ETS Engineer IV - Mainframe - CICS & MQ Systems Programmer

Company: Navy Federal Credit Union
Location: Winchester
Posted on: April 5, 2025

Job Description:

Overview

Below covers everything you need to know about what this opportunity entails, as well as what is expected from applicants.

A CICS and MQ Systems Programmer at Navy Federal Credit Union provides 24x7x365 administrative, configuration, troubleshooting, and software deployment support for CICS Transaction Server, WebSphere MQ, and supporting software products. The CICS and MQ systems programmer is responsible for maintaining the high availability production CICS and MQ environments as well as a number of test CICS environments. An MQ and CICS experienced professional who enjoys resolving system problems, and providing technical guidance on all things CICS and MQ will be a great addition to our team.

Are you an Engineer or Systems Programmer that enjoys solving problems and tuning performance? Do you find happiness in continuing to enhance and support a highly available CICS or MQ environment? Do you enjoy dump reading and reviewing SMF records? If you do, this may be the next career step for you.

The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5-6 years of work experience in mainframe CICS and / or WebSphere MQ systems programming.

Additional requirements we are seeking in an Engineer/Systems Programmer:

A demonstrated ability to carefully plan, document, and deploy software updates to multiple environments.
WebSphere MQ queue sharing group configuration and tuning experience.
Recent experience with CICS configuration, tuning, and production support. Experience in a highly available CICS environment is a big plus.
Ability to interact with management and to actively participate as a member of a team.
Experience with VSAM (including Record Level Sharing), DB2 in CICS, Unix System Services or Linux, monitoring tools, CICS and MQ automation tools, web interfaces, and dump diagnosis / debugging tools is helpful.
Experience programming in assembler, COBOL, Python, and / or Java is helpful.
Experience working with Docker, GitHub, ServiceNow, and Ansible can help you help us serve our members.

Duties of the role: research, evaluate, design, implement, and maintain system and product solutions, applying knowledge of engineering principles. To provide technical direction and engineering support for projects and infrastructure. Develop and maintain expert functional knowledge of evolving IT engineering industry technologies/competition, concepts and trends. Mainframe Systems Programming: Specializes in mainframe operating systems programming, maintenance, and updates, and providing technical support to aid and enhance the efficiency of operating systems and data center operations.

This position is eligible for the TalentQuest employee referral program. If an employee referred you for this job, please apply using the system-generated link that was sent to you.

Responsibilities

Full life-cycle project management
Establish and lead project teams
Develop project plan/scope/schedule/cost/communications
Procure and/or manage resources/timelines/deadlines/quality
Risk, Issue and Change management
Ensure successful project implementation
Scope of responsibility
Lead, guide and mentor less experienced staff
Provide input and make budgetary recommendations regarding staffing and equipment
Apply engineering principles into the design and enhancement of new and existing systems
Document new system components, or modifications to existing components
Ensure the security and integrity of system and product solutions including compliance with Navy Federal, industry engineering and Information Security principles and practices
Perform engineering tasks and assignments in support of business needs
Perform engineering technology research, procurement, deployment, and configuration for new and modified systems
Provide technical leadership in the architecture discipline and development of information technology solutions
Present clear, organized and concise information to all audiences through a variety of media to enable effective business decisions
Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Significant experience in leading, guiding and coaching professional staff
Advanced knowledge of engineering discipline
Advanced organizational, planning and time management skills
Advanced skill exercising initiative and using good judgment to make sound decisions
Expert database and presentation software skills
Expert research, analytical, and problem solving skills
Expert verbal and written communication skills
Expert word processing and spreadsheet software skills
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Information Technology or the equivalent combination of training, education, and experience

Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00AM - 4:30PM

Location: 820 Follin Lane, Vienna, VA 22180 - 5510 Heritage Oaks Drive, Pensacola, FL 32526 - 141 Security Drive, Winchester, VA 22602 - 9999 Willow Creek Road San Diego, CA 92131 - 295 Bendix Road, Suite 250, Virginia Beach, VA 23452 - 11270 Saint Johns Industrial Parkway South, Jacksonville, FL 32246 - 9001 Airport Freeway, Suite 925, North Richland Hills, TX 76180 - 4 Concourse Parkway, #100, Sandy Springs, GA 30328 - Remote

About Us

Navy Federal provides much more than a job. We provide a meaningful career experience, including a culture that is energized, engaged and committed; and fierce appreciation for our teams, who are rewarded with highly competitive pay and generous benefits and perks.

Our approach to careers is simple yet powerful: Make our mission your passion.

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Equal Employment Opportunity: All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected Veteran.

Hybrid Workplace: Navy Federal Credit Union is a hybrid workplace, and details will be discussed during your interview process.

Disclaimers: Navy Federal reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower grade level based on business need. An assessment may be required to compete for this position. Job postings are subject to close early or extend out longer than the anticipated closing date at the hiring team's discretion based on qualified applicant volume. Navy Federal Credit Union assesses market data to establish salary ranges that enable us to remain competitive. You are paid within the salary range, based on your experience, location and market position

Bank Secrecy Act: Remains cognizant of and adheres to Navy Federal policies and procedures, and regulations pertaining to the Bank Secrecy Act.

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