We are currently seeking a candidate to join our team in Dallas, Texas (US-TX), United States (US).
Job Responsibilities Include:- Provide thought & technical leadership for the key initiatives.
- Developing and maintaining architecture solutions on a platform dedicated to high scale processing of large amounts of data.
- Setting, communicating, and reinforcing technical standards.
- Providing leadership for junior and senior engineers alike, by understanding how to leverage and enhance their current skills.
- Assessing and researching current implementations of the platform and determining the course of action required to elevate the platform to meet customer needs.
- Working with Operations to plan major infrastructure upgrades, to troubleshoot issues and to tune the environment for optimal performance and uptime.
- Collaborating with peers and management on process improvement ideas, policy and procedure enhancements, and opportunities to improve our customer's service experience.
- Participating in code review and unit testing and providing support on issues in non-prod or production.
Basic Qualifications:- 5 years on CICS, COBOL, DB2, VSAM and JCL.
- 5 years CICS System knowledge would be valuable.
Preferred Skills:- Good understanding of CICS Dynamic Transaction Routing process.
- Should be familiar with DB2 tools, File-Aid, scheduler and debugger tools.
- Understanding of Distributed Applications/System.
- Exposure to Brokerage/Finance domain will be an added advantage.
- Prior experience of working in highly transactional, fault tolerant and data driven systems.
- Ability to identify areas of risk or potential problems and take action to mitigate them and work with less experienced staff to mitigate more complex issues.
- Ability to apply different communication and leadership styles for different teams and geographies.
- Ability to lead through influence and know what data is needed to drive effective decisions.
- Ability to assess and plan project, and stakeholders needs, and manage deadlines, risks.
- Ability to anticipate roadblocks, diagnose problems and generate effective solutions.
- Ability to build communication and rapport with partners, stakeholders.
- Ability to adapt in a changing environment and be effective in many different business settings.
- Ability to take initiative, define vision for betterment of products, and execute at high level of quality.
- Ability to plan and work with geographically spread out teams.
- Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
- Curiosity to constantly relearn/explore new processes/technologies.
Education and Experience:- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or similar subject.
- 5 years of experience in information technology.
- Financial services experience, preferably in Brokerage Domain.
- USC, GC or EAD applicants only!
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This position is eligible for company benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance with an employer contribution, flexible spending or health savings account, life and AD&D insurance, short and long term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program with company match, and additional voluntary or legally-required benefits.
