Mainframe Development Lead
Austin, TX
Contracted
Experienced
Brief Role Description with Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of developers in the execution of development pipeline and delivery of the organization’s software products to QA, and ultimately to Production.
- Manage day-to-day activities and influence team members to leverage, follow and support agile software development practices.
- Interface with product owner and key stakeholders in Project Management, Business, QA and Technology Operations to ensure high quality delivery of software projects on time and budget.
- Work with Scrum Master and product owner to provide development sizings & cost analysis estimates.
- Work closely with product owner and team members to decompose stories, design features, and prioritize tasks.
- Utilize automated software test tools and frameworks such as test driven development to achieve software quality standards. Support integration efforts to build whole systems from various subsystems.
- Support release manager to assemble releases and drive improvements in the release process.
- Assist Scrum Master in resolving needs and roadblocks identified by team members.
- Ensure the coordination of individual team deliverables are synchronized as necessary to achieve product releases.
- Provide hands-on development and mentoring as necessary for other members of the development team. Identify technology risks early and establish mitigation plans.
- Create artifacts for each project such as Software Architecture documentation, Technical Use Cases, and Code Review Packages.
- Meet periodically with onshore and offshore developers to review and improve code quality, requirements specification and design methodologies.
Must Have Skills
- COBOL, CICS, DB2, Basic IBM OS/Z, SQL, JCL, MQ
Preferred Skills:
- 10+ years of professional experience building high performance Mainframe applications using Cobol.
- Deep experience with the following: VSAM, ISPF, MVS, Websphere MQ.
- Familiarity with Rational Application Developer, TFS / Jira.
Nice-to-have skills:
- Experience with web services (SOAP, REST) is a plus.
- Experience with XML is a plus.
- Experience with Java or .Net is a plus.
- Strong leadership capabilities with architect ambitions.
- Strong interest in industry trends, technology innovation, and best practices.
- Experience with Agile Development Practices, particularly Scrum, a plus.
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