Software Development Engineering - Advisor I

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Job Title

Software Development Engineering - Advisor I

About your role:
As an Application Development – Advisor I, you will join a vibrant team focused on creating innovative solutions that streamline financial transactions and ensure security. This role will involve designing, developing, and maintaining applications that meet the dynamic needs of our clients.

At Fiserv, we are dedicated to transforming financial services technology to benefit our clients.

You will lead the design, development, and implementation of software applications to support Fiserv's business initiatives and work closely with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and translate them into technical specifications.

In addition you will perform coding, testing, and debugging of applications to ensure optimal performance and reliability along with mentor junior developers and provide technical guidance to ensure best practices.

What you will do:

• Lead end-to-end design, development, and maintenance of mainframe applications (e.g., COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS).
• Guide modernization efforts, including integration with distributed systems or cloud platforms.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects to design scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions.
• Oversee project timelines, resource allocation, and deliverables for mainframe-related initiatives.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams (QA, DevOps, Business Analysts) to ensure smooth delivery.
• Ensure system reliability, performance, and uptime through proactive monitoring and tuning.
• Implement security best practices for data handling, access control, and audit logging.
• Provide on call production support on rotational schedule.

Experience you will need to have:

• 8+ years of experience in application development.
• 8+ years of experience in COBOL, JCL, DB2, CICS.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Information Systems, or a related field (or foreign equivalent degree) or equivalent work experience.

Experience that would be great to have:

• Experience in the financial services industry.

Important information about this role:

• This role is on-site Monday through Friday. Fiserv considers in-person collaboration to be an essential part of this role as in-person office experiences help you with your overall onboarding experience and leads to stronger productivity.
• This is a full-time, direct-hire position, and no contract options for unsolicited agency submissions will be considered.
• All offers of employment are contingent on standard background checks. Fiserv and certain of its affiliated companies are federal, state, and/or local government contractors. Should this position support a Federal Government contract, now or in the future, the successful candidate will be subject to a background check conducted by the U.S. Government to determine eligibility and suitability for federal contract employment for public trust or sensitive positions. Positions that support state and/or local contracts also may require additional background checks to determine eligibility and suitability.

This role is not eligible to be performed in Colorado, California, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Rhode Island or Washington.

It is unlawful to discriminate against a prospective employee due to the individual's status as a veteran.

Please note that salary ranges provided for this role on external job boards are salary estimates made by outside parties and may not be accurate.

Thank you for considering employment with Fiserv.  Please:

• Apply using your legal name
• Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).

Our commitment to Equal Opportunity:

Fiserv is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without re