Remote Mainframe QA Lead - Banking Modernization

Slalom; Tallahassee (FL); Remote; USD 76,000 - 90,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Time off & holidays

401(k) with match

Health, dental, vision coverage

Adoption and fertility assistance

Long-term disability

Well-being reimbursement account

Job summary

Slalom is seeking an experienced Mainframe QA Lead to support a large-scale Core Banking Modernization program. You will lead manual testing across critical banking applications, validate data across systems, and manage end-to-end test activities.

The role requires strong mainframe testing expertise, banking domain knowledge, and hands-on experience with Tosca and qTest. This is a remote, contract-based opportunity with EST hours and a start date in October 2026.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software quality assurance and testing experience.
• Proven experience leading manual testing efforts on large enterprise programs.
• Strong experience testing mainframe applications and transactions.
• Ability to navigate mainframe screens and validate data across interconnected systems.
• Experience developing and executing manual test cases and test scripts.
• Hands-on experience with Tricentis Tosca.
• Hands-on experience with qTest.
• Experience validating complex data elements, business rules, and downstream processing results.
• Strong defect management, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead manual testing activities for a critical workstream within a large-scale core banking transformation program.
• Execute test cases and validate business processes across mainframe and integrated banking applications.
• Create, maintain, and enhance test scripts, test scenarios, and test execution documentation.
• Validate end-to-end account lifecycle and account servicing processes across multiple systems.
• Perform data validation and reconciliation to ensure accurate transmission of customer and account information between applications.
• Identify, document, and track defects through resolution.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, developers, and other QA teams to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Support test planning, defect triage, status reporting, and release readiness activities.
• Utilize test management and execution tools to manage testing activities and reporting.

Skills

Mainframe testing

QA leadership

Manual testing

Test scripting

Tricentis Tosca

qTest

Data validation

Defect management

Stakeholder management

Test planning

Tools

Tricentis Tosca

qTest

Job description

Slalom is seeking an experienced Mainframe QA Lead to support a large-scale Core Banking Modernization program. You will lead manual testing across critical banking applications, validate data across systems, and manage end-to-end test activities.

The role requires strong mainframe testing expertise, banking domain knowledge, and hands-on experience with Tosca and qTest. This is a remote, contract-based opportunity with EST hours and a start date in October 2026.