Senior Mainframe Developer

Position : Senior Mainframe Developer
Location: Salt Lake City- MUST be onsite
Contract: 12+ Months

About VLink: Started in 2006 and headquartered in Connecticut, VLink is one of the fastest-growing digital technology services and consulting companies. Since its inception, our innovative team members have been solving our global clients' most complex business and IT challenges.

We are seeking a talented, driven, and experienced Senior Mainframe Developer with a passion for solving business problems to join our team in Salt Lake City, UT.his role will be performed at the client site in Salt Lake City, UT. You'll be part of a team supporting our client's banking system modernization effort. Do you want to take your career to the next level? Are you ready for the responsibility of working with high-profile clients? At CGI, you will solve challenging business and technical problems as a full-time consultant serving local, enterprise clients. You also can work on cutting edge technologies and cloud native development. Tired of the same old thing? Take your talents to a world class consulting firm that inspires personal and professional growth and values your ideas.

Your future duties and responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Management and business partners to iteratively build robust and scalable solutions

• Research, analyze and recommend technology features, functionality, and development solutions

• Document code, perform code reviews, define and participate in secure coding best practices

• Create technical documentation and user manuals to support mainframe applications

• Create documentation of operational tasks, procedures and automated processes.

• Work on application support and maintenance for multiple applications

• Provide on-call support

• Coordinate with offshore team

• Serve as technical SME of supported applications for multiple projects and initiatives

• Be a technical contact for application related questions, user ticket resolution, audit responses, manage releases

• Provide cross-training to team members and provide mainframe expertise guidance to junior developers

• Debug and resolve technical issues.

• Expected to learn quickly on the job about the systems and deliver time critical enhancements in a fast-paced team environment

• Attend meetings and provide updates

• Fix faults and restore the operability or carry out suitable workaround measures

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (i.e.: Computer Science, Computer Engineering or a similar major with extensive computer-based or technical content)

• Primary skillset: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM

• Secondary skillset: Assembler, EZtrieve

• 10+ years of experience in software maintenance and support in mainframe languages (COBOL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM)

• Technical knowledge based on experience and skilled in (COBOL, CICS, DB2, and VSAM)

• Experience working with large teams supporting multiple applications required

• Experience working and coordinating with Offshore teams required

• Experience with EZtrieve and Endevor is preferred

• Experience with mainframe debugging tool

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

• Effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills.

• Demonstrated skills in exercising initiative, good judgment, and making sound technical decisions

• Ability to propose and assess the quality of solutions for moderate to complex solutions

Employment Practices:
EEO, ADA, FMLA Compliant
VLink is an equal opportunity employer. At VLink, we are committed to embracing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion. VLink does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, or discharge, will be decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, performance, and business needs.