Vignetic
Mainframe Development Lead (JVN-567215) New York City, New York
Title: Mainframe Development Lead
Job Type: Permanent
Primary Location: New York City, New York
The Challenge:
Vignetic is looking for an Mainframe Development Lead who will maintain a mainframe Payroll Management System that is integrated with the City’s Timekeeping (CityTime) and Personnel (NYCAPS) applications. Additionally, there are integrated interfaces between PMS to the Financial Management System (FMS) for active employees.
Role & Responsibilities:
- Manage programmer analyst staff and work in a techno-functional capacity with a strong understanding of business processes, mainframe programming (COBOL), and relational databases to manage programmer analyst staff, design, program, review, and assist in determining impact of change to programs and systems
- Review and analyze program specifications to determine the effort needed to make changes
- Maintain, schedule, as well as be part of the On-Call duty roster for overnight and weekend batch HR/Payroll and Timekeeping processes.
Essential Skills & Qualifications:
- A master’s degree in computer science from an accredited college or university and three (3) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience in Information Technology (IT) including applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing, or user services. At least eighteen (18) months of this experience must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity in the areas of applications development, systems development, data communications and networking, database administration, data processing or in the supervision of staff performing these duties; or
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university and four (4) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience as described in “1” above; or
- A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and six (6) years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience as described in “1” above; or
- A satisfactory combination of education and experience equivalent to “1”, “2” or “3” above. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and must possess at least three (3) years of experience as described in “1” above, including the eighteen (18) months of administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory experience as described in “1” above.
In the absence of a baccalaureate degree, undergraduate credits may be substituted for a maximum of two (2) years of the required experience in IT on the basis of 30 semester credits for six (6) months of the required experience. Graduate credits in computer science may be substituted for a maximum of one (1) year of the required experience in IT on the basis of 30 graduate semester credits in computer science for one (1) year of the required IT experience. However, undergraduate and/or graduate credits may not be substituted for the eighteen (18) months of experience in an administrative, managerial, executive, or supervisory capacity as described in “1” above.
Preferred Skills:
- 10+ years as a senior mainframe (COBOL/IMS/DB2) programmer
- 10+ years’ experience with JCL/PROCS/CTLCARDS
- 10+ years’ experience designing, programming, and architecture in a mainframe environment
- 10+ years’ experience with production coverage and troubleshooting
- 10+ years’ experience with RMDS/EXPEDITER/File-Aid for IMS/DB2
- 7+ years’ experience with the management of Technical Staff
- 7+ years’ experience designing the architecture of mainframe applications and dependencies
- 7 years’ experience in the preparation of structure charts or invocation diagrams
- 5+ years’ experience of the City’s legacy payroll and pension payroll management systems
- 5+ years’ experience of the City’s personnel processing
- 5+ years’ experience of the City’s timekeeping processing
- Excellent understanding of systems development lifecycle methodologies
- Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Self-motivated with ability to work well with other groups in an enterprise wide, large-scale matrix environment.
- Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to establish a roadmap for operational improvement
- Excellent communication skills (oral and written), interpersonal, and organizational and strong project management skills.
- Self-motivated with ability to work well with other groups in an enterprise wide, large-scale matrix environment.
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