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Software Engineer Principal - Mainframe

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3 months ago
Pittsburgh, PA, USAStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design, development, implementation, enhancement, and maintenance of mainframe applications supporting enterprise banking systems.
  • Provide technical direction, subject matter expertise, architecture guidance, and technical leadership across project teams.
  • Develop and support COBOL applications using CICS, JCL, and CA7 or Control-M scheduling tools.
  • Design and optimize high-throughput batch and online transaction processing systems.
  • Translate complex business requirements into robust technical solutions and drive mainframe modernization and distributed-system integration.
  • Lead troubleshooting, root cause analysis, debugging, and performance tuning across mainframe environments.
  • Collaborate with architects, product owners, and infrastructure teams while adhering to engineering, governance, and process standards.
  • Mentor junior engineers and support application modernization initiatives.

Requirements

  • Strong experience in mainframe development and advanced proficiency with COBOL, CICS, JCL, and CA7 or Control-M.
  • Proven ability to design and support mission-critical, large-scale systems and batch and real-time processing frameworks.
  • Experience working in regulated, high-availability environments such as banking or financial services.
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, troubleshooting, debugging, and communication skills.
  • Prior technical leadership or lead engineering experience and the ability to work independently are preferred.
  • Experience supporting application modernization initiatives and influencing stakeholders is preferred.
  • A bachelor’s degree is expected; a comparable combination of education, job-specific certifications, and experience, including military service, may be considered.
  • The role typically requires 5+ years of industry-relevant experience.

Benefits

  • Medical and prescription drug coverage with a Health Savings Account feature, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, disability protection, 401(k) matching, pension, and stock purchase plans.
  • Dependent care reimbursement, backup child and elder care, adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement, educational assistance, and wellness programs with financial incentives.
  • Paid maternity and parental leave, up to 11 paid holidays, 9 occasional absence days, and 15 to 25 vacation days depending on career level and service.
  • The position is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and PNC identifies it as an in-office role.
  • PNC will not provide sponsorship for employment visas or participate in STEM OPT for this position.

Tech Stack

COBOL

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