Principal Mainframe Engineer

We are a professional services firm with a business unit dedicated to the financial services marketplace. Our teams have been at the forefront of every event that has reshaped and redefined the financial services industry. If you have a passion for rallying together to solve the most complex challenges in the financial services industry, come join our dynamic team!

We help our clients transform. Together we are changing the way they interact with their Customers, Employees and Partners alike. We are modernizing their applications, creating new ones and driving business efficiency across their ever-changing platform and channel infrastructures. Everything we do centers around this simple story.

The opportunity

As a Technology Service Delivery Manager, you’ll be based in our Service Delivery Center, which is made up of high-performing US-based colleagues who work closely with our experienced advisory professionals. We deliver Technology project-based work and managed services to our clients. Here, you’ll work as part of a project team and will be responsible for the design, build/configuration, testing, analysis, delivery and support of Technology solutions. This position is fast-paced and ever-changing, which means you’ll need to be a flexible self-starter and be able to manage changing priorities and learning new and rapidly changing technology solutions.

We are looking for highly technical Mainframe Engineers who will lead the delivery of high-volume, business-critical production platforms for our financial services clients. The team leverages COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, JCL, and related mainframe technologies to maintain and enhance enterprise applications in both batch and online environments. This role provides architecture, governance, and technical leadership across complex, enterprise-scale initiatives.

Your Key Responsibilities

The goal is to help clients solve complex business problems by delivering robust, high-volume mainframe solutions. You will own end-to-end architecture and technology roadmaps, establish standards and delivery governance, lead cross-team decisions and modernization, and provide technical leadership that influences senior stakeholders and mentors other technical leaders.

Your leadership and management responsibilities

As a Service Delivery Manager, you’ll be accountable for how the work gets done as much as what gets built. You’ll set the technical direction for your teams, build the capability of the people around you, and give our clients and senior stakeholders the confidence that delivery is in safe hands.

• Own end-to-end solution design and technology roadmaps across complex, enterprise-scale initiatives, and hold the teams accountable for delivering against them.
• Establish engineering standards, delivery governance, and documentation practices, and make sure they are consistently adopted across engagements.
• Lead cross-team decisions, modernization efforts, dependencies, and technical risk, escalating and resolving issues before they affect client delivery.
• Influence senior client and internal stakeholders, communicating technical direction and trade-offs in terms the business understands.
• Mentor and develop technical leaders and engineers, providing coaching, feedback, and career guidance that helps our people grow.
• Define reusable standards and drive organizational capability improvement, so that each engagement leaves the practice stronger than it found it.
• Apply and champion code quality, security, testing, and documentation standards across the teams you lead, and translate requirements into robust, well-supported mainframe solutions.

Skills and attributes for success

• Deep hands-on skills in COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, JCL, IBM Utilities, FileAID, Endevor, SQL, Debuggers, Schedulers, and IOMs.
• Perform detailed analysis for maintenance and enhancement projects across batch and online environments, and design, deploy, and support software releases into production.
• Identify the root cause of problems and design and implement technical design solutions, including handling high-severity/critical production issues.
• Employ strong data security skills to keep customers’ information safe, and execute thorough unit, functional, and regression testing.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 30% of the time.

To qualify for the role you must have

• BS/BA or advanced degree
• Minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in software development for business-critical, enterprise-wide applications, architecture, and technical leadership.
• Excellent mainframe development skills in COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, JCL, IBM Utilities, FileAID, Endevor, SQL, Debuggers, Schedulers, and IOMs.
• Ability to perform hands-on detailed analysis for maintenance and enhancement projects in batch and online environments.
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting software releases into production environments.
• Strong data security skills and thorough unit, functional, and regression testing discipline.
• Experience handling high-severity/critical production issues and identifying root causes with sound technical design solutions.
• Excellent documentation skills.
• Proven experience leading enterprise initiatives, establishing engineering governance, and mentoring technical leaders.
• Comfortable working in Agile environments and collaborating with senior business and technical stakeholders.

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Experience with the following technologies
• COBOL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and JCL
• IBM Utilities, FileAID, Endevor, and SQL
• Debuggers, Schedulers, and IOMs
• COBOL/Native stored procedures
• Mainframe modernization and hybrid mainframe–cloud integration scenarios
• Financial brokerage domain knowledge

What we look for

We’re interested in intellectually curious people with a passion for finding new and innovative ways to make things better. You’ll also need to be a self-starter and quick learner with a strong background in computer science from both theoretical and practical points of view. If you’re ready to be the future of the group and make your mark in a growing business, this role is for you.

What we offer you
At EY, we harness our collective strength to empower you to shape your future with confidence through professional growth, personal fulfillment and an inclusive culture. Learn more at ey.com/us/careers.

• We offer a comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business.  The base salary range for this job is: 
• • New York City, Boston, and Washington DC Metro Areas, Washington State, and Southern California offices – $103,900 to $215,700
  • Bay Area California offices – $108,200 to $224,700
  • All other offices locations in the US, including Sacramento – $86,600 to $197,800
• Individual salaries within these ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography.  In addition, our Total Rewards package includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans, and a wide range of paid time off options.
• Under our flexible vacation policy, you’ll decide how much vacation time you need based on your own personal circumstances. You’ll also be granted time off for designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply today.                                              

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