Job Description

About Cloud Software Group Inc. and Tibco Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, TIBCO Software enables businesses to reach new heights on their path to digital distinction and innovation. From systems to devices and people, we interconnect everything, capture data in real time wherever it is, and augment the intelligence of organizations through analytical insights. Thousands of customers around the globe rely on us to build compelling experiences, energize operations, and propel innovation. Our teams flourish on new ideas and welcome individuals who thrive in transforming challenges into opportunities. From designing and building amazing products to providing excellent service; we encourage and are shaped by bold thinkers, problem-solvers, and self-starters. We are always adapting and providing exciting opportunities for our employees to grow, learn and excel. We value the customers and employees that define who we are; dynamic individuals willing to take the risks necessary to make big ideas come to life and who are comfortable collaborating in our creative, optimistic environment, TIBCO.

Products Overview

TIBCO Mainframe Integration and solutions are built and designed for the IBM z Series and IBM I systems which integrate with other TIBCO’s application and integration platforms as well as non TIBCO environments. It supports most of the traditional mainframe products and environments. TIBCO’s mainframe integration offerings today are largely a Zero-Code, configuration and API first approach to planning, designing and implementing business applications. There is no coding required to establish interactions with TIBCO off-host applications. Creating API contracts and even turning them into mock applications to allow outside developers to start writing their applications without waiting for the internal developers to finish the entire business logic. The integration platform allows you to build and connect applications from your environments and it is powered by the same TIBCO DNA that has been allowing companies to integrate their applications for many decades and the same TIBCO DNA that allows customers to serve over a billion transaction calls per day.

Role Overview for the Lead Software Engineer

The required Lead Software Engineer’s key tasks are to map out, coordinate, and oversee the activities for the design, development, and execution of Managed File Transfer (MFT), Mainframe RED, TIBCO Substation ES, an application integration system and its Transactional Interfaces as well as the associated components, applications. The lead engineer’s job is also responsible for the maintenance, new development requirement, support, and upgrading of existing applications. The candidate needs to apply communication, analytical skills and possess knowledge of best practices to navigate customers on problems related to the product and application execution. Responsibilities

● Development and contributing to the development, enhancement, maintenance and support of TIBCO Mainframe applications and the related systems ● Understand software best practices, design strategy and planning, test case development, deployment and execution, and identify product defects, debug issues and have them reported into a defect tracking system ● Experience working with Agile methodologies ● Work with management and other teams to understand the requirements and features, and to translate them into development tasks and quality assurance tests ● Work independently, a self-starter that requires minimum supervision ● Debug program failures and help identify the root cause of failures ● Develop and assist with automation test suites ● Create and execute manual tests for scenarios that are difficult to automate ● Work with remote teams, communicate status, schedules effectively and clearly ● Escalate issues in time and have the ability to follow up for their status ● Ability to think out of the box

Basic Qualifications - (Must have)

● Minimum, 6 years of development experience in IBM z/OS Assembler, DSECTS and Macros ● Minimum of 8-10 years experience developing software and applications on IBM z/OS platforms ● An additional language such as C (preferred), PLI or COBOL is required ● Minimum BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or an equivalent skill set ● Knowledgeable in IBM Z systems and ISPF programming ● Minimum of 2-3 years experience working with UNIX/Linux shells, Bash / KornShell ● Experience in any scripting languages like REXX, python, Perl, UNIX ● Demonstrates accuracy, thoroughness and attention to detail ● Look for ways to improve and promote quality ● Applies methods and constructs to improve performance.

Preferred Qualifications - (Nice to have)

● A good knowledge of programming and debugging in CICS and/or IMS is beneficial ● z/OS dump reading and being skilled using IPCS and XDC is a great advantage ● Experience in using JIRA, GIT or SVN repositories ● UI automation experience using tools like ISPF and/or Google Web Toolkit is an advantage ● Database technology experience and tcp/ip principles are an added advantage


FTE or C2C
Remote Work
Candidates from US, Canada, & EU please Do NOT Apply