Charles Schwab · 1 day ago
Senior Mainframe and Java Developer
US-TX-Austin
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$160K/yr - $175K/yr
8+ years expCharles Schwab is a leading financial services company, and they are seeking a Senior Mainframe and Java Developer to enhance their technology solutions. The role involves collaborating with technical and business partners to design and maintain programming environments and driving innovation across their platforms.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Work with technical and business experts to create and support optimal production and test environment solutions
Research and development of (functional and technical specifications documents) production and test environments, architecture/design/develop solutions
Develop plans for proof of concept and validation of technology/solutions
Develop and support the tools and processes to gather detailed user requirements
Participate in strategic planning discussions with technical, business, and client stakeholders
Identify gaps in processes and services across environments
Review programming and environment changes and raise awareness for potential impacts
Effective and efficient utilization of programming tools
Architect and develop effective solutions that are in line with the organization's vision
Actively participate in product design and development sessions
Provide direction to less experienced Programmer/Analysts
Identify gaps in processes and services across production and test environments
Develop architectural diagrams/documents, develop software codes and automated test scripts
Write efficient, easy to follow technical documentation
Act as liaison between technical and non-technical counterparts
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field
8+ years of experience with mainframe systems based on COBOL, DB2, CICS, VSAM & MF Batch (JCLs, Procs, Control-M etc). Experience of integrating mainframe systems with distributed systems and modernizing mainframe workflows is a must
Proven experience in designing and implement end‑to‑end workflows spanning COBOL batch/online (CICS), DB2, VSAM, and Java/Spring Boot microservices and Spring Batch
Knowledge of the Agile methodology and experience in an Agile working environment. Agile certification will be a plus
Experience with the Atlassian tool stack (JIRA)
Project delivery with ability to drive projects to successful completion; ability to anticipate project risks/issues and propose creative solutions
Prior experience interfacing with various partners, including vendors, offshore development teams, and internal groups
Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, influencing, prioritization, decision- making and conflict resolution skills
Excellent written/verbal communication skills
Preferred
Working experience in a globally distributed environment with team members working outside of US time zone along with team members working in different US time zones
Cloud platform exposure (PCF, AWS, GCP)
Messaging & streaming patterns (MQ series, exposure to Kafka)
Observability stack (Splunk, AppDynamics,)
Experience in Financial Services industry is a plus
Experience in Test Driven Development is a plus
Agile certification (e.g., CSM, SAFe) or architecture certification
Benefits
Bonus or incentive opportunities
Company
Charles Schwab
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