Principal Software Engineer – Mainframe in Perth, Australia

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Job Description Summary:

Rocket Software is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to develop and support performance and monitoring products for IBM z/OS mainframes. Required skills include High Level Assembler (HLASM). Knowledge of subsystems such as IMS, CICS, and Db2 are a distinct advantage. Highly desirable skills include C, DTL, REXX and familiarity with performance and monitoring products.

Rocket Software is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to develop and support performance and monitoring products for IBM z/OS mainframes. In this role, you’d become a highly valued technical expert working on one or more products with the support of our globally distributed team of engineering experts. You would find opportunities for creative collaboration with your peers through enhancements to our world-class portfolio of IMS performance and monitoring products. You enjoy leveraging new approaches and technologies to drive efforts to modernize and influence product direction. You would feel at home in this role if you have a background in mainframe product development and support coupled with an eagerness to both learn new things and to share what you know with others.

In this role you would be expected to have High Level Assembler (HLASM) language skills. Knowledge of subsystems such as IMS, CICS, and Db2 are a distinct advantage. Highly desirable skills include C, DTL, REXX and familiarity with performance products. The successful applicant may have previously worked on performance or monitoring products.

A competitive remuneration package is on offer for the successful candidate.

Job Family Group: Engineering

Job Family: Software & Quality Assurance Engineering

Job Profile Name: Principal Software Engineer

Employee Type: Individual Contributor

Job Level: P5 (Expert)

Position Reports to: Manager, Software Engineering

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Rocket Software Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. Rocket Software Inc. is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rocket is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities. If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please call: 781-577-4321 or send an email to people@rocketsoftware.com. We will make a determination on your request for reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis.

If you like wild growth and working with happy, enthusiastic over-achievers, you’ll enjoy your career with us!

Thousands of companies around the world depend on Rocket to solve their most challenging business problems by helping them run their critical infrastructure, business processes, and data, as well as extending the value of these assets to take advantage of cloud and mobile computing, advanced analytics, and other future innovations. From the clothes we wear to the cars we drive, Rocket solutions power the back-end systems that thousands of brands interact with every day. At Rocket, software has always been about people—not just ones and zeroes. We’re people solving problems for other people, and we strive to treat our customers, partners, and fellow Rocketeers with humanity. Founded in 1990, Rocket Software is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts with 31 offices around the world.