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Thursday, October 11, 2012

Experience: JP Morgan Requirement for Mainframe Developer Lead

Job Description Mainframes Applications Developer Lead- 603-120057327
Description The Application Lead will be responsible for working with Business and IT leadership and successfully carry out the tasks of planning, designing and implementing the business strategy and understand its implication on the Chase Auto Finance and Student Lending mainframe platforms. The role will also be responsible for building a team from scratch and integrating this as a successful extension to the existing US based teams, managing knowledge transition and procedural change as required. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will be able to provide strong technical leadership and be directly involved in development and design decisions and able to mentor more junior team members. You will prioritize and manage development and implementation of enhancements/changes on the mainframe platforms; oversee installations and Release Management including the final production acceptance review and signoff; manage the issue resolution process for any mainframe application production problems; and oversee Operations Monitoring and Capacity Management. You will also oversee formal performance testing process; help manage the relationship with internal and external services vendors to ensure superior service delivery for all application core technologies; and interact with technical support teams and client users to understand and prioritize demand and suggest enhancements. Additionally, you will manage business baseline technology budget for application - related activities, approve ad hoc, non application - related spending and seek ways to reduce baseline application - related costs.




You will manage individual workload and work of team to deliver to agreed upon project milestones; identify/mitigate risks to delivering solution on time; and act as a team leader, providing support and a review point, for Project Managers and Developers - may be responsible for one or more teams. You will oversee activities of junior Application Leads, as applicable and provide individuals with constructive feedback as it pertains to team performance; coach staff in technical matters and delivering on other job-related responsibilities; conduct performance reviews, appraisals and personal development planning with each team member; and promote effective teamwork and resolve interpersonal issues.

Key responsibilities:Coordinate development activities with onshore teamsRecruitment and integration of a build team capable of design, development and third line supportLocal resource management, planning and developmentDelivery of software to the business and project managers agenda to the highest standardContribution to application and business architecture strategyProject management, milestone tracking and task schedulingWorking with distributed / remote teamsEffective written and verbal communication skills and the ability to influence others and interact with individuals at all levelsAbility to document & review detailed functional and technical specificationsBuild and maintain strong relationships with business and technology partnersAbility to work without direction, proactive drive, make decisionsStrong team-working skills, ability to motivate and lead people

Qualifications College degree or specialized training / equivalent work experienceMinimum 12+ years of relevant development life cycle experience in systems and applications management including systems/application designExperience working with development with global teamsKnowledge of mainframe platform development and managementMainframe programming knowledge of COBOL, JCL, MVS, CICS, DB2 and VSAMChange Management tools like Endeavour and Changeman. Other tools like Eazytrive, SAS, File-Aid, Zeke, Abend-aid, Sybase etc.Strong project management and team management skills e.g. planning, budgetary control, people management etc.Experience implementing quality guidelines, standards and procedures.Net technology experience is a plusJob Applications Development

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