Senior Analyst, Mainframe Systems
Saks Cloud Services is looking for the Senior Analyst - Mainframe who will be responsible for developing & maintaining system functionality, providing system maintenance & enhancements, and running and protecting the business by providing support for critical Retail and associated applications in the area of Sales Audit, Commissions & STORES. The associate is expected to participate in an ongoing migration project & Production support, which will involve fine-tuning COBOL programs and SQL tuning.
Expected to work on support in production and lower environments, enhancements and modifications to the existing legacy systems and/or development for the new projects of various sizes and complexities; you will implement all the required application changes through analysis, design, testing, documentation and training.
● Understand and analyze business requirements to determine integration solutions across various types of tools and technologies, documentation of requirements, solutions and impacts, alternatives, and final decisions
● Participate in discovery sessions or workshops with our business partners in Sales Audit & STORES.
● Work in a team environment, coordinating with teammates, Global Process Owners, and members of IT.
● Capable at building calculated fields and custom reports.
● Work closely with leadership, business partners and technical teams, lead design and process development, gather and define requirements, recommendations, document changes for change control purposes, design and implement solutions, and ensure user ease of adoption and will support the organization in achieving optimized transactions and processes.
● Oral and written communication skills are effective and clear.
● Comfortable in a dynamic, fast-paced, and changing environment.
● Flexible, and can adapt to change well.
● You are a self-starter, can work independently and thrive in collaborative teams.
● You are proactive, accountable, and responsible for the assigned task regardless of the task’s complexity and magnitude.
● You are a determined, intuitive and creative problem solver who can get into the code, identify the root cause and provide corrective options, often quickly and under pressure.
● You are creative with a strategic mindset along with the ability to turn concepts into well thought out solutions.
● You possess the ability to make decisions and take an innovative approach to business problems.
● You have strong communication & interpersonal skills with focus on teamwork, sharing knowledge & expertise as it relates to the role.
- You are a real self-starter, clearly self-motivated and can independently maintain your own work-flow to meet all deadlines..
● A minimum of 4-6 years’ experience in Mainframe Development & Support.
● Proficiency in core mainframe technology areas like DB2 and SQL, Cobol, CICS, JCL, VSAM & TSO.
● Strong experience of file handling with COBOL. Should have knowledge of tuning COBOL programs.
● Experience with CADE, UC4 or ESP scheduling tool is an added advantage.
● Should have worked in development, maintenance, support and enhancement projects.
● Experience in Change and Release management (IBM Rational Suite Tools).
● Good interpersonal and teamwork abilities, and able to adapt in a diverse working environment.
● Proven and quantifiable track-record of success in delivering results within a large complex organization.
● Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
● Good formal and informal communication skills in English (written and verbal).
● A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field (preferred) or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualifications (nice to haves):
● Understanding of settlement and reconciliation processes.
● Understanding of POS transaction Log and end to end transaction flow.
● Experience using ETL processes and tools including Informatica.
● Experience working with scheduling tools (CADE, UC4, ESP).
● Experience working in (Azure) cloud environment.
● Knowledge of XBRi and Vertex Third Party software.
