Rocket Software - Senior Software Engineer - Operating Systems

Job Description Summary :

The Senior Software Engineer designs, develops, troubleshoots, debugs, and sets the direction for the design and implementation of software features/functionality/enhancements, correction of defects, and/or the creation of new products.

Develops software tools including operating systems, utilities, databases, and Internet-related tools.

Determines softwares compatibility with hardware and/or influences software's design in relation to hardware.

Position Reports to : Manager, Software Engineering.

Job Overview :

The Senior Software Engineer designs, develops, troubleshoots, debugs, and sets the direction for the design and implementation of software features/functionality/enhancements, correction of defects, and/or the creation of new products.

Develops software tools including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases, and Internet-related tools.

Determines softwares compatibility with hardware and/or influences software's design in relation to hardware.

Must have the following skills :

- Assembler Programming : 5+ years of hands-on experience in low-level programming for performance-critical systems.

- System Debugging : Expert in IPCS dump analysis and system-level debugging tools to identify and resolve abends and performance issues.

- Software Development & Maintenance : Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain robust software solutions in enterprise environments.

- Root Cause Analysis : Skilled in diagnosing and resolving system failures and crashes through detailed analysis and testing.

- Mainframe & OS-Level Expertise : Strong understanding of operating system internals and mainframe environments.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

- Review and provide feedback on designs.

- Takes ownership of the design and development of features within their component.

- Recognizes and practically solves for anti-patterns.

- Good understanding of how his/her work aligns with high-level use cases and team deliverables.

- Define (more than a feature, less than a product) a component that fits into an architecture.

- Describe and defend design decisions for components owned by the team.

- Optimize software design to leverage platform capabilities.

- Acts as the technical subject matter expert for a product domain.

- Quantify and communicate work estimates and risks to direct management.

- Handle multiple competing priorities with minimal help.

- Understand features as a whole and able to break down larger stories and features into tasks.

- Familiar with most of the technologies we focus on and what markets they target.

- Takes ownership of customer issues and effectively communicate with Support/SEs to resolve field questions/issues.

- Discuss with customers what larger concerns and problems they are trying to solve, over and above the immediate technical concerns.

- Willingness to teach and grow junior team members.

- Excellent listening skills Effectively works within the team and across teams.

- Ensures all tasks are completed thoroughly and that any work done is tested, unit tested, documented, and ready for customers.

- Takes identified problems and concerns and create a plan to fix the problem and prevent it from occurring again.

- Follows through on all tasks.

- Reliably delivers expected work products and outcomes.

- Imparts a sense of urgency on junior team members.

Required Qualifications :

- Assembler Programming.

- Proficient in low-level programming using Assembler for mainframe or embedded systems.

- Deep understanding of hardware-software interaction and memory management.

- Skilled in optimizing performance-critical code and handling system interrupts.

- System-Level Debugging.

- Expertise in analyzing IPCS dumps to diagnose and resolve system abends (abnormal terminations).

- Familiarity with system-level diagnostic tools (e.g., IPCS, TRACE, SLIP, LOGREC).

- Ability to interpret hexadecimal and binary data for root cause analysis.

- Software Development & Maintenance.

- Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining system software components.

- Strong grasp of software lifecycle management in enterprise environments.

- Skilled in refactoring legacy code and integrating new features into existing systems.

- Problem Solving & Root Cause Analysis.

- Proven ability to troubleshoot complex system issues and implement long-term fixes.

- Experience in performance tuning and reliability improvements.

Preferred Qualifications :

- Mainframe Systems Knowledge : Familiarity with z/OS, JES2/JES3, TSO/ISPF, and other IBM mainframe subsystems.

- Cross-Team Collaboration : Works effectively with QA, DevOps, and support teams to resolve production issues.

- Documentation & Reporting : Capable of producing clear technical documentation and incident reports.

Education : Bachelors/Masters degree in Computer Science or equivalent.