Mainframe Programmer - COBOL / CICS

Position Purpose :

Develops or modifies software products and/or customer applications for our Auto Lending Software clients.

Business Description:

Join Us! Fiserv has been named to FORTUNE® magazine’s 2016 list of World’s Most Admired Companies. This is the third consecutive year the company has been named to the list, which is a definitive benchmark of corporate reputation.

“Our people are the foundation upon which this recognition is based and I’m very proud of their commitment to client excellence. Their dedication to serving our clients each day is what makes Fiserv one of the most admired companies in the world.” – Jeffery Yabuki, President and Chief Executive Officer

About our Business: Fiserv Lending Solutions business provides life-of-loan support and helps banks, large automotive lenders, thrifts, credit unions and other financial institutions close loans more quickly, manage loans and leases more efficiently, and service loan and lease accounts more cost-effectively. This minimizes lending risk, improves customer satisfaction, enhances cross-sell opportunities, introduces new products more quickly, and facilitates compliance with regulatory requirements

Reporting Relationships :

Reports To: Software Development, Team Lead

Peers: Software Development Engineer, Staff

Direct Reports: None

Essential Job Responsibilities :

Designs, codes, installs, and maintains software programs. Assists in design, coding, and installation of customized application enhancement projects. Analyzes specifications for application enhancements for compatibility with other systems and within operating guidelines. Analyzes dumps, debugs problems and applies fix procedures. Prepares documentation for use by computer operations, applications programming, and user personnel. Provides technical assistance and information to other systems software, computer operations, applications programming, and data communications personnel at all centers with this environment. Assists with the training of applications programming and user personnel in the use of software systems. Reviews new designs, enhancements and programs with supervisor and applications programming personnel for operating efficiencies. Completes other duties as assigned.

The above statements are intended only to describe the general nature of the job, and should not be construed as an all-inclusive list of position responsibilities.

Required Qualifications:

Education :

A Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or equivalent education in a related discipline is preferred.

Job Related Experience :

Requires 3 -5 years programming and /or related experience .

Additional Skills/Knowledge :

Mainframe skills including COBOL, CICS and VSAM, File Manager, Easytrieve.
A superior knowledge of programming (i.e. program design, flowcharting, coding, testing, debugging, etc).
Ability to solve problems that require extensive data gathering, investigation, review, and analysis to define the problem and then develop/implement solutions, which requires the use of complex analytical techniques and innovative thinking.
Ability to read, understand, and interpret complex business or technical subjects; must be able to discuss or explain this data with others, either internal or external to Fiserv.
A superior knowledge of how to document program design, coding, and maintenance.
A superior understanding of how critical project completion is to client satisfaction.
The ability to interact and communicate with external, as well as, internal clients for the purpose of data gathering and design initiation.
Ability to resolve and follow up on software support issues.

Preferred Qualifications: