Sr. Mainframe Tester / Functional Tester (Banking & Financial Services)

Experis; Toronto; Remote; CAD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leading IT company is seeking multiple Senior Testers / Functional Testers to work remotely across Canada. The role involves testing financial wealth management applications and requires hands-on experience with various testing methodologies. Successful candidates will possess strong collaboration skills and an ability to document and troubleshoot complex issues, ensuring the quality of financial software solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience with functional testing of financial applications.
• Proficient in Waterfall SDLC methodologies.
• Fluency in English required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct system integration tests with financial applications.
• Document and troubleshoot problems independently.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the software development lifecycle.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Troubleshooting

Defect Management

Documentation

Testing Techniques

Tools

DB2

JCL

MQ

FileManager

Job description

• Worksite : Remote Work in Canada

Our client, a global leading IT company, is looking for multiple Sr. Testers / Functional Testers.

Experience :

• Business experience with functional testing financial wealth management applications such as : account open, financial stock order / trading; bookkeeping; clearing, client statements; client files and reports, and etc.
• System integration test settings with banking and financial applications
• Experience with Waterfall SDLC Methodology and Test Practices
• Experience with functional, e2e integration and regression test approach
• Experience working with cross-functional teams throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Business experience with testing financial applications (account open, financial stock order / trading; bookkeeping; clearing, client statements; client files and reports)
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with various stakeholders in a dynamic, complex environment.
• Ability to document, troubleshoot problems and independently start investigation into root cause of errors.
• Good understanding of defect management process and test techniques : black box, gray box, smoke testing
• Good communication and documentation skills, fluency in English

Technical Skills :

• Mainframe "green screen" testing (i.e. uses CICS screens), including executing testcases online (via 3270) and preparing data for batch or API (in Datasets)
• Batch Jobs and JCL experience (ITOM for batch job review)
• Host ISPF for dataset view and manipulation (for Host files and reports, using FileManager would be an asset). MQ experience would be an asset.
• Ability to create / execute compare jobs using JCL (DFSORT) and / or download to workstation and use other tools.
• Database skills - DB2 SQL Queries; Knowledge of IMS FileManager would be an asset to view IMS DB