Senior Software Engineer
Job Description
Senior Software Engineer role supporting Genworth’s CLOAS mainframe application for Long Term Care policy administration.
Responsibilities
- Support the Long Term Care policy administration system by monitoring application health
- Resolve failures, job abends, policy-related incidents, and system defects
- Maintain interactions between the application and peripheral systems
- Analyze user-raised incidents to help users complete business activities
- Assess issue impact and propose solutions to determine an appropriate approach
- Design, code, document, and test changes to meet acceptance criteria and fit the overall technical architecture
- Ensure changes do not create unintended impact
- Support changes through testing, including test planning and defect resolution
- Carry out technical system activities required for releases
- Implement solutions using the established change control process
- Create reports from system data for data analysis, business support, and regulatory and audit requirements, including SOX audits
- Perform administrative duties per departmental requirements, including meetings, Agile ceremonies (Kanban Stand Ups, Inspect and Adapt sessions), timely correspondence, status updates, ticket review/update/submit, and change management participation
- Take ownership of work and collaborate with the team to complete incidents based on severity, impact, and urgency
- Assist team members with complex business and technical problems
- Provide technical guidance for complex programming
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant experience
- Strong mainframe programming skills: COBOL, JCL, CICS, IMS
- Production support experience, preferably in insurance or finance
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail for complex business logic and system/data analysis
- Ability to identify needed changes and understand impact across products and system functionalities
- Basic experience with SQL and data analysis
- Experience working in a cross-functional team environment on a complex mainframe system
- Good problem-solving skills and a results-oriented approach
- Strong communication skills to work with stakeholders and manage concurrent deadlines and multiple priorities
- Continuous improvement mindset, with willingness to adapt to new technologies and ways of working
Tools & Technologies
- COBOL
- JCL
- CICS
- IMS
- SQL
- Web Services
- MQ
Benefits
- Comprehensive Healthcare Coverage
- Multiple 401(k) Savings Plan Options
- Auto enrollment in an employer-directed retirement account feature (100% employer-funded)
- Generous Paid Time Off including 12 paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and paid family leave
- Disability, Life, and Long Term Care Insurance
- Tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, and training and certification support
- Wellness support including gym membership reimbursement and Employee Assistance Program resources (work/life support, financial and legal management)
- Caregiver and Mental Health Support Services
- Competitive compensation & Total Rewards Incentives
Nice to Have
- Experience migrating Mainframe applications to other platforms
- Knowledge of Assembler
- Practical knowledge of LTC insurance products and premiums
- Experience in a managed services environment (onshore-offshore model), working to SLAs and work queues
- Agile environment experience (Scrum or Kanban)
- IMS database experience in an MVS and CICS environment
- Exposure to Product Accelerator tool
- Advanced SQL programming experience
- Experience with modern mainframe development and testing tools
- Knowledge of automated COBOL conversion tools
Location & Work Setup
- Richmond, VA (hybrid)
- This position is available to Virginia residents as Richmond, VA hybrid in-office applicants or remote applicants residing in states/locations under Eastern or Central Standard Time
- Hybrid schedule requires both Remote and In-Office days if you reside within 50 miles of a Genworth | CareScout office with working hours targeting 9am–5pm EST
- Not eligible for sponsorship
Compensation
- USD 96,700 - 181,000 per year
- National Range: $96,700 - $145,000
- High-Cost Range: $120,900 - $181,000
- Base salary plus eligibility for a bonus incentive plan
- Incentive compensation is based on individual and company performance and is not guaranteed
Additional Information
- Initial assignment: service operations team for the CLOAS application
- Service Operations responsibilities include day-to-day operations of CLOAS and accompanying peripheral systems, maintaining system health, and implementing changes to support the business
- Reports to the Long-Term Care Policy Administration Service Operations Leader