Mainframe QA Tester

MUST HAVES:

7+ years of experience creating test strategy for all end-to-end test efforts, including the testing roadmap, data plan, execution approach

7+ years of experience working on full SDLC testing efforts (System, functional, integration, E2E and regression)

7+ years of experience working on QE optimization of Mainframe testing, backend / db2 environments

Duties:

Strong knowledge in overall STLC (Software Testing Life Cycle) starting from requirement analysis, functional test design and execution, exposure to automation etc

Ability to design the strategy for all end-to-end test efforts, including the testing roadmap, data plan, execution approach, communication cadence, and identification of risks/dependencies.

Ability to work with the assigned testing points of contacts and TPO's, facilitate successful cross-functional coordination across all teams.

Ability to Align with client and other Health Plan clients regarding the recommended strategy, approach, and test scenarios to ensure comprehensive end-to-end testing is completed.

Execute all the required testing efforts (System, functional, integration, E2E and regression) and Ability to manage all end-to-end testing efforts, provide E2E status reporting.

Ability to socialize, escalate and assist in remediation of project issues/risks, dependencies & questions.

Must be able to manage multiple assignments with deadlines.

Excellent interpersonal, communication, presentation, and documentation skills

Strong problem-solving, analytical skills, team handling and task management skills

Self-directed, highly adaptive to changing priorities and innovative thinking and possessing a keen eye for detail.

Comfortable working independently or as part of a team

Providing guidance to team members for quality improvements and best practices

Skills

• Software Testing Life Cycle

• Quality Assurance and Engineering

• QE optimization

• JIRA

• Strategic Thinking

• Mentorship

• Quality Review and Agile (Scrum / Kanban)

• QE Automation

• Java

• Cucumber

• Testing and other automation testing framework

• Functional

• E2E

• Regression

• Integration

• Performance & Security testing

• Mainframe testing

• Backend / db2

• Education:

• High School diploma or Bachelor's degree preferred

• Required Skills:

• Back End

• Cobol

• Mainframe

• QA

• Problem-Solving

• Additional Skills:

• Self-Directed

• Documentation

• Cadence

• Remediation

• Test Design

• Java

• Life Cycle

• Kanban

• Software Testing

• Testing

• Agile

• JIRA

• Requirement Analysis

• Cucumber