Staff Sw Engineer

Visa Visa · Fintech · Atlanta, GA +1 · Technology and Operations

Staff Software Engineer at Visa in Atlanta, GA, focused on maintaining and optimizing legacy mainframe applications (COBOL, JCL, DB2) for high-volume financial transactions. Responsibilities include system design, batch application development, production support, SQL tuning, secure data integration, and automating batch processes within a Waterfall SDLC. Requires experience with various mainframe tools, job scheduling, database analysis, incident management, and testing.

What you'd actually do

  1. Partner with business stakeholders, architects, and development teams to define system objectives and design integrated solutions for high-volume financial transactions.
  2. Analyze and optimize legacy mainframe applications (COBOL, JCL, DB2) to improve performance and reliability using tools like BlueZone, Endevor, and SDSF.
  3. Design, develop, and maintain scalable batch applications supporting authorization processes, ensuring modularity and maintainability.
  4. Provide production support and on-call coverage for critical systems, resolving job failures and database issues within defined SLAs.
  5. Translate business requirements into detailed technical specifications using JIRA, including flow diagrams and database logic.

Skills

Required

  • Mainframe technologies (COBOL, JCL, DB2)
  • Debugging and quality assurance tools (XPEDITER, Fault Analyzer, File Manager)
  • Source code management and configuration tools (Endevor, ChangeMan)
  • Job scheduling and workload automation tools (ESP Workload Automation, CA-7, Control-M)
  • Database and data analysis tools (SPUFI, QMF, TOAD, DataGrip)
  • File transfer and connectivity solutions (NDM, FTP)
  • Reporting and utility programs (DFSORT, ICETOOL, IEBGENER, IDCAMS)
  • System and performance monitoring tools (SDSF, SAR)
  • Terminal emulation and access tools (BlueZone, Attachmate, ISPF)
  • Incident management and ticketing systems (ServiceNow, JIRA, RTC)
  • Testing and quality assurance tools (XPEDITER, Fault Analyzer, File Manager)
  • Release and deployment management tools (Endevor, ChangeMan)
  • Project methodologies (Agile, Waterfall)
  • Collaboration and documentation tools (Confluence, Microsoft Teams, SharePoint)