Lead Software Engineer

Job Description Summary

The Lead Software Engineer mainframe and API-driven web technologies to build and support application solutions. Provides lead support for design and development to one or more application development teams, and leads a team of local or outsourced software engineers to build and support business application solutions.

• Work collaboratively with other development staff, including contract and offshore Software Engineers, and business product owners.
• Perform design and analysis for deliverables. Lead large team design sessions for system level architecture solutions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for a wide range of areas, applications, and technologies; mentor other team members in design/coding standards.
• Lead analysis and general architectural design across platforms toward the development of end-to-end solutions.
• Lead development staff, including contract and off-shore developers.
• Prepare presentations and lead development meetings.
• Recommend solutions which take into consideration costs, business needs, and system impacts.
• Develop, test, implement, and document mainframe-based solutions to address business requirements.
• Participate on committees or projects to help define organization-wide standards, processes, and guidelines.
• Learn and keep pace with the latest advances in the field and rapidly grasp new technologies to support the environment and contribute to project deliverables.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, math, engineering, or other technical field, or equivalent education/experience.
• Five years of experience in mainframe technologies – COBOL, JCL, Ezytrieve, Rexx and CICS.
• Advanced proficiency and subject-matter expertise in wmA, Vantage-One, and Distribution Support System (DSS) administrative platforms.
• Experience with Schedulers/SCM/Debug:
  Control-M, Endevor/Changeman, Xpeditor, Abend-Aid, File Manager, IDCAMS, ICETOOL/SORT.
• Three years of experience and expertise in database design techniques and philosophies in DB2, VSAM and Oracle.
• Familiarity with designing, implementing and maintaining REST/JSON APIs that front CICS programs/transactions via z/OS Connect EE.
• Hands-on ITIL/ITSM experience (Incident, Problem, Change, Request, Knowledge).
• Experience in optimizing batch processing cycles to meet or exceed nightly, month-end, and quarter-end SLA commitments.
• Advanced understanding of software development and research tools
• Attention to detail and results oriented, with a strong customer focus
• Ability to work as part of a team and independently
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Technical communication skills
• Problem-solving and technical communication skills
• Ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines

• Experience working on legacy migration and transformation initiatives.
• Development experience using Micro Focus Enterprise Developer or Visual COBOL IDE.
• Familiarity with DB2 and VSAM performance optimization
• Exposure to enterprise production environments, including batch processing, database-driven applications, and monitoring/alerting tools.
• Experience contributing to root-cause analysis, runbooks, and operational improvements.
• Familiarity with ITSM tools, monitoring platforms, and on-call support in a 24×7 production environment.
• Technology or platform certifications.
• Knowledge of insurance and annuity business concepts.

• Hybrid - Office Environment (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays)
• Work outside of normal business hours may be required
• Occasional Travel