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Please note that this position is not open to anyone on an F-1 student visa including those eligible for CPT/OPT or the Stem OPT extension.\nJob Description: M&T Bank is seeking a Senior Mainframe Software Engineer to support the enhancement, maintenance, modernization, and production support of mission-critical mainframe applications. This role is responsible for designing, developing, testing, implementing, and supporting application changes using IBM mainframe technologies. The engineer will serve as a key individual contributor on complex initiatives, partner with business and technology stakeholders, and help ensure that supported applications remain stable, secure, compliant, and aligned with business objectives.\nKey Responsibilities:\nComplete and oversee basic to complex systems analysis, design, development, testing, debugging, implementation, and production support activities.\nPrepare and review user stories, acceptance criteria, technical documentation, test plans, estimates, impact assessments, and system documentation in support of Agile delivery.\nEvaluate interrelationships and dependencies across programs, interfacing applications, vendors, platforms, and business processes.\nProvide analytical consultation to identify effective technology solutions that support strategic business goals.\nFollow and promote M&T development standards, Agile practices, DevOps practices, change management processes, and risk and regulatory controls.\nDeploy mainframe components through automated pipelines and support issue identification, root cause analysis, and problem resolution.\nCoordinate development tasks, communicate status and risks clearly, and collaborate with business partners, application teams, operations, and vendor partners.\nProvide technical guidance, mentoring, and knowledge sharing to less experienced engineers.\nParticipate in on-call or off-hours production support as needed to maintain application availability and stability.\nMaintain a strong understanding of the business processes supported by the application and promote an inclusive environment consistent with the M&T Bank brand.\nCollaboration and Leadership Expectations: The successful candidate should demonstrate strong communication, ownership, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills. This role requires the ability to work independently, collaborate across teams, communicate technical concepts clearly, and support continuous improvement in delivery quality, operational stability, and engineering practices.\nEducation & Experience Required:\nAssociate’s degree and a minimum of 5 years’ systems analysis and/ or application development work experience or Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years’ systems analysis and/ or application development work experience. In lieu of degree, a combined minimum of 7 years’ education and/or relevant work experience, including a minimum of 3 years’ systems analysis and/or application development work experience\nRequires at least five (5) years of experience with mainframe application development, maintenance, testing, debugging, implementation, or production support using COBOL, CICS, JCL, VSAM, TSO/ISPF, SDSF, File-AID, Xpediter, Abend-AID, CA-7, or other job scheduling tools. 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