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Principal Mainframe Software Engineer (COBOL, DB2, VSAM)

Fidelity

Location

Westlake, TX

Type

Full-time

Posted

9/17/2026

Compensation

Not listed

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
Master's with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202699.4% approval-62% YoY
💎 Strong sponsor

Job description

The Principal Mainframe Software Engineer role at Fidelity Investments involves providing technical leadership within the Stock Plan Services Technology team. The focus is on enhancing equity compensation applications using a mainframe technology stack. The position requires significant collaboration with various business and IT groups throughout the project lifecycle. The team develops applications and supports a mainframe environment, utilizing technologies such as COBOL, DB2, and CICS.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a closely related field with 10+ years of experience in mainframe brokerage or stock plan services systems.
  • Alternatively, a Master's degree in a related field with 6 years of experience in the job offered or as a technical lead.
  • Demonstrated expertise in mainframe application development, automation, and support.
  • Experience with COBOL, CICS, DB2, JCL, VSAM, MQ-Series, and SQL.

Responsibilities

  • Perform as a full stack engineer within an Agile team, including requirements gathering, development, and end-to-end testing.
  • Define, develop, and lead an interactive team to implement application level architecture.
  • Provide on-site and on-call support as needed and act as a subject matter expert.
  • Develop applications on complex projects, components, and subsystems for the division.
  • Recommend development testing tools and methodologies and review test plans.
  • Resolve technical roadblocks involving multiple technologies and recommend improvements.
  • Collaborate with management to share approaches and develop solutions.
  • Lead collaborative sessions with stakeholders and provide guidance to team members.
  • Ensure QA readiness of software deliverables and plan system testing.
  • Develop comprehensive documentation for multiple applications or subsystems.
  • Establish full project life cycle plans for complex projects across multiple platforms.
  • Meet project goals on-time and on-budget while advising on risk management strategies.
  • Plan and coordinate project schedules and assignments for multiple projects.
  • Act as a primary liaison for business units to resolve project and technology issues.
  • Provide technology solutions to daily issues and evaluate technology initiatives.
  • Perform independent and complex technical and functional analysis for multiple projects.
  • Develop original and creative technical solutions to ongoing development efforts.

Benefits

  • Fidelity offers competitive compensation, annual bonuses, retirement contributions, comprehensive healthcare coverage, parental leave, tuition assistance, wellness programs, and extensive professional development opportunities.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Fidelity Technology Group Llc D B A Fidelity Investments

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

64

FY2026

Approval rate

99.4%

FY2026

LCA certified

1,080

FY2026

Entry-level share

1.5%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-62%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

-35%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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