Senior Mainframe Technical Lead

LTM

$125K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
15+ years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 17 years of hands-on experience in mainframe application design, development, and support
  • Deep expertise in COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS, VSAM
  • Experience in production support, application modernization, and large-scale transformations
  • Preferred experience in Insurance, Financial Services, or Banking domains
  • Strong technical leadership and mentoring abilities

Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of mainframe initiatives
  • Define technical architecture and solution design for enterprise scale applications
  • Collaborate with business stakeholders and client leadership to articulate business solutions
  • Provide mentoring and technical leadership to development and support teams
  • Manage production incidents and perform root cause analysis
  • Support migration and modernization initiatives involving cloud platforms
  • Coordinate with agile teams for planning and execution

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Collaboration with a global team
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
  • Participation in innovative projects using modern technologies
Full Job Description
Role description

Job Title: Senior Specialist - System Management

Work Location: Edison, NJ

Job Summary:
  • We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Mainframe Technical Lead Architect with 17 years of hands-on experience in designing developing modernizing and supporting enterprise scale Mainframe applications The candidate will provide technical leadership drive solution architecture engage directly with client stakeholders and lead global delivery teams
  • The ideal candidate should possess deep expertise in COBOL JCL DB2 CICS VSAM and Mainframe Utilities along with strong experience in production support application modernization and largescale transformation initiatives Experience in the Insurance Financial Services or Banking domain is highly preferred


Key Responsibilities:
  • Lead end-to-end delivery of Mainframe development enhancement modernization and support initiatives
  • Define technical architecture and solution design for enterprise mainframe applications
  • Work closely with business stakeholder's architects and client leadership teams to understand business requirements and propose solutions
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to development and support teams
  • Drive application performance optimization capacity planning and scalability improvements
  • Lead code reviews design reviews and ensure adherence to development standards
  • Manage complex production incidents root cause analysis and preventive actions
  • Support migration and modernization initiatives involving Mainframe integration with distributed systems and cloud platforms
  • Collaborate with Agile teams for sprint planning estimations and delivery execution
  • Ensure compliance with security regulatory and organizational standards
  • Prepare technical documentation architecture diagrams and executive level status reports
  • Coordinate with offshore and onsite teams to ensure seamless project execution


Primary Skills:
  • COBOL
  • JCL
  • DB2
  • CICS
  • VSAM
  • IMS DBDC
  • Mainframe Utilities SORT IDCAMS IEBGENER IKJEFT01
  • Endeavor Changeman
  • ControlM CA7 TWS Scheduler
  • CICS Web Services
  • MQ Series
  • SQL Performance Tuning
  • Application Modernization
  • Production Support Incident Management


Secondary Skills:
  • Mainframe Modernization Tools
  • API Enablement for Legacy Applications
  • Java Integration with Mainframe
  • Microservices Exposure
  • DevOps and CICD Concepts
  • Cloud Integration AWS Azure
  • Insurance Banking Financial Services Domain
  • Agile SAFe Methodologies
  • ITIL Framework

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