QA Engineer Lead - ALIP (On-site TX)

IBM

Austin (TX)

On-site

USD 114,000 - 212,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a QA Engineer Lead - ALIP to verify mainframe applications meet required functionality and performance. You will design test scenarios, execute cases, and ensure alignment with business and regulatory standards across Life & Annuity. This role partners with stakeholders and offshore QE to drive quality.

The position emphasizes hands-on ALIP testing, UAT facilitation, and SAFe delivery with onshore-offshore teams, offering growth in a global consulting environment.

Qualifications

10+ years of software testing experience with at least 3 years in a Test Lead or Senior QE role.
Hands-on ALIP knowledge including policy administration, new business, billing, and financial modules.
Strong Life Insurance and Annuity domain understanding and regulatory awareness.
Experience leading onshore-offshore testing teams in a delivery environment.

Responsibilities

Develop test scenarios and cases to verify mainframe functionality and performance.
Execute tests using mainframe tools and validate against requirements.
Coordinate onshore and offshore QE resources for aligned delivery.
Facilitate UAT with business users in Life & Annuity contexts.
Continuously optimize testing processes to improve efficiency.

Skills

Test Leadership

Mainframe Testing

ALIP

UAT Facilitation

Agile SAFe

Jira/Zephyr

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

JCL

SDSF

qTest

Azure DevOps

Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

As a QA Engineer Lead - ALIP, you will focus on verifying that mainframe applications and systems function as intended. You will create test scenarios and cases, execute them to validate the system's compliance with the specified requirements.

This role serves as the primary onshore testing point of contact for business stakeholders, development teams, and offshore QE resources, ensuring testing aligns with business requirements, regulatory standards, and delivery commitments across the Life & Annuity Line of Business.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Develop Test Scenarios: Create comprehensive test scenarios and cases to ensure mainframe applications meet the necessary functionality and performance standards.

• Execute Testing: Execute test scenarios and cases to validate the system's compliance with the specified requirements, utilizing character-based mainframe screens, navigation, datasets, JCL, SDSF, and utilities.

• Validate System Compliance: Verify that mainframe applications and systems function as intended, identifying and reporting defects or discrepancies.

• Ensure Functional Standards: Ensure that mainframe applications meet the necessary functionality and performance standards through rigorous testing and validation.

• Optimize Testing Processes: Continuously evaluate and optimize testing processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

This job can be performed from anywhere in the U.S.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

10+ years of software testing experience with at least 3 years in a Test Lead or Senior QE role
Proven hands-on experience with ALIP (Accenture Life Insurance Platform) including policy administration, new business, billing, and financial transaction modules
Deep domain knowledge of Life Insurance and Annuity products product structures, underwriting, policy lifecycle, claims, and regulatory requirements
Experience leading onshore-offshore testing teams in a structured delivery environment
Strong knowledge of UAT facilitation with business users in a Life & Annuity context
Experience with Agile SAFe delivery methodologies and PI Planning
Proficiency with test management tools Jira, qTest, Azure DevOps, or Zephyr
Experience with defect management, test metrics, and executive-level reporting
Familiarity with NAIC, state DOI, and SOX compliance testing requirements
ISTQB Foundation or Advanced certification
Experience with ALIP API testing and integration testing across downstream systems
Exposure to test automation frameworks (Selenium, Playwright, RestAssured) in a Life Insurance context
Mainframe Testing Experience: Experience with creating comprehensive test scenarios and cases to ensure mainframe applications meet necessary functionality and performance standards.
Mainframe Tools Proficiency: Experience with utilizing character-based mainframe screens, navigation, datasets, JCL, SDSF, and utilities to execute testing and validate system compliance.
Testing Process Optimization: Experience with continuously evaluating and optimizing testing processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Prior experience at USAA or Accenture is a plus

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Date posted

19-Aug-2026

Job ID

129646

City / Township / Village

Austin

State / Province

Texas

Country

United States

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