Fidelity Investments Workplace Investing (WI) organization is seeking an experienced mainframe Software Engineer to join our Custom Client Solutions team within the Stock Plan Services (SPS) Technology organization. The person will play a key role in developing and delivering client specific enhancements on our Legacy Application to support our Plan Administration System. This role demands significant collaboration with members of various business and IT groups throughout the lifecycle of a typical project.
Stock Plan Services administers equity compensation programs on behalf of public and private companies offering various compensations programs such as: Employee Stock Purchase Plans, Restricted Stock Awards/Units, Stock Option Plans, Stock Appreciation Rights and Performance based Awards. Currently SPS services over 1.6M participants employed by over 300 clients and spread out in 150 countries. The business is looking to further expand in the international equity compensation market, focused initially on western European countries and companies based there. As part of this business initiative, we are extending our capabilities to enable a truly global platform.
Senior Software Engineer
The Expertise We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and five or more (5+) years of experience in the job offered or five or more (5+) years of experience as a technical lead in mainframe brokerage or stock plan services systems and application development.
Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of experience in the job offered or three (3) years of experience as a technical lead in mainframe brokerage and stock plan services systems and application development.
While not required, knowledge of ETL, Informatica, Java, Python, or other distributed languages is a plus
The Purpose of Your Role
Use business and technical knowledge to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business solutions by developing complex stock plan services software applications on a mainframe platform running under a Z/OS environment.
The Skills You Bring
Your Demonstrated Expertise ('DE') in defining, developing, and leading an interactive team to implement scalable application solutions
Your DE in mainframe application development, automation, and support, utilizing COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, MQ-Series, and SQL
Your DE in mainframe performance tuning and capacity planning, including ways to reduce I/Os, CPU Time, MSUs, and MIPs, using Strobe, iStrobe, and Platinum Detector
Your DE in mainframe application development including - file format and comparison using File-AID; version management using Endeavor; debugging and unit testing using Intertest and Abend-AID; and job scheduling using Control-M
The Value You Deliver
Senior engineer working within an Agile team, including requirements gathering, development, and end-to-end testing
Defining, developing, and leading interactive team to implement application-level architecture, giving due consideration to application scalability and extensibility, and conformance to established standards
Providing on-site and on-call support as needed and acting as a subject matter expert as part of a cross-functional crisis management team
Developing applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division
Recommending development testing tools and methodologies and reviewing and validating test plans
Resolving technical roadblocks involving multiple technologies and making recommendations and improvements to avoid them in the future
Collaborating with multiple layers of management to share approaches, develop solutions, and improve capabilities throughout the organization
Leading collaborative sessions and ceremonies with stakeholders and providing guidance and feedback to team members
Being responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables
Planning and conducting system testing
Developing comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems
Establishing full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms
Being responsible for meeting project goals on-time and on-budget
Advising on risk assessment and risk management strategies for projects
Planning and coordinating project schedules and assignments for multiple projects
Acting as a primary liaison for business units to resolve various project/technology issues
Providing technology solutions to daily issues and technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives
Performing independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects supporting several initiatives
Developing original and creative technical solutions to on-going development efforts
How Your Work Impacts the Organization
Develops applications and provides support on a mainframe environment, using COBOL, DB2, CICS, JCL, MQ-Series, SQL, and VSAM files. Analyzes and recommends changes in project development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development experts and management.
Certifications:Category:Information Technology
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