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.


Reach me at :

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Ajay Kumar
Business Development Manager | Geekymindz
p: +1 (972) 957-8592
e: [email protected]
www.geekymindz.com
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