Lead Engineer, HP NonStop Development (REMOTE option)

Raymond James is seeking a Lead HP NonStop Engineer to join their Back Office development team. This role involves analyzing business requirements, delivering technical solutions, and supporting application software for IT securities back office operations.

Responsibilities:

• Develop existing applications and contribute to development of new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop new routine applications to meet customer requirements
• Design and perform website/applications software tests and respond to user emails to monitor, diagnose, and correct performance issues
• Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software
• Make recommendations for the development of new code or to reuse of existing code
• May lead assigned projects, including assigning tasks, coordinating efforts, and monitoring performance
• May recommend new technologies and methodologies to management for meeting business needs, resolving problems and exploiting opportunities. Remains current with new technologies
• Identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions
• Obtains and evaluates information on factors such as reporting formats required, costs, and security needs to determine hardware configuration
• Participates in software system testing and validation procedures, programming, and documentation
• Provides technical advice and assists in solving programming problems
• Writes and/or reviews system specifications, including output requirements and flow charts
• Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur
• Ensures proper analysis of problems and programming approaches to prevent rework and schedule slippage
• Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message
• Demonstrate a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; remains current with developments and trends in areas of expertise
• Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Requirements:

• Experience in HP NonStop COBOL85, HPNS SQL/MX and SQL/MP
• Experience in Pathway servers and configuration
• Experience working on HP NonStop/Tandem Guardian OS application development
• Full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) experience
• Experience working in Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid software development methodologies
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio
• Experience working in remote and globally distributed business environments, employing a variety of in-person and remote collaboration tools, including email, phone, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Azure-DevOps, etc
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor's: Computer and Information Science, High School (HS) (Required)
• General Experience - 3 to 6 years
• More than five (5) years of relevant development or engineering experience is highly preferred
• Experience with brokerage and clearing business/industry is nice to have
• Experience with Middle Office and Back Office domains is a strong plus
• Experience with messaging platforms (e.g., MQ) is a plus