Programmer Analyst (COBOL)

Job Description

Every day, our teams innovate across the world of finance. We collaborate to work smarter, while making a difference. We believe in diversity and inclusivity, giving a voice to everyone on the team. And we celebrate our success together. If you want to make an impact in fintech, we’d like to know: Are you FIS?
 

NOTE:

1: This position is hybrid (3 days onsite) at our FIS Office locations in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Jacksonville (Florida), St. Petersburg (Florida) & Atlanta (Georgia).

2: Current and future sponsorship are not available for this position

About the role:

As an Implementation Programmer, you'll be responsible for supporting financial institution conversions from competing platforms to the FIS Integrated Banking Systems (IBS) Deposit, Customer Information, Currency Transaction Reporting and Safe Deposit solutions. You'll work closely with implementation business analysts and the client to understand conversion requirements and translate those requirements into specialized conversion programs. IBS Implementation Programmers are required to work weekends (approximately 6-8 weekends per year) to support conversion activities and perform weekly on call support (3-4 weeks per year).

About the team:

The IBS Implementation Team is a well-established, cross-functional group of technical and functional resources that are responsible for supporting new and existing IBS clients through conversion activities of all sizes and complexities.

What you will be doing:

• Analyze conversion data files for format, content and structure

• Analyze and translate business requirements into specialized conversion programs

• Code, test and debug highly customized conversion programs

• Evaluate conversion exceptions and errors for possible solutions

• Assist in the balancing and verification of conversion projects

• Demonstrate an understanding of FIS systems and the financial services industry

• Suggest technical alternatives and improves/streamlines processes and systems

• Completes project assignments and special projects commensurate with job expectations

• Provide input into unique client requests, including solution design and project estimates

• May provide leadership and/or guidance to other technical professionals

• Other related duties as needed

• IBS Implementation Programmers are required to work weekends (approximately 6-8 weekends per year) to support conversion activities and perform weekly on call support (3-4 weeks per year).

What you will need:

• Knowledge of structured COBOL programming techniques with general understanding of IMS and/or DB2 DBMS

• Strong understanding of working with sequential data files, including packed numeric, binary, EBCDIC, ASCII and FTP

• Knowledge of IBM z/OS operating environment, including JCL, TSO, ISPF, VSAM, SYNCSORT, Expediter, Insync and VISION:Results (DYL280)

• Excellent problem-solving, team and time management skills

• A Bachelor's computer science or information systems or the equivalent combination of education, training and work experience. 

Added bonus if you have:

• Knowledge of FIS' products and services, specifically with Integrated Banking Systems (IBS) is preferred but not required.

• Understanding of Unix operating system and Oracle DBMS.

• Experience working in leveraged open system environments.

What we offer you:

At FIS, you can grow your career as far as you want to take it. Here’s what else we offer:

• Opportunities to make an impact in fintech

• Personal and professional learning

• Inclusive, diverse work environment

• Resources to give back to your community

• Competitive salary and benefits

NOTE:

1: This position is hybrid (3 days onsite) at our FIS Office locations in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Jacksonville (Florida), St. Petersburg (Florida) & Atlanta (Georgia).

2: Current and future sponsorship are not available for this position

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here

For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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