ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Liaison with software vendor(s) for systems utilized by a particular line of business
• Stay abreast of upcoming changes and enhancements in vendor's software and how those changes will impact the business.
• Assists with the line of business (or in support of a more senior Platform Engineer) to help design solutions to incorporate software changes and effectively works with business partners to ensure effective implementation
• Seek to gain full understanding of the business technology roadmap and make recommendations on continued utilization or elimination of current third party software solutions.
• If working on an agile team work closely with product owner to ensure that user stories have enough specificity and clarity for the software developers to effectively meet customer needs.
• Implement and maintain new features and capabilities while continuously improving the quality of our technical products and services
• Follow industry and organizational best practices and standards, and participate in company communities of practice to continuously refine and communicate them. Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement.
• Help achieve operational excellence by automating processes and creating maintainable, supportable, and testable solutions
• Keep up with technology trends and innovations in your field(s) of practice
• Provide operational support and troubleshooting for your team's products and services
• Help to provide coaching, mentoring, and training for new or less experienced team members
• Other duties as required.

MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITES REQUIRED:
Bachelor's degree in a relevant technology field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Four+ years of engineering or other IT work experience relevant to the position.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
• Willingness to work in a highly-collaborative environment.
• Solid understanding and significant experience with modern software development practices, tools, and/or hardware technologies.
• Understanding of IT security best practices.
• Expertise in one or more technical and/or functional domains relevant to the position.
• Technical skills per the specific position's requirements.

• Position Specific Requirements:
o 4+ years' experience in IBM Mainframes technologies: TSO, Cobol, SAS, JCL, VSAM, IBM Mainframes Utilities
o Linux/UNIX (Including CHRON) Scripting
MS SQL Studio
o Excellent verbal and written communications skills are a must
o Results driven, attention to detail, ability to work independently
o Knowledge of file transfer
o Ability to do Analysis and Design
o Provide operational support and troubleshooting for the InfoLease 10 application and its corresponding integrations
o 24x7 On-call Support
o Assists with Audits and Annual Disaster Recovery Exercises
o Assist with InfoLease tasks including Data Analysis, Data Mapping, Coding, Testing, Specification creation, Connectivity, File Exchange/Transfers, Security, and Environment Management

• Nice to Have
o Experience working with the Solifi InfoLease application
o Work experience on System integration projects is a plus
o Knowledge of test automation tools and processes is a plus
o Agility methodology
o Exposure to DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Nexus, Ansible is a plus
o Exposure to ServiceNow

Required Skills : Cobol, Mainframe, TSO, JCL, VSAM
Background Check :Yes
Drug Screen :Yes
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Candidate must be your W2 Employee :Yes
Exclusive to Apex :No
Face to face interview required :No
Candidate must be local :Yes
Candidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship ::No
Interview times set : :No
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