It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing. Job Description Summary: The Software Engineer-II designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. Develops software tools including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases, and Internet-related tools. Determines software's compatibility with hardware and/or influences software's design in relation to hardware.
Position Reports to: Manager, Software Engineering Job Overview: The Software Engineer-II designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. They also seamlessly shift into the testing role as needed and are able to document bugs, verify fixes, automate test cases, and analyze regression failures.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
- Document, design, code, and debug features and bug fixes in multiple programming languages for the IBM Unified Management Server for z/OS (UMS)
- Develop on a code base shared by and affecting multiple global teams
- Develop code that supports and/or tolerates other products concurrently running on UMS
- Daily (or more frequently) proactively attending/replying to customer cases
- Able to actively participate and eventually drive customer calls
- Simultaneously juggle demands from multiple outlets (eg, delivering code, replying to support/customers, collaborating with QA, mentoring, Jira, etc)
- Maintaining and augmenting web service authentication code
- Coordinate with product management to size, estimate, and plan work
- Translate user stories into code
- Collaborate with QA, Solutions Advisors, and other users to solve bugs or usability issues
- Build subject matter expertise within the current product domain.
- Deliver well structured, tested, and documented code within agreed-upon timelines.
- Participate in all required meetings and agile ceremonies.
- Communicate clearly in appropriate platforms (eg, technical documentation in user stories vs Slack to teammates vs customer-facing responses in case records.
- Manage automated regression tests and infrastructure
- Code automated test scenarios
- Contribute to testing strategy of enhancements and fixes
Required Qualifications: - Minimum of 2+ years of software engineering experience
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Experience interacting directly with customers
- Java Expertise
- Able to become proficient in other programming languages as needed
- Experience with source control management, preferably Git
- Experience with authentication used for exchanging data (eg, multi-factor authentication, JSON web tokens, TLS/SSL)
- Understanding REST concepts
- Able to self-teach concepts based on documentation (eg product documentation or z/OS concepts from the IBM Documentation website)
- Git
- Python
Preferred Qualifications: - z/OS, ISPF, JCL, and related concepts
- Db2, SQL
- Experience developing REST endpoints
- Experience developing front end applications (eg React)
Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
- Job Family Group: Engineering
- Job Family: Software & Quality Assurance Engineering
- Job Profile Name: Software Engineer P2
- Employee Type: Individual Contributor
- Job Level: P2 (Developing)
The base salary range for this role is $81,167.00 - $101,458.75 /year. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
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What Rocket Software can offer you in USA: Extensive paid time off programs (paid holidays, sick, and unlimited vacation time) Healthcare coverage options to fit you (and your family's) needs Retirement savings, with matching contributions by Rocket Software Life and disability coverage Leadership and skills training opportunities Two paid work days for off-site training EOE M/F/Vet/Disability. Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
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It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you'll enjoy your career with us. Thousands of companies around the world depend on Rocket to solve their most challenging business problems by helping them run their critical infrastructure, business processes, and data, as well as extending the value of these assets to take advantage of cloud and mobile computing, advanced analytics, and other future innovations. From the clothes we wear to the cars we drive, Rocket solutions power the back-end systems that thousands of brands interact with every day. At Rocket, software has always been about people-not just ones and zeroes. We're people solving problems for other people, and we strive to treat our customers, partners, and fellow Rocketeers with humanity. Founded in 1990, Rocket Software is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with 31 offices around the world.