JPMorgan Lead Software Engineer- Mainframes Dev Support 

United Kingdom, Scotland 

642038306

Job responsibilities

• Executes creative software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems
• Creates secure and high-quality production code and maintains algorithms that run synchronously with appropriate systems. Produce architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development.
• Identifies opportunities to eliminate or automate remediation of recurring issues to improve overall operational stability of software applications and systems
• Leads evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes-oriented probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture
• Leads communities of practice across Software Engineering to drive awareness and use of new and leading-edge technologies
• Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and applied experience
• Proven ability to analyze, troubleshoot and resolve issues in mainframe applications effectively.
• Strong experience in mainframe technologies, including COBOL, JCL, VSAM , CISC , Natural and ADABAS.
• Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages.
• Proficient in reading and analyzing mainframe system and application logs to identify errors and their root causes.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, including developers, testers and infrastructure teams to ensure smooth application support.
• Proactively ask questions and seek clarification from subject matter experts to ensure a deep understanding of projects and constraints. Comfortable working with IT and Business members spanning multiple generations to ensure smooth collaboration and effective communication.
• Analyze and understand existing code bases and develop new code as required. Ensure that all code is tested thoroughly before deployment.
• Ability to determine when to escalate issues to higher-level support or development teams, ensuring timely resolution of critical problems
• Should document all changes and update meticulously to maintain clear and comprehensive records.