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Cobol Programmer Analyst

Attendance
Hybrid
Job number
23190
Category
Senior Professional
Status: Permanent
Type of Contract
Permanent
Schedule: Full-Time 
Full Time / Part Time?
Full-Time
Posting date
31-Oct-2024
Location: Montreal, Quebec
City
Montreal
Province/State
Quebec
Area of Interest: Information technology

A career as a COBOL analyst-programmer in the Banking Transactional Assets - Back-end team at National Bank means acting as an IT expert in a dynamic and evolving environment. This position allows you to have a positive impact on our organization, leveraging your programming and analytical skills, as well as your Mainframe experience in the banking sector.

Your Role

  • Perform reliable and efficient programming, ensuring system performance, quality, and validation of developments according to established standards.
  • Participate in testing phases throughout the development cycle, conducting comprehensive tests to ensure system adequacy.
  • Provide professional support by developing or modifying software programs based on user needs and business requirements.
  • Collaborate with users to understand business challenges and determine IT needs.
  • Participate in Agile project activities, contributing to the analysis and implementation of change requests.
  • Update technical and functional documentation to reflect changes and developments.
  • Evolve our work methods and practices to enhance efficiency and agility.
  • Assist in the development of our technical documentation standards and development guidelines.

Your Team

Within the Banking Transactional Assets - Back-end sector, you will be part of a large team of 23 colleagues, including analysts, programmers, and testers, reporting to the Senior Director. Our team stands out for its extensive Mainframe experience and strong spirit of collaboration. We are currently modernizing our tools (code editor, version manager, co-pilot) and our methods.

Training based on experiential learning allows you to master your craft. Customized training content on various technical topics is also available to promote your continuous learning. Access to colleagues with diverse expertise, experiences, and backgrounds enriches your development in every aspect.


Prerequisites

  • College diploma and 5 years of relevant professional experience
  • Knowledge of Central, COBOL, IMS/DB2, Easytrieve, IBM 390
  • Familiarity with the MVS/ESA operating system, Windows
  • Knowledge of development tools such as File-Aid, Xpediter, Endover, Spufi, Visual Studio Code, SonarQube, and GIT/GitHub
  • Experience in the banking or financial sector is desirable
Languages:
French

Skills

Analytics COBOL Digital literacy Diversity & Inclusion Endevor Github Information Management System Data Base/Data Communications Initiative Learning Agility Programming Resiliency Rigor Systems Analysis Teamwork Test Development

Your benefits

In addition to competitive compensation, upon hiring you’ll be eligible for a wide range of flexible benefits to help promote your wellbeing and that of your family.

  • Health and wellness program, including many options
  • Flexible group insurance
  • Generous pension plan
  • Employee Share Ownership Plan
  • Employee and Family Assistance Program
  • Preferential banking services
  • Opportunities to get involved in community initiatives
  • Telemedicine service
  • Virtual sleep clinic
These are a few of the benefits available to you. We have an offer that keeps up with trends as well as your needs and those of your family. 

Our dynamic work environments and cutting-edge collaboration tools foster a positive employee experience. We actively listen to employees’ ideas. Whether through our surveys or programs, regular feedback and ongoing communication is encouraged.

We're putting people first:

We're a bank on a human scale that stands out for its courage, entrepreneurial culture, and passion for people.  Our mission is to have a positive impact on peoples' lives. Our core values of partnership, agility, and empowerment inspire us, and inclusivity is central to our commitments. We want to offer an accessible, barrier-free workplace to all employees.

We want our recruitment process to be fully accessible. If you require accommodation, feel free to let us know during your first conversations with us. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

Come live your ambitions with us!

Why work at National Bank?

For an environment that supports your career path

There are many varied opportunities for you to progress and develop, and move ahead in your career. This includes on-the-job learning and training, co-development and pairing with other employees, professional support and mentoring, internal career days or discussion forums with our leaders.

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For an inclusive and diverse environment

We foster inclusion in an environment where each person’s unique qualities, whether visible or invisible, are celebrated and valued. We welcome all candidates! What can you bring to our team?

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