Software Engineer

DESCRIPTION:

Duties: Design, develop and implement software solutions to move mainframe computation loads for complex business applications.

Develop strategies to concurrently run complex business applications, including on mainframe and in the cloud.

Utilize tools such as IBM Mainframe CICS and Distributed MQ to develop cloud migration strategies.

Solve business problems through innovation and engineering practices.

Involved in all aspects of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) including analyzing requirements, incorporating architectural standards into application design specifications, documenting application specifications, and translating technical requirements into programmed application modules.

Identify or troubleshoot application code-related issues.

Take active role in code reviews to ensure solutions are aligned to pre-defined architectural specifications.

Assist with design reviews by recommending ways to incorporate requirements into designs and information or data flows.

Participate in project planning sessions with project managers, business analysts, and team members to analyze business requirements and outline proposed solutions.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum education and experience required: Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field of study plus four (4) years in the job offered or as Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupation.

The employer will alternatively accept a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Technology, Computer Engineering, or related field of study plus six (6) years in the job offered or as Software Engineer, Software Developer, or related occupation.

Skills Required: This position requires experience with the following: integration of IBM Mainframe CICS with other components to support complex business processes and ensure seamless data transactions; leading migration for IBM CDC QREP environments, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal disruption of data capture processes; developing and maintaining applications using IBM Mainframe MQ APIs to integrate messaging functionality into business processes and improve communication and data flow between Mainframe and distributed applications; configuring and optimizing UMMQ and Distributed MQ environments, including defining message queues, channels, and routing rules to support seamless and scalable messaging solutions; JVM architecture, including garbage collection mechanisms, memory management, and threading; tuning JVM parameters to optimize performance and resource utilization for Java applications; selecting and implementing design patterns to improve efficacy and efficiency, reduce redundancy, and facilitate maintenance; developing and maintaining robust, high-performance applications using Java; using object-oriented principles, Java EE frameworks, Spring, Spring boot, Hibernate, JPA and Maven to build scalable and secure software solutions; in...