Software Engineer - IBM i _ iSeries Turnover Administrator at Costco in Plano, TX

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed. As proof, Costco ranks eighth in Forbes “World’s Best Employers”.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST. Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others.

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Software Engineers perform development work across the technology stack (both front-end/back-end expertise). They are versatile in how they can add value, demonstrating the ability to manage the completion of projects that involve databases, backend services, or the development of front-end applications. They should be able to demonstrate a strong understanding of emerging technologies to support the development of new solutions. Software Engineers understand the full technology stack and underlying applications, services, and databases in order to ensure optimal performance.

The primary responsibilities of this role are to provide administrative and technical support for the Turnover change management environment (and future application development tools) and X-Analysis on the IBM i / iSeries platform. This includes package configuration in support of department development methodologies; providing support to the project teams as it relates to change management workflow and environment support; DR/HA considerations, providing vision and strategy for process improvements, and responsibility for the vendor relationship.

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ROLE

● Develops the conceptual systems architecture design and the supporting technologies needed to enable new and/or enhanced functionality within a given product/application, applying principles that promote availability, reusability, interoperability, and security into the design framework.

● Supports release planning activities in conjunction with Product Owners and teams.

● Identifies high level requirements to support the definition and refinement of a robust testing strategy.

● Supports the Product Owner with the identification and definition of enablers / work items to support the architectural runway of a given product/application.

● Identifies technical dependencies across several product / application teams to support the implementation of new or enhanced functionality.

● Performs development, optimization, and automation activities to support the implementation of a product/application.

● Develops and implements front-end architecture to support user interface concepts.

● Increases proficiency and understanding of relational and non-relational databases, distributed application architectures, user interfaces and user experience, quality assurance, security concerns, and business value creation.

● Drives engineering best practices to deliver higher quality and scalable solutions.

● Provides the team with the development strategy, solution recommendations, and estimates for a given product/application.

● Participates in scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, retrospective, showcases/demos, stand-ups, backlog refinement, etc.).

● Creates and executes unit tests which validate the code changes made to support the implementation of a user story.

● Designs and delivers DevSecOps automation for app deployment and testing.

● Participates in the development and documentation of department standards and best practices, and mentors’ junior engineers.

● Identifies deficiencies within a product/application’s code base and identifies opportunities to improve overall code quality.

● Collaborates with team members (e.g., Systems Architects, Systems Analysts) to define project specifications and release documentation for all phases of the product development cycle from product definition to design, through implementation.

● Conducts peer code reviews for the software changes made by other engineers within a team.

● Analyzes and resolves promotion issues related to the change management application on the iSeries systems.

● Analyzes and resolves job issues related to X-Analysis Cross Reference repositories on the iSeries systems.

● Analyzes root cause of production issues and follows through until resolution.

● Monitors intake for questions and issues and prioritize accordingly.

● Offers on-going technical project support as it relates to the Change Management application.

● Designs, creates, and maintains audit reports.

● Provides technical support for production promotions for the Saturday Install Window.

● Provides technical support for SOX audit compliance and remediation.

● Analyzes technical impacts and coordinates upgrades as needed and resolves related issues if necessary.

● Analyzes programs and applications to determine how they function in order to integrate modifications or enhancements, primarily related to custom exit programs and API’s.

● Utilizes analytical skills to provide design direction for custom exit programs and API’s.

● Mentors team members.

● Provides (24/7) on-call support of the change management environment and scheduled weekend install windows.

● Develops test scripts and participates in iSeries upgrades and HA/DR testing.

● Designs, creates, and maintains iSeries change management related exit programs and API’s as needed.

REQUIRED

● 2 years’ minimum writing interactive and batch programs in RPGIV, RPGLE, and CL on an iSeries, as well as structuring code as it relates to design, efficiencies, and clarity.

● An understanding of iSeries change management core software components.

● Understanding of iSeries authorities and work management concepts (Job queues, job descriptions, subsystems, etc.).

● Strong understanding of the workings of a multiple iSeries environment including DDM files, Mimix, and SQL Packages.

● Experience in both new development and production support.

● Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, health benefits - medical/dental/vision/hearing aid/pharmacy/behavioral health/employee assistance, health care reimbursement account, dependent care assistance plan, short-term disability and long-term disability insurance, AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k), stock purchase plan to eligible employees.

Costco is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Costco is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or any other legally protected status. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to IT-Recruiting@costco.com

If hired, you will be required to provide proof of authorization to work in the United States.

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