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Fidelity Investments · 1 day ago

Principal Mainframe Engineer (COBOL, CICS, DB2)

Fidelity Investments is seeking a Principal Software Engineer with superb mainframe technical and analytical skills to help maintain, enhance, and transform high volume production platforms in the Retirement Services Recordkeeping & Operations domain. The role involves collaborating with systems and business partners to deliver high-quality software solutions while providing leadership and mentoring to team members.

Asset ManagementFinanceFinancial ServicesRetirementWealth Management
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Responsibilities

Maintain, enhance, and transform high volume production platforms in the Retirement Services Recordkeeping & Operations domain
Engage collaboratively with systems and business partners to deliver high quality and innovative software solutions
Apply skills in all aspects of various projects including design, development, and implementation
Provide leadership, guidance, and mentoring as needed to other team members
Deploy and support software releases into production environments
Work with business partners to help define requirements and solutions
Provide estimates and scoping for proposed projects
Perform detailed analysis for maintenance and enhancement projects, both batch and online

Qualification

COBOLCICSDB2VSAMJCLFileAidEndevorDebuggersSchedulersDistributed technologiesCloud computingJava programmingInterpersonal skillsOrganizational skillsWritten communicationStrategic thinkingFlexibilityGrowth mentality

Required

8+ years of software development experience with large mainframe-based systems
Solid hands-on development skills in mainframe languages and technologies (Cobol, CICS, VSAM, JCL, utilities, FileAid, Endevor, debuggers, schedulers, etc.)
Proficiency with the DB2 database management system and database processing concepts
Deploy and support software releases into production environments
Strong knowledge of and experience with the overall testing process
Ability to work with business partners to help define requirements and solutions
Provide estimates and scoping for proposed projects
Ability to perform detailed analysis for maintenance and enhancement projects, both batch and online
Proven and strong interpersonal and organizational skills coupled with effective written communication skills
Confidence to think and act strategically, share innovative insights, and offer creative solutions to deliver exceptional user experiences
Embrace flexibility and shift focus to meet the most pressing customer/client needs
You bring a growth mentality to work every day as you continue to learn new applications and technologies and are willing to share that knowledge with your fellow squad members

Preferred

BS/BA or advanced degree, or equivalent experience preferred
Knowledge of native stored procedures is a plus
Any knowledge or experience in distributed technologies, cloud computing, and/or Java programming is a plus

Company

Fidelity Investments

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Fidelity’s mission is to strengthen the financial well-being of our customers and deliver better outcomes for the clients and businesses we serve.

H1B Sponsorship

Fidelity Investments has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (3)
2024 (8)
2023 (4)
2022 (6)
2021 (8)
2020 (30)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$152.82M
Key Investors
Apple
2020-12-28Secondary Market· $2.5M
2018-01-14Secondary Market· $1M
2017-05-03Secondary Market· $12.5M

Leadership Team

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Abigail Johnson
Chairman & CEO
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Jeanmarie Ward
Senior Vice President of Architecture
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