What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mainframe Automation DevOps Lead position at Key Business Solutions, Inc.?
Job Details
Mainframe Automation DevOps Lead
Austin, TX
6 Months
Onsite work 4 days
Brief Role Description with Responsibilities:
- Lead a team of developers in the execution of development pipeline and delivery of the organization s software products to QA, and ultimately to Production.
- Manage day-to-day activities and influence team members to leverage, follow and support agile software development practices.
- Interface with product owner and key stakeholders in Project Management, Business, QA and Technology Operations to ensure high quality delivery of software projects on time and budget.
- Work with Scrum Master and product owner to provide development sizings & cost analysis estimates.
- Work closely with product owner and team members to decompose stories, design features, and prioritize tasks.
- Extensive experience in performing automations using Rexx, Clist or other scripting languages in mainframe, utilize automated software test tools and frameworks such as test driven development to achieve software quality standards. Support integration efforts to build whole systems from various subsystems.
- Support release manager to assemble releases and drive improvements in the release process.
- Assist Scrum Master in resolving needs and roadblocks identified by team members.
- Ensure the coordination of individual team deliverables are synchronized as necessary to achieve product releases.
- Provide hands-on development and mentoring as necessary for other members of the development team. Identify technology risks early and establish mitigation plans.
- Create artifacts for each project such as Software Architecture documentation, Technical Use Cases, and Code Review Packages.
- Meet periodically with onshore and offshore developers to review and improve code quality, requirements specification and design methodologies.
Must Have Skills:
- COBOL, CICS, Rexx, Clist, DB2, Basic IBM OS/Z, SQL, JCL, MQ,
- Preferred Skills:
- 8 years of professional experience building high performance Mainframe applications using Cobol.
- Deep experience with the following: VSAM, ISPF, MVS, Websphere MQ.
- Familiarity with Rational Application Developer, TFS / Jira.
Nice-to-have skills:
- Experience with web services (SOAP, REST) is a plus.
- Experience with XML is a plus.
- Experience with Java or .Net is a plus.
- Strong leadership capabilities with architect ambitions.
- Strong interest in industry trends, technology innovation, and best practices.
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