demonstrated ability to analyze complex situations and learn new processes and technologies quickly
• Previous experience in the Financial Services Industry, specifically as related to defined contribution and define benefits administration

Competencies

• Excellent communicator – ability to discuss technical and commercial solutions to internal and external parties and adapt depending on the technical or business focus of the discussion
• Attention to detail – track record of authoring high quality documentation
• Organized approach – manage and adapt priorities according to client and internal requirements
• Self-starter but team mindset - work autonomously and as part of a global team

   

What we offer you

• A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities
• A broad range of professional education and personal development possibilities – FIS is your final career step!
• A competitive salary and benefits
• A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities

 

Source: FIS careers page

FIS

About FIS:

With a 50-year history rooted in the financial services industry, FIS™ is the world's largest global provider dedicated to financial technology solutions.  We champion clients from banking to capital markets, retail to corporate and everything touched by financial services. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, our 53,000 worldwide employees help serve more than 20,000 clients in over 130 countries. Our technology powers billions of transactions annually that move over $9 trillion around the globe.  FIS is a Fortune 500 company and is a member of Standard & Poor’s 500® Index

 

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