Remote Mainframe QA Lead for Core Banking Modernization

Slalom; Orlando (FL); Remote; USD 76,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) with match

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Fertility assistance

Paid time off and holidays

Well-being reimbursement $350

Job summary

Slalom is seeking an experienced Mainframe QA Lead to support a large-scale Core Banking Modernization and Core Deposit Replacement Program. You will lead manual testing across critical banking applications that integrate with a new core platform, focusing on quality, accuracy, and reliability in a highly visible enterprise transformation.

The role requires strong mainframe testing expertise, data validation, and collaboration with stakeholders to ensure comprehensive test coverage and timely

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 Tosca and 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

QA leadership

Manual testing

Mainframe testing

Data validation

Defect management

Communication

Agile familiarity

Tools

Tosca

qTest

Job description

Slalom is seeking an experienced Mainframe QA Lead to support a large-scale Core Banking Modernization and Core Deposit Replacement Program. You will lead manual testing across critical banking applications that integrate with a new core platform, focusing on quality, accuracy, and reliability in a highly visible enterprise transformation.

The role requires strong mainframe testing expertise, data validation, and collaboration with stakeholders to ensure comprehensive test coverage and timely