Lead Mainframe Developer

Infosys Public Services is seeking a Mainframe Lead Developer to join our team in Salt Lake City Utah.

Position Description (scope of work or brief narrative):

• Seeking a highly experienced Mainframe Lead Developer to provide technical leadership guidance and oversight for the support and maintenance of mainframe based Tax System.
• The MF Support Lead will coordinate day-to-day support activities manage incident response across severity levels ensure SLA compliance and drive continuous improvements while maintaining system stability as the system transitions toward a modern replacement system.
• This role requires deep expertise in COBOL JCL CICS DB2 batch/online processing and production operations within large legacy environments.

Key Responsibilities
Technical Leadership & Daily Operations

• Lead and coordinate daily support operations across 24/7/365 coverage requirements
• Oversee resolution of incidents across all severities adhering to defined SLAs
• Manage and troubleshoot batch cycles and online systems
• Ensure the availability of the system
• Perform root cause analysis for recurring issues and provide preventive solutions.

Application Support & Maintenance

• Maintain applications built using COBOL JCL Natural and supported by DB2 and VSAM databases
• Handle small/medium enhancements
• Support annual statutory updates which introduce ongoing major enhancements

Incident Change & Problem Management

• Manage L2/L3 escalations in line with on call rotating support model
• Ensure strict adherence to ITIL-aligned change management for production changes
• Provide timely updates communication and reports for critical incidents.

Documentation Knowledge Transfer & Governance

• Lead comprehensive documentation of system processes architecture job flows and operational procedures as required under the RFP Scope of Work (knowledge transfer & process documentation)
• Assist in Business Process Mapping for all tax-related functions and identify risks or inefficiencies in existing workflows
• Support and facilitate knowledge transition to vendor support teams.

Performance Management

• Track and report on KPIs ticket volumes SLA compliance and improvement plans
• Participate in monthly and quarterly performance reviews and satisfaction surveys.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of IT experience with a strong hands-on mainframe support or development background.
• Demonstrated expertise with: COBOL (online batch programs ) JCL CICS DB2 VSAM Mainframe utilities and job schedulers (e.g. Control M)
• Experience supporting critical high-availability systems.
• Ability to work onsite and coordinate with mixed local remote teams
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills in legacy environments.
• Candidate must be located within commuting distance or willing to relocate toSalt Lake City UT.

Preferred Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in large-scale mainframe support functions.
• Experience working with complex legacy tax or government systems.
• Experience with: Natural REXX SCOBOL or system utilities Performance monitoring tools such as OMEGAMON
• Prior experience in Business Process Mapping and documenting legacy systems.
• Experience working with limited documentation environments and high-criticality systems.
• Ability to lead distributed teams across multiple stakeholders.

Competencies

• Strong leadership communication and mentoring capabilities.
• Ability to manage high-pressure troubleshooting scenarios.
• Structured problem solver with attention to detail.
• High sense of ownership accountability and service orientation.
• Adaptability to work in legacy modernization transition environments.

Educational Requirements:

• A bachelors degree or foreign equivalent is required from an accredited institution. Will consider three years of progressive relevant work experience instead of every year of education. Candidates who have completed a Masters degree program are strongly preferred.

The job entails sitting and working at a computer for extended periods. Should be able to communicate by telephone email or face-to-face. Travel may be required as per the job requirements.

The estimated annual compensation range for this role will be as follows:
In CA/ WA/NY/CO/MD/IL/MN/NJ/VT/MA: $73000 to $102200
In Washington DC: $66100 to $100200

Benefits

Along with competitive pay as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits:

• Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
• Long-term/Short-term Disability
• Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
• Insurance (Accident Critical Illness Hospital Indemnity Legal)
• 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
• Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

About Us
Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills expertise and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

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