Vice President, Mainframe Engineer

BNY Mellon • Westborough, MA

1d • $68,000 - $145,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Vice President, Mainframe Engineer (COBOL / DB2 / VSAM / CICS) At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide. Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary. We are seeking a Mainframe Developer to build and enhance core applications supporting mutual fund / financial services processing. This is a development-focused role on IBM z/OS, working in an Agile environment to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions for high-volume, business-critical systems. You will be hands-on with COBOL, CICS, VSAM, and DB2, owning delivery and support for business-critical services that power investor solutions workflows. This role is located in Westborough, MA. In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Typically 5-9 years of experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with COBOL (Enterprise COBOL), DB2 for z/OS, CICS, VSAM, JCL, Control-M
• Solid working knowledge of: TSO/ISPF, SDSF.
• Debugging and problem determination (abend analysis, job logs, CICS diagnostics)
• Proven ability to work across batch + online workloads.
• Strong troubleshooting skills and ownership mindset in high-availability production environments.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical partners.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced certifications in mainframe technologies are preferred.
• NDM (Connect:Direct) and/or sFTP implementation experience (scheduling, monitoring, troubleshooting, partner onboarding)
• GitLab experience (repo workflows, merge requests; CI/CD familiarity is a plus)
• IDz (IBM Developer for z/OS) experience

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain mainframe applications using COBOL in batch and CICS online environments.
• Engineer and support data access and persistence using DB2 and VSAM, ensuring performance, reliability, and integrity.
• Develop/maintain JCL and integrate processing with Control-M
• Build/support integrations using NDM (Connect: Direct) and sFTP, ensuring secure and reliable movement of files with internal/external partners
• Provide production support (incident triage, root-cause analysis, remediation) for mission-critical processing.
• Partner with business and technology stakeholders to deliver enhancements across the mutual fund transfer agency lifecycle (orders, trading, settlement, reporting, regulatory).
• Perform unit testing, code reviews, and support QA/UAT to ensure correct and stable releases.
• Drive release execution, implementation readiness, and post-release validation.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies (refinement, sprint planning, daily standups, reviews/retros) and deliver sprint commitments
• Contribute to engineering standards, documentation, and knowledge sharing across the team

Benefits

• BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy.
• We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey.
• Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level