Software Engineer III ( IBMi/AS400-RPG, CL, PL/1)

It's fun to work in a company where people truly BELIEVE in what they're doing!

Job Description Summary:

The Software Engineer-III designs, develops, troubleshoots, and debugs software programs for software enhancements and new products. Develops software tools including operating systems, compilers, routers, networks, utilities, databases, and Internet-related tools. Determines software’s compatibility with hardware and/or influences software's design in relation to hardware. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities 

• Proficient at design of new product features and integrations.
• Proficient at complex programming exercising independence and discretion while working independently or as part of a team.
• May lead a team on short term projects as needed.
• Act as the technical subject matter expert for a product domain and may act as the technical leader within a team.
• Work independently to create new features, implement software enhancements, correct defects.
• Documents and communicates on complex technical topics outside the immediate development team
• May interact with customer users to define system requirements and/or necessary modifications
• History of success working within a team environment

Required Qualifications/Experience

• Typically requires a minimum of 5+ years of related experience
• Excellent designing and coding skills
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Strong background in IBMi OS on IBM Power Servers
• Strong experience in RPG (Report Programming Generator) 
• Proven working experience in PL/I on AS400/IBMi
• Strong experience in CL (Control Language)
• Strong experience with SQL Database (DB2)
• Working experience with SQL Procedures & Functions
• Proficient understanding and experience of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Experience with CI/CD (Jenkins) and, build tools
• Conversant with Windows and Unix/Linux OS
• Fluency in English language, both written and spoken excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills to deal professionally and collaboratively with all levels of the organization and across geographies.

Preferred Skills/Experience

• Working experience in ANSI C++ and C 
• Working experience in Microsoft Visual C++ and Visual Studio
• Conversant with public cloud vendors such as Microsoft Azure, IBM Cloud or AWS
• Thrives in a multi-tasking environment with constantly evolving priorities.
• Ability to analyze complex problems into simple sub problems and then reuse available solutions to implement most of those.
• Ability to design simple systems that can work efficiently without needing much support.
• Agile development methodologies

Key Skills:

• AS400 / IBMi  RPG PL/I or PL/1 (Programming Language One) on AS400/IBMi CL (Control Language) DB2 C++

Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

Information Security:

• Information security is everyone’s responsibility.  A fundamental principle of information security at Rocket Software is that all individuals in the organization have a responsibility for the security and protection of company information and IT Resources over which they have control, according to their role.

Diversity, Inclusion & Equity:

• At Rocket we are committed to an inclusive workplace environment, where every Rocketeer can thrive by bringing their full selves to work. Being a Rocketeer means you are part of our movement to continually drive inclusivity, diversity and equity in our workforce.

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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!