Lead Mainframe Developer
Job Title: Lead Mainframe Developer
Location: Buffalo, NY (Onsite)
Work Type: Full Time
Job Description:
Leads a cross-functional engineering team responsible for development, modernization, and support of mission-critical mainframe systems integrated with modern platforms (ZConnect, ZDIH) and enterprise DevOps tooling (GitLab CI/CD).
This role drives end-to-end ownership across architecture, engineering delivery, QA practices, and DevOps pipelines, ensuring scalable, secure, and high-quality solutions aligned with enterprise SDLC and regulatory standards.
Key Responsibilities
1. Technical Leadership & Delivery Ownership
- Lead design, development, and support of mainframe applications (z/OS, COBOL, JCL, DB2, VSAM) integrated with modern services
- Own end-to-end SDLC delivery: design → build → test → deploy → operate
- Serve as technical authority and SME across mainframe and modernization initiatives
1. Solution Architecture & Design Governance
- Define and enforce end-to-end solution architecture across:
- Mainframe systems
- ZConnect API layer
- ZDIH / data integration platforms
- Distributed/cloud ecosystems
- Own creation and governance of:
- Solution Architecture Documents (SAD)
- Component, integration, and data flow diagrams
- Ensure:
- Loose coupling between legacy and modern systems
- API-first and event-driven design where applicable
- Scalability, resiliency, and performance considerations
- Conduct architecture reviews and design approvals before development initiation
1. DevOps, GitLab & Pipeline Ownership
- Lead adoption and governance of GitLab-based CI/CD pipelines
- Define and enforce:
- Branching strategies (feature / release / hotfix)
- Merge request standards and approvals
- Code quality gates (Sonar, coverage thresholds)
- Drive pipeline standardization and automation, reducing manual steps
- Own **pipeline troubleshooting and continuou...
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