Sr. Mainframe/Cobol Tester required at New York City, NY

26 Mar 2024

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Sr. Mainframe Cobol Tester for our direct client for a

Long - term project at New York City, NY. We need Sr. Cobol Tester who will support ongoing system enhancements of the HR, Benefits, Pension and Payroll functions.Under the direction of the Testing Manager, the system Tester shall have the primary responsibility of ensuring the quality of the software and any associated custom development to meet the Client’s functional and technical requirements and enable them to operate and maintain the software application in a cost-effective manner after the implementation.

It will be a Long-term onsite project at New York City, NY.

Role & ResponsibilitiesThe System Integration Tester will be responsible for data analysis, review of functional requirements and technical designs to create robust test cases, execution and documenting test results, reporting issues, re-testing fixes. The Systems Tester will work on testing integration of mainframe with other systems, customizations, upgrades and patches across multiple environments. This candidate will work closely with the Project Manager, Business Analysts, Developers, and key business partners to test, and implement product initiatives to support systems. This person also needs to have the ability to work independently and prioritize tasks to meet project deadlines.

Primary Responsibilities:
  • Develop and maintain formal test cases for specific releases based on the business requirements and technical specifications;
  • Execute test scripts/cases for releases or on-going maintenance and record test results in ALM/Quality Center (QC);
  • Report defects in ALM/Quality Center (QC), provide development team with necessary defect documentation, re-test fixes and record results;
  • Perform data mining to ensure proper test population coverage for test cases;
  • Assume responsibility for timely test cases completion to achieve targeted system cycles dates.
  • Timely reporting of all critical milestones and slipping deadlines to the Testing Lead;
  • Work on multiple projects and ability to shift the effort based on the timelines established;
  • Conducting peer reviews prior to test execution (i.e., proper test cases coverage, test cases documented appropriately);
  • Working with developers and system analysts on resolving any open questions while working on test cases preparation;
  • Working with automation team on debugging automation scripts.

Qualifications
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in Testing Mainframe applications.
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in COBOL/IMS/DB2/ JCL/PROCS/CTLCARDS
  • Experience in RMDS/XPEDITER/File-Aid for IMS/DB2
  • Extensive experience with Oracle and DB2database.

  • ID: #49551296
  • State: New York Newyorkcity 10001 Newyorkcity USA
  • City: Newyorkcity
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2023-03-26
  • Deadline: 2023-05-19
  • Category: Et cetera