Lead Product Engineer needed at Absa Group Limited

Job Summary

• The Core Customer Cluster Division with Every Day Banking Core Technology, including all Customer information and linked accounts profiles for all products. Is looking to engage with talented Mainframe Enthusiasts with expertise in the COBOL fraternity to enable our Technology Capability to support the Bank’s Interfaces, back-end functionalities. If you are looking for an innovative environment working within a dynamic Team then come join us!

Job Description

Critical Skills required:

• Support, development and enhancements to the production environment following SDLC
• Apply critical thinking to contribute to all phases of quick problem solving and business request handling
• Apply critical thinking to contribute to all phases of the development lifecycle & quickly produce well-organized, optimized, and documented source code to deliver high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications.
• The role includes Production support i.e. 24/7 Standby responsibilities.
• Tune, enhance and maintain existing production processes.
• Banking industry experience required, Absa experience a plus

What you need to get in:

• BSc Computer Science, or equivalent three-year qualification
• Min 5 years’ experience in a COBOL role
• Cobol, JCL, Easytrieve, IMS, DB2 
• Experienced in mainframe environment
• Further exposure in Java and Datapower experience is a plus