Vice President, Mainframe Engineer

Vice President, Mainframe Engineer

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Mainframe Engineer to join our Asset Servicing team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Provide application software development services or technical support in more complex situations.
• Perform requirements gathering and BRD/SRD preparation. Execute Software Development Life Cycle.
• Conduct reviews of the test Plan and test Data.
• Perform technical design, development, and documentation of cross-functional, multi-platform application systems. Analyze, define, and document requirements for data, workflow, and logical processes and interfaces with other systems.
• Ensure that expected application performance levels are achieved by coordinating, coding, testing, implementation, and documentation.
• Program well-designed, testable, efficient code. Develop flowcharts, layouts, and documentation to satisfy requirements and solutions. Maintain software functionality and currency (technical debt and gain). Actively participate in code reviews.
• Integrate software components into a fully functional software system. Apply security and privacy principles.
• Develop software verification plans and quality assurance procedures. Troubleshoot, debug, and upgrade existing systems. Ensure software is updated with the latest features.
• Participate in deployment process following all change controls. Provide ongoing maintenance, support, and enhancements in existing systems and platforms. Provide recommendations for continuous improvement. Leverage existing products/functionality and promote reuse.
• Work alongside other engineers on the team to elevate technology and consistently apply best practices. Collaborate closely with all the other members of the team to take shared responsibility for the overall efforts that the team has committed to. Collaborate cross-functionally with data engineers, business users, project managers, and other engineers to achieve elegant solutions. Utilize local meetups to gain and share knowledge. Compile documentation written by more senior developers of all procedures used in the system.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required7-9 years of experience in software development required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus. 
• Minimum of Ten (10) years of progressively responsible experience in the job offered or in a related occupation.
• Hands-on development experience & proficiency required in:
  • 10+ years of extensive experience in Technologies such as COBOL, JCL, CICS, EZYTRIEVE, IBM DB2, VSAM, File transmissions NDM/SFTP, and Object-oriented Programming concepts.
  • In-depth knowledge of IBM IDZ Mainframe emulation software and IDZGit software storage facility.
  • Database Normalization (Efficiently organizing data in a database and eliminating redundant data).
  • Implementing corrective actions to generate better execution plans for poorly performing DB2 SQL statements.
  • In-depth knowledge of scheduling software’s used by the Bank in its batch processing such as ESP and ControlM.
  • Managed the entire trade life cycle of financial product like Unit Investment Trust/Mutual fund or similar.
  • Apply application knowledge to exercise the ability to expediently diagnose and address application issues to maintain client service level agreements.
  • Expertise in design patterns like Abstract Factory and Singleton to create reusable, resilient, efficient, and scalable software solutions.
  • Integration of core and advanced concepts in data analytics within the financial services industry during the audit process using SSRS & other similar tools.
  • Designing, publishing, managing, analyzing, and consuming micro-services.
  • Providing standard, accessible digital service delivery empowering clients.

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• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter. 

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Base Salary Min: 83000

Base Salary Max: 173000