Lead Engineer, HP NonStop Development (REMOTE option)

Raymond James is seeking a Lead HP NonStop Engineer for its Back Office development team. The role focuses on analyzing business requirements and delivering technical solutions for securities back-office applications, including modernization, development, maintenance, testing, implementation, and support.

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
• May occasionally work a non-standard shift including nights and/or weekends and/or have on-call responsibilities. On-call rotation (once every 8-9 weeks)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Bachelor's: Computer and Information Science, High School (HS) (Required)
• General Experience - 3 to 6 years
• Travel

Less than 25%

• 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