QA Engineer Lead - Financial Systems (On-site TX)

IBM; United States; Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Consulting is seeking a QA Engineer - Financial Systems to design and execute comprehensive data quality testing for data-intensive applications including ETL, BAO, MDM, and data migrations. You will plan, execute, and analyze tests, combining manual and automated approaches to ensure data integrity and quality across financial systems.

This role can be performed from anywhere in the U.S., requiring collaboration with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into robust test

Qualifications

• Experience designing and executing data quality testing strategies for ETL, Big Data, and data-intensive applications.
• Experience with business requirements to craft optimized test scenarios ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Ability to plan and execute testing activities, estimate efforts, create test cases, and identify data needs.
• Proficiency in both manual and automated testing, defect tracking, and test result analysis.

Responsibilities

• Design testing strategies for ETL, BAO/MDM, and data migrations.
• Plan and execute testing activities, estimate efforts, create test cases, and identify test data requirements.
• Execute test cases using manual and automation tools and report status.
• Analyze test outcomes to drive continuous improvements.
• Develop optimized test scenarios aligned with business requirements.

Skills

Data quality testing

Test planning

Test automation

ETL testing

Big Data testing

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

BAO

MDM

FIS

ETL tools

Job description

Introduction

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 - Financial Systems you will design and execute comprehensive data quality testing strategies for various data-intensive applications. You will develop a deep understanding of business requirements and design optimized test scenarios to ensure data quality and integrity.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Design Testing Strategies: Design and execute comprehensive data quality testing strategies for ETL, Big Data, and data-intensive applications, including BAO, MDM, and data migrations.
• Plan Testing Activities: Plan and execute testing activities, estimate work efforts, create test cases, and identify test environment and test data requirements.
• Execute Test Cases: Utilise manual and automation solutions to execute test cases, report test status, and perform defect creation, triage, and resolution.
• Analyze Test Outcomes: Analyse test outcomes for continuous improvements using analytical and cognitive techniques and tools.
• Optimize Test Scenarios: Develop a deep understanding of business requirements and design optimized test scenarios to ensure data quality and integrity.

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

• Experience in Core Banking System (FIS) in domains such as:
• - Deposits: DDA, savings, money market, CDs, IRAs- Lending: consumer loans, mortgage, home equity, auto loans
• - General Ledger: GL posting, balancing, reconciliation
• - ACH & Payments: ACH origination and receipt, wire transfers, bill pay
• Data Quality Testing Experience: Experience with designing and executing comprehensive data quality testing strategies for ETL, Big Data, and data-intensive applications, including BAO, MDM, and data migrations.
• Business Requirements Understanding: Experience in developing a deep understanding of business requirements to design optimized test scenarios ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Test Planning and Execution: Experience with planning and executing testing activities, estimating work efforts, creating test cases, and identifying test environment and test data requirements.
• Test Automation and Analysis: Experience utilizing manual and automation solutions to execute test cases, reporting test status, and performing defect creation, triage, and resolution, as well as analysing test outcomes for continuous improvements.
• Technical Tools and Techniques: Experience with analytical and cognitive techniques and tools for data quality testing and analysis.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Data Migration Knowledge: Experience with data migration projects, including data quality testing and validation, is beneficial for this role. Familiarity with data migration tools and technologies can aid in designing and executing comprehensive data quality testing strategies.
• BAO and MDM Expertise: Experience working with Business Application Objects (BAO) and Master Data Management (MDM) systems can be advantageous in designing optimized test scenarios and ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Advanced Analytics Skills: Knowledge of advanced analytics and cognitive techniques can enhance the analysis of test outcomes for continuous improvements, although it is not a requirement for the position.

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.

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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-recognised 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.