Principal Engineer, Enterprise COBOL Application

What you'll do

• Write, test, and deploy COBOL code to add new features and enhance application capabilities.
• Define, prioritize, and manage the product backlog for the COBOL application.
• Analyze, build, debug, manage, and validate applications using MSD DevOps solutions.
• Maintain application stability and integration with modern CI/CD pipelines and middleware.
• Serve as the primary technical advisor for teams building test environments and demo scenarios.
• Establish processes for community contributions from multiple internal organizations.
• Balance patching existing logic with engineering new, scalable capabilities for modern testing frameworks.

What we're looking for

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience with a heavy focus on enterprise COBOL development in IBM mainframe or mainframe-emulation environments.
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of related experience, or a Master's degree and 6+ years of related experience.
• High proficiency in building applications that leverage mainframe subsystems including Db2, IMS, CICS, IDMS, and Datacom.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Experience using Source Code Management tools such as Endevor and GitHub.
• Experience in Agile software development methodology.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to deliver technical presentations and write clear documentation.
• Excellent problem-solving, structural debugging, and data-driven analysis capabilities.