Job description 

Role Summary:

• The Senior Analyst is responsible for developing & maintaining system functionality, providing system maintenance & enhancements, and
• running and protecting the business by providing support for critical Retail and associated applications in the area of Sales Audit,
• Commissions & STORES. The associate is expected to participate in an ongoing migration project & Production support, which will
• involve fine-tuning COBOL programs and SQL tuning.
• Expected to work on support in production and lower environments, enhancements and modifications to the existing legacy systems
• and/or development for the new projects of various sizes and complexities; you will implement all the required application changes
• through analysis, design, testing, documentation and training.
• You lead by example, and can easily maintain your composure under pressure.
• Partner closely with Product teams and IT development teams to build necessary project plans and work streams to support
• delivery of personalization objectives
• Communicating with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle to provide updates on progress and ensure alignment with
• objectives
• Flexible, and can adapt to change well.
• You are comfortable in a dynamic, fast-paced, and changing environment.
• A self-starter can work independently and thrive in collaborative teams.
• You are proactive, accountable, and responsible for the assigned task regardless of the task’s complexity and magnitude.
• You are a determined, intuitive and creative problem solver who can get into the code, identify the root cause and provide
• corrective options, often quickly and under pressure.
• Work collaboratively with other team members
• Partner closely with Product teams and IT development teams
• You are creative with a strategic mindset along with the ability to turn concepts into well thought out solutions.
• Possess the ability to make decisions and take an innovative approach to business problems.
• You have strong communication & interpersonal skills with focus on teamwork, sharing knowledge & expertise as it relates to
• the role.
• You are a real self-starter, clearly self-motivated and can independently maintain your own work-flow to meet all deadlines.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Key Qualifications:

·       A minimum of 4-8 years’ experience in Mainframe Development & Support.

·       Proficiency in core mainframe technology areas like DB2 and SQL, Cobol, CICS, JCL, VSAM & TSO.

·       Strong experience of file handling with COBOL. Should have knowledge of tuning COBOL programs.

·       Experience with CADE, UC4 or ESP scheduling tool is added advantage.

·       Should have worked in development, maintenance, support and enhancement projects.

·       Experience in Change and Release management (IBM Rational Suite Tools).

·       Good interpersonal and teamwork abilities, and able to adapt in a diverse working environment.

·       Proven and quantifiable track record of success in delivering results within a large complex organization.

·       Strong analytical and problem solving skills.

·       Good formal and informal communication skills in English (written and verbal).

·       A Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field (preferred) or equivalent experience.