Cobol Development Supervisor- Westminster, CO

Scottrade, Inc. has Cobol Development Supervisor position available in Westminster, CO. The main purpose of this position is to assist developers in recognizing, researching, isolating and resolving technical problems. This person develops and maintains a positive working relationship with key business managers and other peer application development teams. This leadership role will manage a specific technology team dedicated to application product development and support while at the same time understands the impact to other teams.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing and monitoring projects and providing the necessary support to team members to ensure that the systems meet the needs and quality requirements of the business.
• Responsible for working with the Application Architects and Development Managers on strategic and tactical projects.
• Dedicate time to the development of new products / support of applications already in production.
• Responsible for conducting periodic code reviews.
• Participate in status reporting with all staff members including time sheet approval.
• Provide feedback and mentoring on a regular basis.
• Provide feedback on HR processes including performance appraisals.
• Schedule and facilitate team meetings where appropriate.
• Provide work direction and insure assignments are completed in a timely manner.
• Responsible for assessing team training requirements.
• Responsible for technical documentation including policies, procedures, and standards.
• Ensure SDLC process guidelines are being followed (e.g. unit testing, code reviews, security scans, build processes, etc.).
• Focus on delivering customer support metrics that have been determined.
• Be prepared to address system problems during off hours with the guidance from other members of the development staff, when needed.
• Coordinate and review high-level requirements for conversion into detailed technical design specification documents (on individual team basis).
• Provide technical estimates.
• Lead and facilitate design sessions and code walk-throughs.
• Recruit and interview additional software developers.
• Develop and maintain effective partnerships with Scottrade product development and business teams in order to understand and anticipate their needs, the business environment, other challenges and opportunities.

Experience:

• 5+ years of proven success as a application developer required.
• 5+ years experience writing COBOL programs required.
• Experience in IBM iSeries/AS400 environment preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

Scottrade, Inc., an equal opportunity employer, is committed to inclusion and a diverse workforce.