TD Bank

Software Engineer II (COBOL/JCL)

TD Bank$81K — $115K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of application development experience, including mainframe solutions and batch processing systems.
  • Strong engineering background delivering enterprise applications, including online transaction processing and service-enabled integrations.
  • Hands-on experience in COBOL, JCL, VSAM, and batch processing frameworks.
  • Familiar with SAS, CA-7, IBM OS/390, Z/OS, TSO, ISPF, File-aid, TIBCO, NDM, FTP, and Endevor.

Responsibilities

  • Develop program specifications and implement mainframe solutions according to requirements.
  • Perform complex technical tasks with guidance for high-risk changes.
  • Support operational needs through enhancements and break/fix implementations.
  • Participate in quality management reviews ensuring alignment with business needs.
  • Provide technical support during incident management and communicate clearly with stakeholders.
  • Support continuous improvement and modernization of mainframe practices.
  • Keep team informed of project status, risks, and dependencies.

Benefits

  • Growth opportunities and skill development offered.
  • Support for a robust on-call rotation system.
  • Commitment to fair and equitable compensation.
  • Emphasis on quality management and control standards.
  • Focus on efficiency improvements and stakeholder experience enhancement.
Full Job Description

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

$81,600 - $115,200 CAD

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

TD’s Merchant Solution Product Group is seeking a talented Software Engineer II to support mission-critical application VMS. This role offers the opportunity to work on scalable, secure, and high-performance systems that underpin TD’s customer data and regulatory compliance platforms.

We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer II with expertise in Host/Mainframe technology.  This ideal candidate will have strong development skills and experience working in Host environments. You will play a key role designing, developing, and optimizing VMS application while ensuring scalability, security, and performance.

Successful candidate must be willing to go on on-call rotation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Perform moderately complex to complex technical tasks independently, with appropriate guidance for highly complex or high-risk changes.

  • Develop program specifications; design, code, integrate, test, debug, and implement mainframe solutions in accordance with business, technical, and control requirements.

  • Support business inquiries and operational needs through small enhancements, maintenance, and break/fix implementations, including source code, JCL, batch cycle, and related configuration changes; contribute to peer code reviews as required.

  • Participate in quality management reviews, including reviews of designs, prototypes, technical specifications, and requirements artifacts, to ensure completeness, quality, and alignment with business needs.

  • Develop and maintain high-quality code in compliance with enterprise standards, support unit testing, system testing, integration testing, production implementation, and post-deployment stabilization activities.

  • Provide technical support during incident management by analyzing production incidents and outages, performing impact assessments, supporting recovery activities, and communicating clearly with technology and business stakeholders throughout resolution.

  • Contribute to the development and maintenance of processes that help prevent recurring issues, and support root cause analysis, problem determination, and timely incident resolution using appropriate quality and control measures.

  • Adhere to enterprise engineering frameworks, software development methodologies, release processes, and control standards applicable to mainframe development and delivery.

  • Actively identify and support continuous improvement, automation, and modernization opportunities across mainframe engineering practices, including code quality, testing, deployment, and operational efficiency.

  • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, reduce operational costs, and enhance stakeholder experience through practical, well-reasoned technical recommendations and solutions.

  • Support and implement remediation actions to address performance, risk, audit, compliance, and governance issues within the application and production environment.

  • Keep team members and stakeholders informed of project status, delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and other relevant day-to-day updates.

  • Familiarity with enterprise source control, change management, release management, and deployment practices in regulated environments.

  • Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, infrastructure, operations, and business teams.

EXPERIENCE AND / OR EDUCATION

  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Must-Have Qualifications

  • Strong engineering background delivering enterprise applications, including mainframe solutions, batch processing systems, online transaction processing, and service-enabled integrations.

  • 10+ years of application development experience, including end-to-end design, development, testing, implementation, and production support.

  • Hands-on experience in application design and development, such as COBOL, JCL, VSAM and batch processing frameworks.

  • Familiar with SAS, CA-7, IBM OS/390, Z/OS, TSO, ISPF, File-aid, TIBCO, NDM, FTP, Endevor.

  • Strong knowledge of the relevant business domain, engineering frameworks, mainframe platforms, development tools, processes, and procedures used within the organization.

Nice-Have Qualifications

  • Experience with CICS and Autosys for jobs scheduling.

  • Familiar with ServiceNow.

Preferred:

  • Experience in financial services/Card Payment Network industries

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

Sans Objet

About TD Bank

TD Securities offers a range of advisory and capital market services to its clients. The company's range of services includes research, investment banking, capital markets, and global transaction banking. Research consists of commodity and equity research. Investment banking consists of mergers, acquisitions, industry expertise, and credit origination. Global transaction banking consists of trade finance, cash management, and correspondent banking. TD Securities was founded in 1855 and is based in Ontario.

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