Release Train Engineer / Developer

About the role

We are looking for a Release Train Engineer / Developer with strong mainframe expertise to coordinate and deliver releases across a major lending platform built on FIS ALS. The role sits at the centre of the programme, orchestrating the release train and acting as the communication bridge between product, development, testing, infrastructure and business teams.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate release schedules across ALS development, testing, infrastructure and business teams.
• Plan and orchestrate SIT, UAT, Pre‑Production and Production deployment activities.
• Manage ALS upgrades, patches and vendor releases, ensuring regulatory and compliance changes are delivered on time.
• Coordinate changes across ALS modules such as Loan Origination, Credit Administration, Commercial Lending, Loan Servicing and interfaces with Core Banking and Treasury systems.
• Collaborate with FIS/vendor support, business SMEs, testing and infrastructure teams to manage code promotion, environment readiness and cut‑over planning.
• Act as the bridge between Product Management, Product Owners, Scrum Teams, business users and leadership, tracking dependencies, risks and readiness, and representing changes in change‑approval forums.

Required profile

• Strong mainframe skills: COBOL, JCL, CICS, DB2 (ideally Coolgen / IEF).
• Experience coordinating releases across development, testing, infrastructure and business teams.
• Hands‑on planning of SIT, UAT, Pre‑Prod and Production deployments and cut‑over.
• Familiarity with FIS ALS or comparable lending/core‑banking platforms.
• Knowledge of change and configuration management tools (Endevor / Changeman), scheduling tools (Control‑M / CA7) and file transfer (Connect:Direct).
• Comfort managing tiered environments (Dev, Test, UAT, Pre‑Prod, Production, DR).
• Desirable experience in SAFe/Agile environments, PI planning and scrum‑of‑scrums.
• Lending domain knowledge and experience with vendor release cycles and packaged banking product patch management.

Required skills

• COBOL
• JCL
• CICS
• DB2
• Coolgen / IEF (preferred)
• Endevor / Changeman
• Control‑M / CA7
• Connect:Direct

What we offer

• Long‑term engagement on a high‑visibility lending transformation.
• Hybrid (Dublin) or remote‑first nearshore working model.
• Competitive day rate, discussed during application.