The Applications Development Intermediate Programmer Analyst is an intermediate level position responsible for participation in the establishment and implementation of new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to contribute to applications systems analysis and programming activities.
Responsibilities:
- Utilize knowledge of applications development procedures and concepts, and basic knowledge of other technical areas to identify and define necessary system enhancements, including using script tools and analyzing/interpreting code
- Consult with users, clients, and other technology groups on issues, and recommend programming solutions, install, and support customer exposure systems
- Apply fundamental knowledge of programming languages for design specifications.
- Analyze applications to identify vulnerabilities and security issues, as well as conduct testing and debugging
- Serve as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts
- Identify problems, analyze information, and make evaluative judgements to recommend and implement solutions
- Resolve issues by identifying and selecting solutions through the applications of acquired technical experience and guided by precedents
- Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
- Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
- Acts as SME to senior stakeholders and /or other team members.
- Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.
Qualifications:
- 2-5 years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry
- Intermediate level experience in Applications Development role
- Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
- Demonstrated problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Ability to work under pressure and manage deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
Education:
- Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, and maintain mainframe applications using COBOL, JCL, VSAM, DB2, and CICS with Mainframe tools and utilities.
- Analyze system requirements and create high-level and low-level technical documents.
- Optimize mainframe application performance and troubleshoot issues.
- Work with batch processing systems and scheduling tools like TWS/CA-7.
- Develop and maintain database objects VSAM/DB2.
- Collaborate with business analysts, system architects, and quality assurance teams.
Required Skillsets
Core Mainframe Technologies
- COBOL structured programming
- JCL (Job Control Language)
- CICS (Transaction management, BMS, pseudo-conversational programming)
- Very Good knowledge in CICSPlex development and configuration standards
- VSAM (KSDS, ESDS, RRDS datasets) or DB2 (SQL queries, performance tuning)
Development Tools & Utilities:
- TSO/ISPF (Time Sharing Option/Interactive System Productivity Facility)
- File-AID (Data analysis and manipulation)
- COBOL Debugging tool – i.e. IBM DEBUG
- Abend-AID (Dump analysis and debugging)
- IBM Mainframe utilities (IEBGENER, SORT, IDCAMS, etc.)
- Backup utilities (IBM-ADRDSSU/FAVER)
- File Transmission (Connect Direct – NDM/Network Data Mover)
- Batch Scheduling tools (TWS/CA-7)
Integration/Security
- FIS(Systematics) online framework (TBR/ICR/TCR)
- WebSphere MQ (Messaging and inter-system communication)
- CICS MRO (Multi-region operation – CICS to CICS communication)
- APIs (JSON/REST/SOAP integrations with mainframes via z/OS connect)
- RACF (Resource Access Control Facility)
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Job Family Group:
Technology
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Job Family:
Applications Development
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Time Type:
Full time
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