Senior Mainframe Application Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solutions - Brookfield, WI

Full-time - Senior

Brookfield, WI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Mainframe Application Engineer at Cognizant is responsible for architecting API products for a credit card system, ensuring high standards in design and implementation. This role requires extensive experience in mainframe technologies and collaboration across multiple teams to deliver quality software artifacts while adhering to client standards.

Responsibilities

• Architect API products for the credit card system.
• Ensure API products are designed and built to high standards for ease of implementation.
• Collaborate with multiple teams across the organization.
• Take responsibility for software artifacts produced, ensuring minimal impact to customer experience.
• Adhere to agile software development lifecycle and DevOps principles.

Requirements

• 10+ years of strong experience in mainframe technologies.
• Proficiency in Mainframe Sort/Compare Utilities, COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, CICS, Git, IDZ, and Mainframe Focus.
• Good understanding of Mainframe Focus programs and exposure to File-aid, Sort and compare utilities.
• Experience with GIT branching strategies.

Nice-to-haves

• ZConnect experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
• 401(k) plan and contributions
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Paid Parental Leave
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan