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Thrivent FinancialPosted 3 weeks ago

Sr Engineer - COBOL

$104,063–$140,793 year

On-siteMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Full TimeSenior LevelLarge

Job Summary

Design and develop COBOL applications enabling annuity servicing, policy maintenance, and administration capabilities. Analyze business requirements, system behavior, and production issues to deliver reliable software solutions for complex policy administration processes. Support modernization efforts by integrating mainframe applications with APIs, data services, and event-driven patterns. Contribute to engineering standards, CI/CD pipelines, and vendor selection while mentoring junior engineers. Participate in product planning, technical roadblocks, and recruitment panels. This role supports Thrivent's Annuity Policy Servicing & Maintenance product area.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or other technical field or equivalent work experience
  • 7+ years of experience in engineering environments, taking abstract concepts and ideas and formulating a detailed software engineering plan to deliver
  • 7+ years of experience developing and supporting COBOL-based applications in enterprise environments
  • Experience working with mainframe technologies including JCL, CICS, DB2, VSAM, and batch processing
  • Sound knowledge of industry standard Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) practices
  • Sound knowledge of version and revision control practices and procedures
  • Sound knowledge of systems design concepts that provide security and stability
  • Expertise in debugging code and/or complex log files for troubleshooting and analysis of product defects
  • Expert knowledge/experience with querying databases for complex data lookup/update
  • Perform code reviews with associate team members
  • Ability to analyze business requirements and translate them into technical solutions

Desired Qualifications

  • Financial Services industry experience
  • Experience in the life insurance or annuity industry
  • Experience supporting policy administration systems
  • Experience with DXC insurance platforms, including wmA or related products
  • Knowledge of annuity contract servicing, payouts, policy maintenance, and policy administration operations
  • Experience working with hybrid mainframe and distributed architectures, including APIs, event-driven integration patterns, and cloud-enabled solutions
  • Experience working in Agile and iterative software delivery environments

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