Mainframe Business Analyst

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Mainframe Business Analyst for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial Services clients in New York, NY.

We are looking for a hands-on Mainframe Business Analyst to join our team, which focuses on Payments processing applications. The team believes in continuous improvement and extensively uses agile methodology as an enabler for quality, stability, and efficiency of applications.

Responsibilities:

Analysis of legacy Mainframe payments system (both code and data) to define current functionality and translate into requirements for the on-going conversion to a renovated system

Development of test cases to exhaustively prove that renovated functionality mirrors the legacy behaviour

Contributing to decisions concerning strategic direction, prioritization and migration

Being comfortable and effective working in a continuously changing fast paced environment

Collaborating with other global IT & business teams

Required Skills:

5-8+ years of Business Analysis or development in mainframe environment

Bachelor's Degree in computer science or related field

Skills in Adabas Natural, JCL, TSO

Strong Domain expertise in Cash Payments, Payment life cycle, SWIFT messaging and/or Security Settlement

Excellent problem solving skills and ability to clearly explain program logic in business terms

Preferred Skills:

Experience of COBOL, DB2, VSAM, Fileaid, procs, Unix

Familiarity with Prompt Engineering in order to efficiently use GenAI tools to explain system behavior

Project management experience

Presentation skills

Knowledge of Data Transfer protocols such as NDM, FTP

Knowledge of IBM Z Mainframe and z/OS

Knowledge of OS/390 Operations

Agile development, Rally and/or JIRA

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at .

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