About the position
Ingram Content Group (ICG) is currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer - iSeries COBOL, to join our team in LaVergne, TN (Greater Nashville area). This person provides ongoing development and maintenance for major financial systems including A/R, Billing and Sales Reporting applications. Leads in small to midsize projects, analysis and design of new or improved systems, ability to deal with complex development issues such as multi-platform development, and small size project management which don’t cross departmental boundaries. This position will be hybrid and be expected to work from the Ingram headquarters 3 days per week. Want to help explore and build new ways to deliver content to the world? At Ingram, our Technology team is blazing a trail by providing content distribution services to thousands of publishers with key initiatives around business intelligence, machine learning, continuous integration and omnichannel. We support diverse people and technology that highlights innovation through SaaS platforms, metadata, cloud, and containerization. Our teams are agile, and emphasize authenticity, creativity, and transparency upon a fact-based foundation. The world is reading, and it is our goal to connect as many people as possible to the content they want in the simplest ways. If you are an IT professional who strives to deliver results through collaborative partnerships, understanding what drives business, and enjoys working in a connected culture, we can’t wait to meet you!
Responsibilities
- Designs, develops, tests and implements impactful business changes/upgrades to existing programs
- Works closely with client resources to assist in application workflow, corrective planning and execution
- Supports user/customer community to capture system requirements
- Works with multiple systems (i.e. A/R, Billing, Sales, Credit Processing)
- Manages projects that require work from others
- Creates project plans and manipulates the key factors (time, resources, and functionality) to offer alternatives to project sponsors
- Communicates project status and issues
- Defines methods and processes for application development
- Enforces good development practices
- Investigates new technologies and new techniques
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field or directly related experience
- 6 years development experience as application engineer/sr. programmer analyst
- 5 years mainframe COBOL and/or Mainframe/iSeries development experience
- 5 years relational database experience
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with Account Receivable systems preferred
- Experience with ASI Accounts Receivable system a plus
- Knowledge of Cobol Programming on Mainframe and iSeries platforms
- Knowledge of DB2, Oracle, SQL, SSIS and SSRS
- Ability to be flexible/multi-task based on workflow demands
- Ability to speak, write and read the English language
- Ability to develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintain them over time
- Ability to exercise effective judgment, sensitivity, creativity to changing needs and situations
Benefits
- A highly competitive compensation package with generous benefits beginning first day of employment for Medical/Prescription Drug plans, HSA, Vision, Dental and Health Care FSA
- 15 vacation days & 12 sick days accrued annually and 3 personal days
- 401K match, Life and AD&D, Employee Assistance programs, Group Legal, & more
- Wellness program with access to onsite gym and basketball court for associates
- Encouraged continued education with our tuition reimbursement program
- Financial and in-kind opportunities to engage with non-profits in your community
- Company match program for United Way donations
- Volunteer opportunities and in-kind drives for non-profits throughout the year
- Take breaks or brainstorm in our game room with ping pong & foosball
- Casual Dress Code & Flexible Schedules (per team)
