Job Description

Job Description:

If you are an experienced zOS System Programmer with a passion for crafting and delivering mainframe platform solutions and want to be a part of an exciting journey to work within one of Fidelitys most storied engineering teams, looking for a collaborative team environment where you will have a wealth of opportunities to innovate and have intellectual curiosity to learn, Fidelity and Enterprise Infrastructure may be right for you!
Operating Systems Services with Fidelitys Mainframe Hosting organization is seeking a senior level System Programmer to build and maintain the processing eco system that supports the fundamentals of Fidelity's trading and reporting systems. In this role, your position will be a critical element to delivering Fidelitys promise of crafting the best customer experiences in financial services through its mainframe platform.
The Operating Systems Support team is responsible for the design and deployment of highly available zOS operating system solutions that support one of the world's largest mainframe complexes, and your part as a technical lead for the team will have responsibility for solution design to solve key challenges while mentoring the team.
The Expertise You Have
Education Level: Graduation from an accredited university with a Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, MIS or other equivalent course of study.

Intermediate to senior-level for this professional track: with a minimum two to three years with five years desired in the base level of operating system support or six to ten years of experience at or above the entry level for a zOS System Programming position. Lateral transfers from related professional tracks in zOS system programming may require both additional time and job experiences, certificates, and training.

* Strong technical design and analysis skill in Infrastructure Planning, IT Risk Audit and Control, IT Strategy Formulation, and Disaster recovery, business continuity, backups, and restores;
* Ability to deal with ambiguity and work in fast paced environment
* Deep experience supporting mission critical applications quickly
* Excellent communication skills, both through written and verbal channels
* Excellent collaboration skills to work with multiple teams in the organization
* Ability to understand and adapt to changing business priorities and technology advancements
* Strong knowledge and technology trends in implementing business applications
* Strong standout colleague and able to mentor junior team members

Process Management:

* Work planning,
* Incident management

Basic technology and infrastructures:

* Computing systems, applications, and languages,
* Data structures, databases, files, and I/O, including USS,
* System Administration, Network Administration
* Hardware and Networks,

Business knowledge:

* Business and IT functional knowledge and operational experience,
* IT trends and emerging technologies,
* Collaboration and relationship management;

Process Management:

* Understand of Change and Release management processes, application testing and development life-cycles,
* Problem solving and requirements gathering,
* Technical architecture, implementation and configuration management,
* Desktop tooling, such as, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and emulator tools,
* Reading and communication ability in computing literature of a highly technical nature,
* Flexibility and Adaptability and an innovation approach to solving problems with a creative understanding.

The Skills You Have

* In addition to REXX, know and demonstrate use of at least 2 High level language, examples are SAS / Easytrieve / Java / ISPF Dialogs / Cobol
* Working knowledge and demonstrated use of zOS Assembler.
* Advanced REXX knowledge (creating and modifying existing programs) .
* ISPF/TSO structures (ALTLIB, LIBDEF, MENU, REXX usage for product invocation).
* Understanding of internal tooling that provisions and supports our critical work in large-scale mainframe computing.
* Understand the IPL Process, the storage map, and dispatcher, coupling facility and other fixures of the mainframe enterprise.
* Full problem resolution Open issue, diagnose, fix (for less critical problems) and SLIP, DUMP, and TRACE as the needs dictate.
* Resolve health checker, IVP, and customer issues in the mainframe area.
* Install complex OEM products and become SME in several key OEM areas.
* Initiate and drive a variety of mainframe maintenance processes and follow an APAR or PTF through the entire life cycle.
* Intermediate Diagnosis while driving to resolution problems with IBM and other 3rd party vendors and be ready to collect and send diagnostic data for remediation or circumvention.
* Assist with the product installation of an OEM product, and perform, as the domain expert, product upgrade to new release or version preserving permanent records and documentation to standard.
* Update OSS Sharepoint site in particular use of the OSS Turnover for search and creation of items.
* Understand and demonstrate use of the full span of zOS operator commands.
* Understand and use Service Now.

The Value You Deliver

* Designing, Building and supporting mission critical zOS solutions for applications to provide the best customer experience
* Exploring new technology trends in the mainframe and using them to simplify and modernize our processing ecosystem
* Driving Innovation and influencing the team to implement solutions with future thinking
* Collaborating with internal and external teams to deliver technology solutions for the business needs
* Guiding teams to improve development agility and efficiency
* Resolving technical roadblocks to the team and mitigating potential risks
* Delivering system automation by setting up continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines
* Acting as a technical mentor to the team and bringing them up to speed on the latest data technologies and promoting continuous learning



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Company Overview

At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. Find your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer.

We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process. Please email us at accommodations @fmr.com or call 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2 if you would like to request an accommodation.