Encore Consulting

About the Company

Founded in 2000, Encore Consulting Services, Inc. is a privately-held business and technology consulting company headquartered in Chicago with offices in Boston and Rolling Meadows. Encore delivers technology-enabled solutions in a variety of areas. Encore's technical expertise as software architects, developers, business innovators and project managers adds agility, scalability and value to our clients' business and IT environments. Encore is an IBM Premier Business Partner and a Microsoft Partner. Additionally, our Experience integrating SAP ERP solutions enables us to recommend the scalable technology solution that provides the best utilization of time and money

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Company Name

Encore Consulting

Job Title

Mainframe Technician III Wisconsin Locals only

Job Description

**Job Title** Mainframe Technician III (WI Resident) **Role Summary** Monitor, schedule, and troubleshoot batch jobs and Control‑M workflows on IBM mainframe environments, ensuring high availability and performance for applications supporting DWD, DCF, and DHS. **Expectations** - Must be a current resident of Wisconsin and able to work remotely within the state. - 5+ years of experience in Control‑M monitoring, JCL, and mainframe system monitoring. - Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills; excellent communication with application owners. - Willingness to use change management (Changeman) and ticketing (ServiceNow) tools. **Key Responsibilities** - Monitor Control‑M jobs and batch processes, ensuring timely execution. - Diagnose and resolve job failures, performance bottlenecks, and scheduling conflicts. - Coordinate with DWD, DCF, and DHS application owners for support and issue resolution. - Maintain and update job documentation, procedures, and troubleshooting guides. - Apply Changeman processes for job changes and updates. - Record incidents and changes in ServiceNow. - Generate reports on job status, performance, and trends. - Collaborate on capacity planning and performance tuning initiatives. **Required Skills** - Control‑M system monitoring – 5+ years - JCL scripting – 5+ years - Mainframe system monitoring – 5+ years - IBM mainframe utilities and environment knowledge - Changeman – preferred - ServiceNow – preferred - Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) – preferred - Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication abilities **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field (or equivalent experience). - IBM Certified System Administrator – z/OS (preferred).

Madison, United states

Hybrid

05-10-2025

Company Name

Encore Consulting

Job Title

Java Full stack Technical Lead (Relocation or Locals only)

Job Description

**Job Title** Java Full Stack Technical Lead **Role Summary** Lead senior developer and Scrum architect for a full‑stack (React.js + Java) team. Combines hands‑on coding with architectural guidance, agile facilitation, and mentoring to deliver high‑quality software. **Expectations** - Maintain active involvement in coding while driving architectural decisions. - Lead and coach agile teams (sprints, retrospectives, grooming). - Serve as a technical bridge between front‑end (React) and back‑end (Spring Boot/Java) components. - Communicate effectively with product owners and cross‑functional stakeholders. **Key Responsibilities** - Drive architecture design and ensure scalability, performance, and maintainability of microservices/REST APIs. - Conduct code reviews, enforce coding standards, and champion best practices. - Mentor developers, facilitate knowledge transfer, and support career growth. - Own sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand‑ups, and deliverable tracking. - Collaborate with DevOps to design and optimize CI/CD pipelines. - Evaluate and integrate cloud services (AWS or Azure) to support application deployment and scaling. - Identify technical risks, propose mitigations, and drive continuous improvement initiatives. **Required Skills** - 12+ years of professional software development experience. - Deep expertise in Java (Spring Boot, JPA, REST) and React.js (hooks, context, routing). - Proficient with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab, or similar). - Strong experience in Agile/Scrum roles (scrum master, technical lead). - Ability to design and implement architecture for scalable, cloud‑native applications. - Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS – EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda; Azure – App Services). - Excellent written and verbal communication skills. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s or higher degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field. - Scrum certifications (CSM, PSM, or equivalent) preferred. - Cloud certifications (AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional, Azure Fundamentals/Architect) desirable.

Minneapolis, United states

Hybrid

Senior

03-12-2025