Principal Software Engineer/Developer - 1707851
Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Westlake, TX
Posted on: September 8, 2017
Job Description:
Duties: Drives and executes the technology roadmap and direction
for Mainframe Fund Accounting applications. Uses business knowledge
to translate the vision for divisional initiatives into business
solutions by developing complex or multiple software applications and
conducting studies of alternatives. Analyzes and recommends changes in project
development policies, procedures, standards, and strategies to development
experts and management. Primary Responsibilities: • Participates in architecture design teams. • Defines and implements application level architecture. • Develops applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division. • Recommends development testing tools and methodologies and
reviews and validates test plans. • Responsible for QA readiness of software deliverables. • Develops comprehensive documentation for multiple applications
or subsystems. • Establishes full project life cycle plans for complex
projects across multiple platforms. • Responsible for meeting project goals on-time and
on-budget. • Advises on risk assessment and risk management strategies
for projects. • Plans and coordinates project schedules and assignments
for multiple projects. • Acts as a primary liaison for business units to resolve
various project/technology issues. • Provides technology solutions to daily issues and
technical evaluation estimates on technology initiatives. • Advises senior management on technical strategy. • Mentors junior team members. • Performs independent and complex technical and functional
analysis for multiple projects supporting several divisional
initiatives. • Develops original and creative technical solutions to
on-going development efforts. Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education
equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer Applications, Engineering,
Information Technology, Information Systems, Mathematics, Physics, or a
closely related field and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or
five (5) years of experience in COBOL mainframe application development within
a fund accounting environment; Or, alternatively, Master’s degree (or
foreign education equivalent) in Computer Science, Computer
Applications, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems,
Mathematics, Physics, or a closely related field and three (3) years of
experience in the job offered or three (3) years of experience in COBOL
mainframe application development within a fund accounting environment.
Candidate must also possess: Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) writing
outbound file queries and wraparound code using COBOL and JCL, as well as
Sungard InvestOne to perform fund accounting functions; DE writing CICS
transaction processing applications in COBOL within a DB2 relationship
database management system environment; DE performing data centric
manipulation using VSAM and writing interprocess communications across
multiple platforms according to MQ series; DE in change configuration
management using Endevor and scheduling jobs using CONTROL-M. To apply, visit http://jobs.fidelity.com and search for Job
Number 1707851.
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