Mainframe Application Engineer - Assistant Vice President

Job Description:

Job Title Mainframe Application Engineer

Corporate Title Assistant Vice President

Location Cary, NC

Who we are

In short – an essential part of Deutsche Bank’s technology solution, developing applications for key business areas.

Our Technologists drive Cloud, Cyber and business technology strategy while transforming it within a robust, hands-on engineering culture. Learning is a key element of our people strategy, and we have a variety of options for you to develop professionally. Our approach to the future of work champions flexibility and is rooted in the understanding that there have been dramatic shifts in the ways we work.

Having first established a presence in the Americas in the 19th century, Deutsche Bank opened its US technology center in Cary, North Carolina in 2009. Learn more about us here.

Overview
 

You will help design, build, and modernize mission‑critical systems that power Deutsche Bank’s core business operations. Working hands‑on with enterprise mainframe platforms, you will act as a key engineering partner to both business and technology teams, ensuring applications remain stable, secure, and aligned to evolving business needs. You will play a central role in translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions, strengthening reliability today while supporting long‑term modernization and migration initiatives. This is an opportunity to deepen your technical expertise while owning platforms that operate on a global scale.

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration

• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days

• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement

• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits

• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain core mainframe applications across batch and online processing to support critical, business‑facing workflows and reliable daily operations

• Provide hands‑on DB2 and CICS engineering support, including code‑level troubleshooting, performance analysis, and production issue resolution in a live enterprise environment

• Analyze and resolve production issues quickly and safely, partnering with infrastructure and support teams to maintain system stability, data integrity, and performance

• Act as a primary liaison between business users, product partners, and engineering teams, translating business requirements into scalable technical solutions

• Maintain a strong working understanding of transaction flows, upstream/downstream dependencies, and business impacts across payments, settlements, and core banking platforms

• Lead and support modernization and migration initiatives to evolve legacy systems toward more scalable, resilient, future‑ready architectures

Skills You’ll Need

• Current, hands‑on experience developing and supporting applications on IBM z/OS in a production environment

• Strong working proficiency with COBOL, enterprise batch processing, CICS transaction processing, and DB2 (including SQL and production troubleshooting)

• Proven experience diagnosing and resolving complex production issues, including root‑cause analysis and risk‑aware remediation

• Ability to produce clear, well‑structured technical and process documentation

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to business and product stakeholders and analyze financial domain workflows

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• Curiosity and motivation to modernize legacy platforms and continuously learn new technologies

• A disciplined, quality‑focused mindset with strong attention to detail and risk awareness

• Experience supporting regulated or highly controlled environments

• Familiarity with modern development practices, automation approaches, or DevOps concepts

• A proactive, ownership‑oriented approach to problem solving and continuous improvement

Expectations

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the Cary office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model.

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in Cary is $100,000 to $153,000. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications. Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

Deutsche Bank Benefits
 

At Deutsche Bank, we recognize that our benefit programs have a profound impact on our colleagues. That’s why we are focused on providing benefits and perks that enable our colleagues to live authenti­cally and be their whole selves, at every stage of life. We provide access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits that allow our colleagues to stay financially secure and strike balance between work and home. Click here to learn more!

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We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Click these links to view Deutsche Bank’s Equal Opportunity Policy Statement and the following notices: EEOC Know Your Rights; Employee Rights and Responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act; and Employee Polygraph Protection Act.