Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. A client of Kforce is seeking a Senior Lead Software Engineer for a remote role supporting banking deposit applications in a mainframe environment. The role focuses on production support, incident resolution, application recovery, and some development work, while collaborating with client and technical teams.
Responsibilities
- Instructs the design and development of IT applications and software programs, ensuring they meet internal quality and reliability standards
- Achieves project milestones by effectively planning, coordinating, and executing complex software development initiatives with a high level of precision and efficiency
- Collaborates with stakeholders to investigate, understand, and address user needs and requirements, gaining a deep understanding of their specific business objectives
- Conducts advanced debugging, utilizing sophisticated techniques and tools to identify and resolve complex software issues, enhancing overall system stability
- Provide advanced production support for primarily IM, ST, and additional Deposits applications
- Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production incidents and processing issues
- Support batch processing, online systems, file transmissions, and application recovery procedures
- Partner with clients, project teams, developers, and operations teams on implementations, enhancements, and issue resolution
- Perform root cause analysis and drive corrective actions for recurring issues
- Develop and maintain support, recovery, and operational documentation
- Participate in on-call support and major incident response activities
- Mentor team members and serve as a subject matter expert for assigned applications
Skills
- 7+ years of experience supporting banking or financial applications in a mainframe environment
- Strong knowledge of z/OS, JCL, CICS, TSO/ISPF, batch processing, and job scheduling
- Experience with production support, incident management, and application recovery
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating across technical and business teams
- Banking experience (deposits related) someone who's worked on a core application that's supported by checking accounts or savings accounts would work on this and what they're looking for
Benefits
- Remote opportunity.
- Comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees.
- Salaried personnel receive paid time off.
- Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
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