Job Description:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.
Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.
At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!
Job Description:
This job is responsible for tool and service designs within a technical domain that enable business strategies in accordance with architectural governance, standards and policies. Key responsibilities include creating infrastructure tools and their integration as a service, facilitating deployment of technical solutions by developing templates, playbooks and automation used during implementation. Job expectations include looking for opportunities to improve efficiency when implementing and maintaining tools/services and embracing a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Provides subject matter expertise and consulting services on a range of technologies and assists Technical Analysts and Infrastructure Engineers to ensure that technology solutions comply with enterprise system design and engineering standards
- Assists with translating business requirements into technical definitions, reference models, blueprints, and playbooks for deployment in compliance with architecture standards and policies
- Assists in the evaluation of reference models, blueprints and playbooks to ensure they are fit for purpose
- Develops software solutions to address manual and repeatable work or inefficient processes
- Conducts on-site evaluations of third-party products being considered for firm adoption
- Promotes an inclusive and healthy working environment and helps to resolve organizational impediments/blockers
- Contributes to the creation/selection of functional and non-functional product evaluation requirements within and across domains
Position Summary:
The operating systems programmer role is instrumental in delivering key infrastructure initiatives, including ARC recovery and z16 server upgrades, as well as operating systems upgrades and security patching. Base activities supporting daily operations stability include software upgrades to maintain lifecycle currency and 24x7 oncall incident response.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience as a system programmer and experience in providing technical support for Mainframe Services z/OS Platform Engineering and related IBM Z hardware support.
- SMPE -Configure SMPE,Order Software, Install Software.
- Assembler Programming - Analyze svcdump, logrec diagnostic data.
- zOSMF - Install software release upgrades using dialogs, Build software maintenance workflows.
- IBMLINK – Order software, Create IBM problem ticket, Research IBM software issues.
- RACF -Develop software security.
- SYSPLEX - Configure Coupling Facility policies.
- HMC -Configure server , Configure monitor server Ops (IPL Profiles), Configure HMC security.
- Debug Tools – Analyze diagnostic data.
- EREP - Analyze logrec diagnostic data.
- GTF – Capture diagnostic data.
- IPCS – Analyze scvdump diagnostic data.
- SLIP – Capture diagnostic datra.
- Rexx Programming - Develop, maintain system exits, utilities.
Desired Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
- COBOL programming Configure COBOL compiler, LE runtime
- Java programming Configure Java runtime
- HCD Configure server, devices (gens)Windows Install client/server software
- HMC Configure server
Skills:
- Analytical Thinking
- Application Development
- Automation
- Production Support
- Risk Management
- Adaptability
- Business Acumen
- DevOps Practices
- Solution Delivery Process
- Solution Design
- Architecture
- Collaboration
- Innovative Thinking
- Stakeholder Management
- Technical Strategy Development
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:
40Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience as a system programmer
- Experience in providing technical support for Mainframe Services z/OS Platform Engineering
- SMPE Configuration and software installation experience
- Assembler programming experience
- zOSMF software release upgrade installation experience
- IBMLINK usage for software ordering and ticket creation
- RACF software security development experience
- SYSPLEX Coupling Facility configuration experience
- HMC configuration and monitoring experience
- Debug tools for diagnostic data analysis
- Rexx programming experience
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
Bank of America Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay practices are framed as structured and backed by regular pay-equity analysis, which creates a sense of consistency even when higher pay is desired.
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Pay Growth & Progression — A high U.S. hourly pay floor of $25/hour is positioned as a meaningful baseline for frontline and support roles, improving perceived competitiveness at the lower end.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave, family-planning reimbursement, backup care, and “Life Event Services” are presented as substantial supports that strengthen the overall rewards package.
Bank of America Insights
What We Do
We make financial lives better for our clients and our communities through the power of every connection. Our employees are at the heart of this purpose, and are key to driving responsible growth. Every day, across the globe, our employees bring a commitment to our purpose and to driving responsible growth by living our values: deliver together, act responsibly, realize the power of our people and trust the team. A key aspect of driving responsible growth is doing so in a sustainable manner, a critical pillar of which is being a great place to work for our teammates.
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