Cognizant

Senior Mainframe Developer- Cards & Payments (Hybrid)

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16 hours ago
Brooklyn, OH, USASenior

Base Salary

$60k - $94k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and delivery of scalable IBM mainframe solutions for high-volume cards and payments transaction processing.
  • Translate cards and payments requirements into reliable technical solutions and system enhancements with business and product teams.
  • Improve application stability through performance optimization, proactive monitoring, incident resolution, and root cause analysis.
  • Review technical deliverables for security, audit, data integrity, and regulatory compliance.
  • Lead technical initiatives, collaborate with distributed stakeholders, mentor junior engineers, and promote engineering best practices.
  • Support testing strategies including functional, integration, and performance testing.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in mainframe development.
  • Strong hands-on experience with IBM mainframe technologies, batch processing, transaction processing, and enterprise application development.
  • Expertise with IBM mainframe utilities, Job Control Language (JCL), debugging tools, and data management processes.
  • Experience supporting cards, payments, banking, or other financial services applications.
  • Understanding of secure development, data protection, and financial systems regulatory requirements.
  • Ability to troubleshoot complex technical issues and production incidents and drive long-term improvements.
  • Experience leading technical initiatives and collaborating with distributed teams and stakeholders.
  • Preferred experience with card processing, payment authorization, clearing, settlement, mainframe performance optimization, batch scheduling, resource utilization, technical architecture, solution design, modernization, and testing strategies.

Benefits

  • Hybrid position requiring three days per week in a client or Cognizant office in Brooklyn, Ohio; arrangements may change based on project, client, and business requirements.
  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
  • 401(k) plan and contributions.
  • Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Eligible for a discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.
  • Applications accepted until October 28, 2026; interviews may be conducted in person or by video conference, and government-issued identification may be required.

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About Cognizant

10,000+ employees

Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.

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