NOTE: Qualified candidates must live within a commutable distance to Purchase, New York. This is an onsite position in the office.
Top Stack has been retained by an enterprise organization based in Purchase, New York to assist them in hiring a Lead Software Engineer (Mainframe) to join their team. This is a full-time, salaried position with a competitive base salary and a comprehensive benefits package. This is an in office position in their Purchase, New York office.
Specifically, our client is looking for a player/coach who has hands on COBOL application development and mainframe modernization skills coupled with the ability to lead a software engineering team.
You will:
-Own 100% of life insurance policy administration mainframe-based application architecture and the blueprint for its continuous adaptation across the company.
-Provide technical oversight for a group of software engineers implementing the
changes.
-Ensure software engineering team technical compliance with design patterns and overall
software standards.
-Provide technical leadership and hands on development direction for all custom legacy COBOL application development for our client’s applications and feeds to various downstream systems.
-Execute a roadmap for mainframe-based software modernization transformation.
-Collaborate with all other teams to advance the application architecture by evaluating, selecting and introducing new technologies that enable new capabilities.
-Align the organizational design with the changing technical landscape while selectively recruiting and participating in the hiring of like-minded new engineers.
-Provide hands-on direction to team members individually managing product and sprint
backlogs as needed to deliver software change.
-Be accountable for sustaining and accelerating the delivery velocity of the entire team by effectively adapting people, process and technology to maximize value for the company
Qualifications:
-M.S. Computer Science, less than a Master's degree may be acceptable if accompanied by other technical training, relevant certifications or extensive experience in positions that demonstrate required abilities and performance.
-15+ years of agile software engineering change management experience with at least 10 years in a leadership setting with executive level reporting experience.
-7 years managing a team of COBOL software engineers utilizing both waterfall and agile Scrum delivery frameworks.
-Must have the ability to simplify large-scale system change related needs to minimize total cost of ownership
-Must have an agile mindset and insatiable passion for innovation, agile delivery methods and continuous integration.
-Must be an autonomous team player able to lead effectively while solidifying working
relationships at all levels of the organization.
