Zachary McDonald REQUEST RESUME

Team Lead

AVAILABLE   |   Permanent   |   Contract   |   Remote Only   |   Recruiters OK   |   US   |   Posted on Feb 06, 2026

Senior IBM i Software Engineer and Certified ScrumMaster with strong experience leading Agile teams through the modernization of enterprise IBM i applications. Combines deep technical expertise with collaborative leadership, backlog-driven delivery, and continuous improvement practices to deliver stable, maintainable systems aligned with evolving business needs.

 


My Specialties

CORE SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

IBM i / Enterprise Development

IBM i (AS/400, iSeries), RPG, RPGLE (Free-form), CL, DDS, Embedded SQL, DB2 for i

Interactive, Batch, and Subfile Applications

Legacy System Modernization

Agile & Delivery Practices

Agile / Scrum

Sprint Planning, Backlog Refinement, and Iterative Delivery

Cross-Functional Team Collaboration

Hybrid Agile / SDLC Environments

Development Tools & Modernization

Visual Studio Code (VS Code)

Rational Developer for i (RDI)

X-Analysis, TDOMS

Version Control Integration

AI-Assisted Refactoring, Documentation, and Code Analysis

Work Management & Collaboration Tools

Jira

JQL (Jira Query Language)

Workflow Tracking, Backlog Management, Reporting

Business & Productivity Tools

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Technical Reporting, Documentation, Stakeholder Presentations

Leadership & Engineering Practices

Technical Team Leadership

Project & Delivery Leadership

System Design & Architecture

Technical Documentation

Mentoring & Onboarding

Code Standards & Review




Disciplines