What Is The Opportunity?

As a Senior Mainframe Developer you will work on exciting projects transforming RBC’s core banking capabilities, provide leadership to technical teams and have opportunities to learn new technologies as you and our fast-paced business grow and evolve with our customer’s needs. We need our technical staff to exhibit an engineering mindset, be versatile, display leadership qualities and be enthusiastic to take on new problems across the full technology stack.

What Will You Do?

• Deliver medium to large-sized tasks, working individually or pairing with others

• Develop and support technical solutions based on core modernization technologies, such as event based architectures, API’s etc.

• Ensure high code quality through automated unit and functional testing

• Automate processes within the development pipeline; identify opportunities for efficiency gains and reducing time-to-market, and enabling continuous delivery

• Lead, coordinate and execute support, deployment and maintenance activities

• Provide timely and quality service to Business and IT stakeholders, developing successful working relationships to improve overall quality of Client applications. Manages and prioritizes support issues and production problems to efficiently respond to business and operational needs and performs system monitoring, trouble-shooting and status reporting

• Provides SME advice and development support to Delivery Team and other Enterprise Applications such as testing, walkthroughs, code promotion and problem resolution to assist with the overall success of project delivery.

• Occasional overtime working on evenings and weekends may be required for project deadlines/implementations or production problems.

What Do You Need To Succeed?

Must have:

• Have 7+ years of experience with IBM mainframe technologies such as COBOL, IMS DB/DC, CICS, DB2, JCL, etc.

• Knowledge or related experience working in a mainframe development or production environment supporting financial and client-based applications

• Knowledge of software development practices, concepts, and technology obtained through formal training and/or work experience

• Knowledge of required programming languages and can code with little oversight.

• Working knowledge of multiple database technologies, cloud and cloud based environments

• Knowledge of software engineering practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source code management, build processes and testing; Experience with code merging and branching methodologies using Git and code release process

Nice-to-have:

• Knowledge with ID/z Tools

• Knowledge of coding API using z/OS Connect and IMS Connect

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team

• A world-class training program in financial services

• Flexible work/life balance options

• Opportunities to do challenging work

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Job Skills

Active Learning, Agile Methodology, Application Integrations, CICS Mainframe, Cobol Mainframe, Detail-Oriented, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise Application Delivery, Group Problem Solving, IBM DB2 Database, IBM IMS Transaction Manager, IMS Databases, Job Control Language (JCL), Mainframe Operating System, Mainframe Testing, Programming Languages, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Additional Job Details

WATERPARK PLACE, 20 BAY ST:TORONTOTORONTOCanada37.5Full timeTECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONSRegularSalaried2025-04-032025-05-30

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.